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Anatomy and Physiology
Cardiovascular system project
Due date: Friday February 19
Name ____________________________
Refer to pages 331-335, 351-360 in your textbook, and the diagrams I gave you to label to help
you complete this assignment.
As a group, work together to trace the path of blood through these circulatory pathways. You’ll
need one large poster-sized sheet of paper or several sheets of paper to make a diagram for each pathway,
showing the diverging and converging paths in each cycle. You may be creative in your
presentation, but remember your primary objective: to learn how blood circulates
through the body.
For each circulatory pathway, you only have to use the blood vessels listed when constructing
your diagram. It’s fine to assign certain pathways to certain people in the group, but allow each other time
to share your findings with the group, as you will be responsible for learning these pathways
through your experience in the lab, not through lecture.
Cardiopulmonary circulation:
Arteries: r/l pulmonary, aorta
Veins: r/l pulmonary, sup/inf vena cava
Other structures: r/l atria, r/l ventricles, tricuspid/bicuspid
valves, aortic/pulmonary SL valves,
arterioles, capillaries, venules in lungs
and in the general structures of the body.
Thoracic/Cranial Circulation:
Arteries : Aortic arch, brachiocephalic, r/l subclavian,
common carotid, r/l axillary, r/l brachial
Veins: sup/inf. vena cava, r/l brachiocephalic, r/l ext. jugular
r/l subclavians, r/l axillary, r/l brachial, r/l basilic,
r/l median basilic (cubital), r/l cephalic
Other structures: arterioles, capillaries, venules.
Abdominal/leg circulation:
Arteries: Thoracic aorta, abdominal aorta, r/l common iliac
r/l popliteal, r/l femoral
Veins: inf. vena cava, r/l iliac, r/l great saphenous,
r/l popliteal, r/l femoral
Other structures: arterioles, capillaries, venules
Hepatic portal circulation:
Arteries: abdominal aorta, hepatic, celiac, sup/inf mesenteric,
gastric
Veins: inf. vena cava, hepatic, hepatic portal,
sup/inf mesenteric, gastric
Other structures: arterioles, capillaries, venules in specific
organs, hepatic sinusoids.
Feel free to be creative, using other materials to show these pathways besides the
poster paper, but it does not have to be anything more than a flow chart – styled poster
for full credit. The ultimate goal is for each person in your group to have a clear
understanding of these circulatory pathways, because you will be tested over this
information but I will not be lecturing over it!