CS General Terms

Question 1

Arteries

Answer 1

Blood vessels that carry blood away from heart

Question 2

Blood Vessels

Answer 2

Closed system of tubes that conducts blood throughout body; consists of arteries, veins, and capillaries

Question 3

Capillaries

Answer 3

Smallest blood or lymphatic vessels; blood capillaries are very thin to allow gas, nutrient, and waste exchange between blood and tissues; lymph capillaries collect lymph fluid from tissues and carry it to larger lymph vessels

Question 4

Carbon Dioxide

Answer 4

Waste product of cellular energy production; is removed from cells by blood and eliminated from body by lungs

Question 5

Circulatory System

Answer 5

System that transports blood to all areas of body; organs of circulatory system include heart and blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries); also called ‘cardiovascular system.’

Question 6

Deoxygenated

Answer 6

Blood in veins that is low in oxygen content

Question 7

Heart

Answer 7

Organ of cardiovascular system that contracts to pump blood through blood vessels

Question 8

Oxygen

Answer 8

Gaseous element absorbed by blood from air sacs in lungs; necessary for cells to make energy

Question 9

Oxygenated

Answer 9

Term for blood with a high oxygen level

Question 10

Pulmonary Circulation

Answer 10

Transports deoxygenated blood from right side of heart to lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged; then it carries oxygenated blood back to left side of heart

Question 11

Systemic Circulation

Answer 11

Transports oxygenated blood from left side of heart to cells of body and then back to right side of heart

Question 12

Veins

Answer 12

Blood vessels of cardiovascular system that carry blood toward heart

Question 13

Apex

Answer 13

The tip of the heart at the lower edge

Question 14

Cardiac Muscle

Answer 14

Involuntary muscle found in heart