PSL 250 Exam with 100% correct answers 2024

pulmonary circuit correct answers runs through lungs and serves to oxygenate blood systemic circuit correct answers serves to distribute oxygenated blood to rest of tissues of body How much blood is pumped to the lungs? correct answers 5.0 L Which vessels carry deoxygenated blood? correct answers pulmonary arteries and systemic veins atrium correct answers upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from circulation ventricle correct answers Bottom portion of the heart, thicker walled and larger, provide pressure to expel blood from heart and move blood through circulation How many different ways can blood enter the right atrium? correct answers 3, opening of coronary sinus, superior and inferior vena cava What are the layers of the heart? correct answers epicardium (visceral), myocardium, endocardium (parietal) What gets the most blood from the heart? correct answers liver and GI tract, then skeletal muscle, then kidneys Where does blood come into heart from? correct answers superior: head, neck, and arms inferior: chest, torso, lower limbs coronary sinus: coronated system Trabeculae carneae correct answers muscle of heart Valves of heart correct answers Right AV valve (tri) > pulmonary semilunar (1 way) > Left AV (bi, mitral) > aortic semilunar (1 way) intraventricular septum correct answers separates the two ventricles Why is the myocardium thicker in the LV? correct answers Because left side is pumping blood throughout body and needs more force. Once the heart contracts you will pass through the pulmonary ______ valve and enter the ______ which will bifurcate into the pulmonary arteries correct answers semilunar; pulmonary trunk