Download Ch 37 Test Review- 3 points Bonus

Ch 37 Test Review- 3 points Bonus
(Ch 38 review questions are incorporated in to your mandatory HW packet that is due Monday)
What is the function of the heart? What type of muscle is the heart composed of?
This muscle tissue in the heart forms a thick layer called? The structure separating the right and left sides of the
heart that prevents oxygen rich and oxygen poor blood from mixing is called what?
List the blood vessels, chambers, and valves involved in the path of blood through the heart, and also their
role/function.
What is pulmonary circulation? Systemic circulation?
What provides the stimulus for contraction? Describe how this occurs.
What is the pulse?
Describe the structure and function of an artery. Describe the structure and function of a vein. Which one has thicker
walls and why?
Describe the structure of a capillary. What occurs here, and why is this possible?
What is the highway/street analogy we used to describe arteries/arterioles/capillaries?
What is blood pressure? What does systolic pressure mean? What does diastolic pressure mean?
How is blood pressure written? What is average blood pressure?
What is plasma, and what does it contain?
What is the scientific name for a red blood cell? List the characteristics of a red blood cell.
What is it about the structure of a red blood cell that makes it so specialized for its job?
What type of molecule is hemoglobin? What does it contain as a part of its structure? What does it bind to and carry?
What is the scientific name for a white blood cell? List the characteristics of a white blood cell.
Describe the structure and function of a platelet.
Give a description of each of the following disorders of the circulatory system.
Atherosclerosis
Heart attack
Anemia
Hypertension
Stroke
Trace a red blood cell from the right ventricle through the path of circulation in the body if it was traveling to the brain
and back to the right ventricle.
Trace the pathway of a molecule of oxygen from the air to the point that it enters the bloodstream. Understand the
location and function of each of these structures.
Which passageway is shared by both the circulatory and respiratory systems? What is the function of the epiglottis?
What houses the vocal cords?
What is occurring at the alveoli? Describe this process. This is necessary so that what may occur at the cellular
level?
What is occurring when you inhale? Is this a passive or active process? What muscles are involved? Describe the
role of these muscles.
The concentration of what molecule controls breathing? What part of the brain is monitoring these levels? How does
the body take away a person’s voluntary control of this process?
The pleural membranes around the lungs help to form a sealed chest cavity- when the diaphragm contracts, this
creates a partial what? Why is a puncture wound to the chest cavity so serious?
Give a description of each of the following disorders or actions that affect the respiratory system.
Emphysema
Asthma
Smoking
Describe the relationship between the circulatory and the respiratory systems and how/why both of these are affected
during exercise.
Explain why your heart rate increases when you exercise- relate this to what is occurring with oxygen, carbon
dioxide, cellular respiration, glucose, ATP, muscles, etc.
Given a diagram of both the circulatory and respiratory systems, be able to name particular structures, and answer
questions relating to a particular structure’s function.