Circulatory+Assignment

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Go to Boston Scientific [|Heart and Blood Vessel Basics]

__**Click on Intro to the Blood Vessels. Answer questions 1-5 below:**__ 1. What are the 3 types of blood vessels? 2. Which type of blood vessels usually carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart? 3. How are the walls of capillaries different from the walls of arteries or veins? Why must the walls of capillaries be like this? 4. What are the names of the largest veins and what is their job? What is the name of the largest artery and what is its job? 5. What is blood pressure? Is it higher when your heart is contracting or relaxing?


 * __Go back to the previous page and click on Heart Chambers. Copy down the chart below into your notes and fill it out__**


 * //**Name of Chamber**// || //**Where does it receive blood from?**// || //**Where does it pump blood to?**// ||
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 * Go back to the previous page and click on Heart Valves. Answer the questions below:**

9. What is the job of the heart valves?

10. What is the difference between an atrioventricular (AV) valve and a semilunar valve?

11. Between what two chambers is the mitral valve located? (Click on Figure 2).


 * Now click on "Blood Flow Through the Heart and Lungs" at the bottom of the page. Answer the question below:**

12. Read the information and click on Figure 1. Describe the path of blood through the heart and lungs. Use the Step Through option on the enlargement of Figure 1.


 * Go back to the previous page and click on "Blood Vessels in Your Heart." Answer the questions below:**

13. What is the job of the coronary arteries? What happens if one of them becomes blocked?

14. What is the job of the coronary veins? Where does blood from the coronary veins go?


 * Now click on "Blood Vessels Outside Your Heart" at the bottom of the page. Answer the question below:**

15. What is peripheral vascular disease?

Click on the link at the left to go to [|Brigham and Women's Hospital Heath Library].
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 * **Name of Blood Vessel** || **Where it carries blood to** ||
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 * Choose 3 diseases from the list. For each fill out the information below:**
 * Name of condition || Causes || Symptoms (if applicable) || Treatments ||
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