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Blood Vessel Lab

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PRE-LAB EXERCISES Open the A&P app, and from the left-side menu, select the Circulatory System. You are responsible for the identification of all bold terms and all answers to the questions. A. Wat ... ch the video in Module 27.1 Circulatory System Overview and answer the following questions. 1. What are the two main components of the circulatory system? Heart and blood vasculature 2. Blood is carried away from the heart by arteries , and it is carried back to the heart by veins . 3. Circulating blood carries oxygen from the lungs to body tissues and removes waste Carbon dioxide , carrying it back to the lungs to be exhaled.3 B. Explore the 3D anatomical view in Module 27.2 Circulatory Anatomy and answer the following questions. 1. Select the heart from the left-side menu and use the book icon to read the definition. a. What is the main purpose of the heart? Pumps blood throughout the body b. Select the heart and use the Hide Others button to hide the other structures in the view. Rotate the view to observe the several large blood vessels attached to the heart. 2. Select arteries from the left-side menu. Note that that the largest arteries are those leaving the heart. As they branch, they get narrower in diameter. a. Use the Hide Others button to hide the other structures in the view and observe the routes of the arteries. Select the largest artery, traveling from the heart downward through the torso. What is this artery called? Aorta [Show More]

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