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BPK 142 - LABORATORY REVIEW QUESTIONS - PART 2 (Week 7)
Laboratory #7 – Cardio-Respiratory Anatomy
2. Define “atria” and “ventricles”. Which vessels enter or exit the atria and ventricles?
- Atria: two top chambers of the heart, which receive blood from the veins
- Ventricles: two bottom chambers, which pump blood into the arteries.
- Blood exits left ventricle via aorta
- Blood exits right ventricle pulmonary trunk, then pulmonary arteries
- Superior and inferior vena cava feed into the right atrium
- Pulmonary vein leads to left atrium.
3. Describe the flow of a red blood cell from the right atrium to the aortic arch, identifying
the major structures along the way, and the function associated with each structure.
Right atrium → tricuspid valve → right ventricle → pulmonary semilunar valve → pulmonary
trunk → pulmonary arteries → lungs → pulmonary veins → left atrium → bicuspid valve → left
ventricle → aortic semilunar valve → aorta → systemic circulation
- Tricuspid valve closes prevents blood from flowing back into the right atrium.
- Bicuspid valve prevents blood from flowing back into the left atrium.
4. Discuss the importance of the elasticity and contractility of the arteries.
- Contraction of smooth muscle in blood vessels (vasoconstriction) decreases vessel
diameter and blood flow.
- Relaxation of smooth muscle in blood vessels (vasodilation) increases vessel diameter
and blood flow.
- Elastic arteries stretch when the ventricles of the heart pump blood into them. The elastic
recoil of these arteries prevents blood pressure from falling rapidly and maintains blood
flow while the ventricles are relaxed.
5. Trace a drop of blood through major arteries and veins from the aortic arch through its
systemic circulatory route to your right ankle and back to your heart again.
Aorta → hepatic artery → mesenteric artery → renal artery → right iliac artery → arterioles →
capillaries → venules → right femoral vein → right iliac vein → renal vein → hepatic vein →
inferior vena cava → right atrium of heart
6. Explain how blood returns to the right atrium. Why should one "cool down" after
vigorous exercise rather than stop abruptly?
Right atrium → tricuspid valve → right ventricle → pulmonary semilunar valve → pulmonary
trunk → pulmonary arteries → lungs → pulmonary veins → left atrium → bicuspid valve → left
ventricle → aortic semilunar valve → aorta → systemic circulation → superior and inferior vena
cava → right atrium
Cooling down
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Bpk 142 - laboratory review questions - part 2 (week 7) Laboratory #7 cardio-respiratory anatomy: define atria and ventricles . Atria: two top chambers of the heart, which receive blood from the veins. Ventricles: two bottom chambers, which pump blood into the arteries. Blood exits right ventricle pulmonary trunk, then pulmonary arteries. Superior and inferior vena cava feed into the right atrium. Pulmonary vein leads to left atrium: describe the flow of a red blood cell from the right atrium to the aortic arch, identifying the major structures along the way, and the function associated with each structure. Tricuspid valve closes prevents blood from flowing back into the right atrium. Bicuspid valve prevents blood from flowing back into the left atrium: discuss the importance of the elasticity and contractility of the arteries. Contraction of smooth muscle in blood vessels (vasoconstriction) decreases vessel diameter and blood flow. Relaxation of smooth muscle in blood vessels (vasodilation) increases vessel diameter and blood flow.

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