The Circulatory System EQs 2-5

Which is NOT a type of blood vessel?

• Arteries

• Veins

• Valves

• Capillaries

Strong elastic vessels which carry blood moving away from the heart.

• Veins

• Arteries

• Capillaries

This type of blood vessel carries oxygenated blood to the rest of the body.

• Veins

• Arteries

• Capillaries

This blood vessel is thinner & less muscular. It carries deoxygenated blood toward the heart.

• Veins

• Arteries

• Capillaries

Fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules. It is where oxygen/carbon dioxide exchange takes place.

• Veins

• Arteries

• Capillaries

This type of blood circulation deals with the HEART tissue.

• Pulmonary

• Systemic

• Coronary

• Digestive

This type of blood circulation deals with the LUNGS.

• Pulmonary

• Systemic

• Coronary

• Digestive

This type of blood circulation deals with CELLS in your body.

• Pulmonary

• Systemic

• Coronary

• Digestive

In pulmonary circulation, the pulmonary arteries carry _________ blood to the lungs for gas exchange, then returns ___________ blood through the pulmonary veins to the left atrium.

• oxygenated; deoxygenated

• deoxygenated; oxygenated

• deoxygenated; deoxygenated

Which type of circulation is this? Blood travels heart → lungs → heart

• Pulmonary

• Systemic

• Coronary