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01 Guided Notes: Cardiovascular System

Page 1: Cardiovascular System

KT = Key Terms; FQ = Focus Question; VR = Video Reflection

KT: Jot down terms and definitions that are new to you. You will see them used in the lesson.

Page 2: Cardiovascular System (Continued)

FQ: What path does blood take as it moves from chamber to chamber in the heart?

VR: What important information did you learn about from this video?

Answer the questions and fill in the correct answers below, replacing "?" with the correct
answer.

Word Bank: atria, ventricles, diastole, systole, AV valves, contract, pulmonary artery, lung,
aorta, arteries, relax

1. There are a total of ? chambers in the heart, two on each side.

2. The upper chambers are called ? and the lower chambers are
called ? .
3. The pumping action of the heart has two main periods: a period of relaxation
called the ? and a period of contraction called .
4. 4. In diastole, the period of relaxation, blood enters from the atria into the
ventricles through valves called ? .
5. In the period of contraction, systole, the ventricles ? .
6. Oxygen-depleted blood flows out of the right ventricle into
the ? .
7. The pulmonary artery has two branches, each of which goes to a ?
. Here, blood picks up oxygen and gives off carbon dioxide.
8. From the left ventricle, oxygen-rich blood enters the largest artery in the body,
the ? .

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 9. ? stemming off the aorta carry oxygen-rich blood to all parts of
the body.
10. When the atria ? , oxygen rich blood from the lungs enters the
left atrium, and oxygen poor blood from the rest of the body enters the right atrium,
starting the process all over again.

Page 3: Cardiovascular System (Continued)

FQ: What causes the sound of a heartbeat, and what should a healthy heart sound like?

VR: What important information did you learn about from this audio clip?

Answer the questions and fill in the correct answers below, replacing "?" with the correct
answer.

Word Bank: out, close, contracts, fill, valves, open

1. It’s the ____?_____ opening and closing that makes the sound you hear.
2. The two bottom chambers (ventricles) of your heart ___?____ when the heart
muscle relaxes.
3. The heart muscle _____?_____ and pushes the blood from the bottom ventricles
to the lungs and body.
4. The valves between the top two chambers (atria) and the bottom chambers
(ventricles)____?___ so the blood moves in one direction. That’s what makes the
first sound of your heartbeat.
5. A second set of valves open to let the blood flow ___?___ of the bottom
chambers (ventricles) and to the lungs and body. When they close again, it makes
the second beat of your heart.
6. One type of heart murmur occurs when one of the heart valves can’t ____?
_____ or close completely.

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Page 4: Cardiovascular System (Continued)

FQ: What is blood pressure, and what factors affect it?

Page 5: Blood Flow

FQ: How can your behaviors and your heredity impact cardiovascular health?

Blood Pressure What is blood pressure?

What is systolic pressure?

What is diastolic pressure?

What happens to blood pressure during stress or

exercise?

Factors that affect blood pressure What is hypertension?

What is plaque?

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 What is atherosclerosis?

What causes a heart attack?

What causes a stroke?

Sample Question:

Nicotine, a substance found in cigarettes, causes blood vessels to constrict. What effect might
prolonged smoking have on the body?

a. Decreased heart rate

b. Decreased heart strength

c. High blood pressure

d. High blood volume