Toss Up
What does a sphygmomanometer read?
blood pressure
what vessels carry blood away from the heart
arteries
blood travels from the pulmonary arteries to what exchange vessels within the lungs
pulmonary capillaries
what is the function of a valve?
keeps the blood moving in one direction
_______ is the most common pulse site
radial (thumb side of the wrist)
what is the name of the largest artery?
aorta
What artery "sees" deoxygenated blood?
pulmonary artery
blood travels from the vena cava to what chamber of the heart
right atrium
which valve is btwn the left atrium and left ventricle?
bicuspid or mitral valve
the _____ is a slinglike sac that keeps heart in place
pericardium
middle muscular layer of heart
myocardium
what vessels are called exchange vessels
capillaries
blood travels from the heart to the lungs and then back to the lungs is
pulmonary circulation
atrioventricular valve between right atrium and right ventricle
tricuspid valve
what happens in the pulmonary capillaries
oxygen moves from the lungs into the blood, CO2 moves from the blood to the lungs
What is the largest vein in the body?
Vena Cava
what vessels carry blood back to the heart
veins
What are the vessels that travel from the lungs back to the heart?
pulmonary arteries
which valve is btwn the left ventricle and the aorta
aortic valve
__________ is the number of heartbeats in one minute.
pulse
Which semilunar valve "sees" oxygenated blood
pulmonic
what vessels supply the nutries to the heart
coronary arteries
what is the name of the artery that feeds the head and brain
carotid artery
what valve is btwn the right ventricle and pulmonary artery?
pulmonic valve
Blood in the __________ veins is oxygenated blood.
defective valves in the leg veins can cause what condition
varicose veins
what is the name of the vein that drains the blood from the head and the brain?
Jugular vein
blood flows from the pulmonary capillaries to the pulmonary veins to the left atrium to the left ventricle to the ________
aorta
semilunar valves
_______ is pressure on the walls of the arteries at the peak of ventricular contraction gives what reading?
systolic blood pressure