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Cardiovascular System
11 cards·by brittanymtilley
3 components that make up the CV system
Blood, blood vessels, heart
What % of blood is plasma?
55%
What % of blood is other components?
45%
Name the 2 blood circuits
Pulmonary and systemic
Which blood vessel takes blood FROM the heart?
Arteries
What do the arterioles do?
Feed oxygenated blood to the capillaries
Which blood vessel takes blood TO the heart?
Vein
What does the pulmonary artery do?
Takes deoxygenated blood to the lungs
What does the systemic artery do?
Takes oxygenated blood to the cells
What does the pulmonary vein do?
Returns blood to the heart from the lungs
3 Types of CV disease
Stroke, angina, heart attack