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Circulatory system structure
Flashcards for quick repetition. Test your knowledge of how circulatory system is built and how it works. Questions about blood cells and plasma.
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A valve in the heart that guards the opening between the left atrium and the left ventricle, stopping blood from coming back into the atrium.
bicuspid valve
A rhythmical throbbing of the arteries as blood is propelled through them.
pulse
Blood cells that carry oxygen from the lungs to the body cells.
plasma
red blood cell
platelet
white blood cell
It Carries blood from lower regions of the body to right atrium.
inferior vena cava
tricuspid valve
white blood cell
superior vena cava
It receives blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart.
blood vessels
superior vena cava
tricuspid valve
inferior vena cava
Vessels carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
pulmonary artery
superior vena cava
pulmonary vein
inferior vena cava
Chamber that pumps oxygenated blood out to the body.
red blood cell
left ventricle
right ventricle
tricuspid valve
It's the largest artery in the body that conducts freshly oxygenated blood from the heart to the tissues.
aorta
Chamber that receives oxygenated blood from the lungs and sends it to the left ventricle
right ventricle
tricuspid valve
right atrium
left atrium
The artery carrying blood from the right ventricle to the lungs for oxygenation.
superior vena cava
pulmonary artery
inferior vena cava
aorta
Blood cells responsible for the function of destroying pathogenes.
platelet
white blood cell
plasma
red blood cell
Receives blood from the inferior and superior vena cava
left ventricle
right ventricle
right atrium
left atrium
Disk-shaped, small bodies in the blood, responsible for blood clot formation.
platelets
Liquid portion of blood with suspended red and white cells in it.
plasma
Chamber ther receives blood from the right atrium and pumps it into the pulmonary artery
right ventricle
bicuspid valve
left ventricle
left atrium
