BIOM 3200 Final: Check your Understanding Unit 5

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Describe the pulmonary and systemic circuits of the mammalian cardiovascular system. Pulmonary circulatory system: circuit that delivers deoxygenated blood to the lungs for gas exchange and returns oxygenated blood back to heart. Systemic circulatory system: circuit that delivers oxygenated blood to all organ systems and body tissues for cellular respirations and returns deoxygenated blood to the heart. (ch. Identify major vessels of the heart including: aorta, pulmonary trunk, pulmonary arteries, pulmonary veins, superior vena cava and inferior vena cava. Aorta: large, elastic artery that originates from the left ventricle and distributes blood to smaller arteries throughout the body. Pulmonary trunk: carries blood from the right ventricle to the pulmonary arteries. Pulmonary arteries: the right and left pulmonary artery receives blood from the pulmonary trunk and distributes it to the right and left lung, respectively. Pulmonary veins: the right and left pulmonary vein will carry freshly oxygenated blood back the left atrium.

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