Cardiovascular

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  1. 2. A capillary _____ is a network of capillaries locates in a tissue or organ.
  2. 4. blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart to the body's organs
  3. 6. muscles responsible for pulling the AV valves closed by means of the chordae tendineae
  4. 7. valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle
  5. 9. Veins carry blood under ____ pressure.
  6. 13. Usually, arteries carry blood that is _______. (Exception = pulmonary arteries)
  7. 15. microscopic blood vessels that exchange nutrients, gases & waste products
  8. 16. blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart from the body's organs
  9. 17. The human heart has ____ chambers.
  10. 18. _______ circulation refers to the circulation of blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart
  11. 21. Capillaries are called _______ vessels.
  12. 22. The superior and inferior ______ are large veins that carry deoxygenated blood to the heart.
  13. 25. What organ system are the heart and blood vessels part of?
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  1. 1. ________ circulation refers to the delivery of blood to the heart muscle (myocardium)
  2. 3. most muscular chamber of the human heart
  3. 4. 2 upper, receiving chambers of the heart
  4. 5. ______ circulation refers to the circulation of blood from the heart to the body and back to the heart
  5. 6. term pertaining to the lungs
  6. 8. Usually, veins carry blood that is _______. (Exception = pulmonary veins)
  7. 10. wall dividing the right and left sides of the heart
  8. 11. areas where major arteries are close to surface and can be felt pulsating when the heart contracts
  9. 12. lower point of heart
  10. 14. 2 lower, discharging chambers of the heart
  11. 19. double-walled sac surrounding the heart
  12. 20. valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle; aka bicuspid valve
  13. 23. largest artery in the body that carries oxygenated blood away from the heart
  14. 24. Arteries carry blood under ____ pressure.