Double Circulation and Portal System (Leaving Cert Biology): Quizzes
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What type of pump is the heart described as?
What type of pump is the heart described as?
Double pump
What are the two circuits in the double circulation system?
What are the two circuits in the double circulation system?
Pulmonary and systemic
What is the main function of the pulmonary circuit?
What is the main function of the pulmonary circuit?
Pump blood to lungs for oxygenation
Which vessel carries blood from the heart to the lungs?
Which vessel carries blood from the heart to the lungs?
Pulmonary artery
Which vessel returns oxygen-rich blood from the lungs?
Which vessel returns oxygen-rich blood from the lungs?
Pulmonary vein
Which vessel carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body?
Which vessel carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body?
Aorta
Which vessel returns deoxygenated blood to the heart?
Which vessel returns deoxygenated blood to the heart?
Vena cava
What is one advantage of double circulation?
What is one advantage of double circulation?
Oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor blood kept separate
What benefit does high-pressure pumping provide?
What benefit does high-pressure pumping provide?
Blood reaches all parts quickly
What is a portal system?
What is a portal system?
A blood pathway beginning and ending in capillaries
Which organs does the Hepatic Portal Vein connect?
Which organs does the Hepatic Portal Vein connect?
Stomach/intestines and liver
What does the Hepatic Portal Vein transport?
What does the Hepatic Portal Vein transport?
Glucose and amino acids