The Trinity School Physical Education

The Trinity School Physical Education

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CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

1.  List 3 differences between arteries and capillaries.

2.  In the simplest of terms, what does the heart do in the circulatory stystem?

3.  What name is given to the upper chamber of the heart?

4.  What name is given to the lower chamber of the heart?

5.  What side of the heart contains oxygenated blood?

6.  Which vessel takes the blood from the heart to the lungs?

7.  Which vein carries oxygenated blood?

8.  Name two valves within the heart.

9.  Give the correct name for the chambers of the heart from which blood is pumped out.

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CIRCULATORY SYSTEM - ANSWERS

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1.  De/Oxygenated blood: veins have valves, arteries have thicker walls, veins go to the heart, arteries go awat from the heart (exceptions to ad from the lungs)

2.  Pumps blood

3.  Atrium

4.  Ventricle

5.  Left

6.  Pulmonary artery

7.  Pulmonary vein

8.  Semilunar, tricuspid, bicuspid

9.  Ventricals