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What are the main two veins called?

The superior and inferior vena cavas

What is diffusion?

Moving of particles from high concentration to low concentration

Which blood vessel carries blood away from the heart? They are typically oxygenated.

Arteries

The smaller branched structures that occur throughout the lung. They connect the bronchi to the alveoli.

Bronchioles

What are the two branches that allow air to travel into the left and right lung called?

Bronchi

What is atherosclerosis?

The buildup of fats and other substances (plaque) in the inner wall of an artery.

What is the respiration word equation? Bonus points for where each comes from or goes

Glucose + Oxygen ---> Energy + Water + Carbon dioxide

What is the job of the valve?

Separate the atriums, ventricles, aorta and pulmonary arteries from each other so blood can not travel through continuously

What is the name of the pipe containing c-shaped rings of cartilage? Also known as the wind pipe

Trachea

What is the role of the ventricle? Think about how muscular it is

Pump blood from the heart through the arteries

Which type of blood vessel has the thinnest walls?

The capillaries

Which blood vessel has the largest lumen (opening where blood flows through)?

Vein

What is the atrium for?

The waiting room for blood - blood will collect there until the valve releases it into the ventricle

The little air-filled sacs surrounded in capillaries. They are the site of gas exchange.

Alveoli

What happens to the function of the lung if it is stabbed?

It will no longer inflate. This could lead to the person/animal dying due to lack of oxygen

What do red blood cells do?

Transport oxygen through the body and carbon dioxide to the alveoli for gas exchange

What gases are being exchanged in alveoli? What is diffusing into the blood and what is diffusing out?

Oxygen diffusing into blood. Carbon dioxide diffusing out of blood.

True or False: The right side of the heart contains oxygenated blood

False - it contains deoxygenated blood

What is the main artery from the heart called?

The aorta