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Circulatory
Vocabulary
The Heart
Name That Chamber!
Heavy Breathing!
Respiratory Vocabulary
100
Blood vessels carry blood away from the heart are?
What are arteries.
100
The heart is a?
What is an organ.
100
Name the upper chambers of the heart that receive returning blood.
What are the Left & Right atria.
100
We inhale (name the gas), and exhale (name the gas).
What is oxygen and carbon dioxide.
100
What are the large tubes that enter each lung from the trachea?
What are bronchi.
200
Name these tiny, narrow vessels, where substances are exchanged between blood and body cells.
What are capillaries.
200
What does the circulatory system consist of?
What is the heart, blood, blood vessels.
200
Name the chamber of the heart that receives oxygenated blood from the lungs.
What is the left atrium.
200
__________ is the mechanical movement of air in and out of the lungs.
What is breathing.
200
What are the thin-walled, individual air sacs within the lungs?
What are alveoli.
300
Name the structures that carry blood back to the heart.
What are veins.
300
Which blood vessel carried blood FROM the heart TO the lungs for oxygenation?
What is the Pulmonary Artery.
300
Name the chamber of the heart that pumps blood into the lungs.
What is the right ventricle.
300
Name the structure located between the chest and the abdomen.
What is the diaphragm.
300
What branches into two large tubes that go to the lungs?
What is the trachea.
400
What is the name for a flap of tissue that prevents blood from flowing backwards.
What is a valve.
400
Name the muscle that separates the left and right side of the heart.
What is the septum.
400
Name the chamber of the heart that receives deoxygenated blood as it returns from the body.
What is the right atrium.
400
This type of respiration that exchanges gases between the atmosphere and the blood that occurs in the lungs.
What is external respiration.
400
What filters out dust?
What is the mouth or nose.
500
Name the largest artery in the body.
What is the Aorta.
500
What blood vessel carries deoxygenated blood FROM the lungs TO the heart?
What is the Pulmonary Vein.
500
Name the chamber of the heart that pumps blood into the aorta for transport to the body.
What is the left ventricle.
500
This type of respiration exchanges gases between the blood and the body's cells.
What is internal respiration.
500
What are the small branches off larger tubes within each lung?
What are bronchioles.