BackAnatomy & Physiology: Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems
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Arteries, veins, and capillaries.
To carry blood away from the heart to the body and lungs.
To carry blood back to the heart from the body and lungs.
To facilitate exchange of gases, nutrients, and waste between blood and tissues.
Right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, and left ventricle.
Receives deoxygenated blood from the body via the vena cava.
Pumps oxygenated blood to the body through the aorta.
To facilitate gas exchange, bringing oxygen into the blood and removing carbon dioxide.
Also called the voice box, it produces sound and protects the airway during swallowing.
Microscopic air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange occurs between air and blood.
By diffusion across the thin alveolar and capillary walls.
The epiglottis closes over the larynx.
Blood flow between the heart and lungs for oxygenation.
Blood flow between the heart and the rest of the body to deliver oxygen and nutrients.
The mitral valve (bicuspid valve).
The tricuspid valve.
Prevent backflow of blood from the arteries into the ventricles.
It contracts to increase thoracic volume and draw air into the lungs.
It diffuses from blood into alveoli and is exhaled through the respiratory tract.
Their large surface area and thin walls.