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Chapter 37- Computer Lab
The Circulatory and Respiratory Systems
Use http://www.training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/cardiovascular website to answer the questions related to the
Circulatory System. Use the links in the right hand column to navigate to each part of this worksheet.
Circulatory System
Part 1- Introduction to the Cardiovascular System
1. Another name for the cardiovascular system is the _______________ _______________.
2. List all of the structures that the cardiovascular system consists of.
Part 2- Heart
3. Describe the heart.
4. How many liters of blood does the heart pump every minute throughout life?
Click on Structure of the Heart.
5. The heart has how many chambers?
6. The heart is enclosed in a _______________ _______________.
7. Label the following diagram of the heart.
8. Describe the role of the atria.
9. Describe the role of the ventricles.
10. What is deoxygenated blood? Oxygenated blood?
11. What is the function of the valves of the heart?
12. List the two types of valves in the heart and their names.
13. Describe the flow of blood in the heart starting from the right atrium.
Part 3- Blood
14. What does blood transport and where?
Click on Classification and Structure of Blood Vessels.
15. List the 3 types of blood vessels.
16. What is an artery?
17. Label the following diagram of an artery wall.
18. What is a capillary?
19. What is the primary function of the capillary?
20. Label the following diagram of the capillary.
21. What is a vein?
22. What are venous valves?
Click on Circulatory Pathway.
Part 4- Circulatory Pathways
23. What are the two circuits of the circulatory system?
24. Describe the pathway of blood through the pulmonary circuit.
25. Label the following diagram of the pulmonary circuit.
26. What is the function of the systemic circuit?
27. Describe the pathway of blood through the systemic circuit.
28. Name the two major veins of the systemic circuit that transports blood to the right atrium.
29. Name the major artery of the systemic circuit that transports blood to the head and body.
Respiratory System
Use http://www.training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/respiratory website to answer the questions related to the
Respiratory System. Use the links in the right hand column to navigate to each part of this worksheet.
Part 1- Introduction to the Respiratory System
1. What does the body need continuously and why?
2. What is respiration?
3. What is cellular respiration?
Click on Mechanics of Ventilation
4. What is ventilation?
5. What are the two processes of pulmonary ventilation?
6. List and describe the 3 different types of pressure.
7. What is inspiration?
8. What is expiration?
Click on Conducting Passages.
9. Label the diagram of the upper and lower respiratory tract.
10. List the parts of the upper respiratory tract.
11. List the parts of the lower respiratory tract.
Click on Pharynx.
12. What is the pharynx?
Click on Larynx and Tracheal.
13. What is the larynx?
14. What is the trachea?
Click on Bronchi, Bronchial Tree and Lungs.
15. The trachea divides into what two structures?
16. Label the diagram of the bronchi, bronchial tree, and lungs.
17. Which lung is larger?
18. Which lung can hold more air?
19. The lung is enclosed by a double layer serous membrane called the ____________________.
20. List the two layers (membranes) of the pleura.
21. What is the space between the two membranes called?