Chordae Tendineae
Q: What is another name for chordae tendineae?
A: the heart strings
Q: What are the four vessels?
A: Vena cava (superior & infer)
Aorta
Pulmonary arteries
Pulmonary veins
Q: What does the Pulmonary Arteries do with the blood?
A: oxygen-poor blood leaves the right ventricle towards the lungs
Q: What do blood vessels do?
A: transport blood
carry & exchanged gases and waste
regulates the blood
Directs blood flow
Q: What are the three circulation pathways?
A: Pulmonary circulation
Systemic circulation
Coronary circulation
Q: what do the chordae tendineae do?
A: open and close the valves
Q: What does the Aorta do with the blood?
A: blood leaves the left ventricle towards the body
Q: what are the 3 types of blood vessels?
A: Arties
Veins
Capillaries
Q: where does the pulmonary circulation go?
A: from the heart to the lungs
Q: What does the Pulmonary Arteries do with the blood?
A: oxygen-poor blood leaves the right ventricle towards the lungs
Q: What do Arties do?
A: Carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to the body
Q: where does the systemic circulation go?
A: from the heart to the body
Q: What does the Pulmonary veins do with the blood?
A: oxygen-rich blood from lungs enter the left atrium
Q: What do veins do?
A: carry oxygen-poor blood from the body back to the heart
Q: Where does the coronary circulation go?
A: from the heart to the heart muscles
Q: What does the Vena Cava do with the blood?
A: Blood from the body enters the right atrium
Q: What do capillaries do?
A: connects arteries and veins together & exchanges oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and waste