Pathophys Exam 1 spring 2022 Questions and Answers (Grade A)
-Which system in the body is the transport system in the body
{{{Answer}}} (circulatory
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-What are the three basic components of the circulatory system and what do they do
{{{Answer}}} (-heart: act as a pump
-blood vessels: passage ways
-the blood: transport medium)
-What kind of gradient does the heart create
{{{Answer}}} (a pressure gradient)
-What are the two closed loop, blood flow circuits of the circulatory system
{{{Answer}}} (pulmonary circulation and systemic circulation)
-blood flows in a closed loop between heart and what
{{{Answer}}} (organs)
-What is pulmonary circulation between and what is systemic circulation between
{{{Answer}}} (-pulmonary: heart and lungs
-systemic: heart and other body parts)
-Which side of the heart recieves blood from the systemic circulation and what which circulation does it pump it to
{{{Answer}}} (-right side recieves and pumps to the pulmonary circulation)
-Which kind of blood is sent to the lungs and what does it pick up and drop off once it get there
{{{Answer}}} (doexygenated blood is sent to the lungs and it picks up oxygenated blood and drops off carbon dioxide)
-Whihc side of the heart carries deoxygenated blood
{{{Answer}}} (right side)
-Which side of the heart re eives blood from the pulmonary circulation and where does it pump it to
{{{Answer}}} (left side receives it and pumps its to systemic circulation)
-What kind of blood does systemic circulation deliver to body tissues
{{{Answer}}} (oxygenated)
-Where is the heart positioned
{{{Answer}}} (middle of thoracic cavity)
-What is the top of the heart called?
{{{Answer}}} (base)
-What is the bottom of the heart called
{{{Answer}}} (apex)
-What are the upper chambers of the heart called?
{{{Answer}}} (atria)
-What are the lower chambers of the heart called?
{{{Answer}}} (ventricles)
-Between arteries and veins which carries blood away from the heart and which carries blood towards the hearts
{{{Answer}}} (Arteries: blood away from heart
Veins: toward the heart)
-What is the musclar wall called that prevents mixture of blood from two sides
{{{Answer}}} (septum)
-Does the left and right side of the heart pump simulataneously or at different times
{{{Answer}}} (simultaneously)
-Does each side of the heart pump different or same volume of blood
{{{Answer}}} (same volume of blood)
-Between the right and left side which side pumps with lower pressure
{{{Answer}}} (right side)
-Between the right and left side which side has thicker heart muscle
{{{Answer}}} (left side)
-Between the right and left side which side pumps with lower pressure and lower resistance
{{{Answer}}} (right side)
-Between the right and left side which side pumps with higher pressure and higher resistance
{{{Answer}}} (left side)
-Why does the left side have higher resistance and pressure than the left side
{{{Answer}}} (because of the vessel resistance through out the body) [Show Less]