Download Cardiovascular system Exam

The Circulatory system
Exam
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State 3 things that blood carries around the body?
(3marks)
Which blood vessel transports oxygenated blood to
the body? (1 mark)
Which blood vessel transports deoxygenated blood
from the heart to the lungs ( 1 mark)
State 2 structural elements of the arteries. (2 marks)
What are the benefits of capillaries being very thin? (2
marks)
Explain what happens to the heart with exercise
(4 marks)
The Cardiovascular System
 Understand what the cardiovascular system consists
of
 Know what cardiovascular endurance is.
 Know how cardiovascular endurance can be
measured and improved.
The cardiovascular system
 The ability of the heart and lungs to keep supplying
oxygen in the bloodstream to the body in order to
provide the energy to sustain physical movement.
When you take part in a sustained
activity what do you notice about the
following?
 Breathing rate
 Heart rate
 Blood pressure
 This is because……
Create a sentence using the
following. Add your own
connectives
• Providing the energy supply
• Working Muscles
• There has been a greater demand
put upon them
• Additional oxygen
This is because your working muscles require additional
oxygen, providing the energy supply, because there has
been a greater demand put upon them
Improving Cardiovascular endurance.
 Wayne Rooney has been out with an
injury
 Alex Fergusson wants you, as
Rooney's fitness coach, to improve
his cardiovascular fitness
 He is 27
Using pages 40/41 write a report stating;
• What his max heart rate is
• What training zone you would work him in and why
• How you improve his cardiovascular endurance
• How would you test to see it has improved.
Questions
 How do you work out max heart rate (1mark)
 What happens to your body when you participate in
sustained activity (3marks)
 How do you improve cardiovascular endurance
(3marks)
 How do you check you levels of cardiovascular
endurance (4 marks)