Circulation and Blood



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Date: _______

The Circulatory System Unit J : Review #1

Circulation and Blood :

1 Blood Vessels

___ 1. Name the 5 different types of blood vessels.

___ 2. *** Given a diagram, be able to identify an artery, vein, and capillary. As seen on

"Practice Quiz"

___ 3. List the function of each main blood vessel type: Artery, Vein, and Capillary.

___ 4. Explain the difference in structure between Artery, Vein and Capillary.

___ 5. * Explain how constriction and dilation of the arteries can affect blood

pressure.*

___ 6. Why do capillaries have sphincter muscles at the arteriole end?

___ 7. * Explain how the number of capillary beds in use can affect blood pressure*.

____8. Compare the factor of Blood Pressure in Arteries vs. Capillaries vs. Veins.

____9. Compare the factor of Blood Velocity in Arteries vs. Capillaries vs. Veins.

 

2 Major Arteries and Veins

___ 1. Name the vessel leading to the lungs from the heart.

___ 2. Name the vessel leading to the kidney from the heart.

___ 3. Name the vessel leading from your lower leg to your groin area.

___ 4. Name the largest artery in the body.

___ 5. What type of blood(oxygenated/deoxygenated) do the majority of veins in the

body carry, what is the exception to this rule?

____6. What type of blood (oxygenated/deoxygenated) do the majority of arteries in the

body carry, what is the exception to this rule?

___ 7. Where does the superior vena cava get its flow of blood from?

___ 8. What two vessels enter the right atrium?

___ 9. What is the function of the coronary arteries?

___ 10. What is the function of the Hepatic Portal Vein?

___11. What do we mean by the term “portal system”

____12. Describe the difference between the “Systemic Circuit” and the “Pulmonary

Circuit”

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