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What is the major organ of the circulatory system that causes blood to flow through the body by its pumping action?
The Heat is the pump that circulates blood through the body.
What is the movement of blood through vessels as a result of the heart's pumping action?
It's called the Circulation, as it is a flow from heart to lungs, back to heart, out around the body and back to the heart.
What is the last valve oxygen depleted blood must pass through before pumping to the lungs?
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What moves blood throughout the body?
Through network of blood vessels - arteries,veins and capillaries with a central pump known as the heart.
What would you see if you could watch your blood travel through your body?
You would see opening and shutting arteries and pumping moving blood
What is the major organ of the circulatory system that causes blood to flow through the body by its pumping action?
The Heat is the pump that circulates blood through the body.
Blood is circulated through the blood vessels by the pumping action of the?
Heart
Describe the pumping action of the heart?
The pumping action involves the heart's chamber contracting and relaxing. The heart beat is one cycle of the heart going through this contraction and relaxation while pumping blood.
Which 2 factors carry blood through the arteries and away from the heart?
1. pumping action 2. pressure gradient
Why is the heart called pumping organ?
Because that's exactly what it does !... The heart muscles contract in a pulsing action - pumping blood through arteries and smaller vessels around the body.
The action of involuntary muscles keeps blood pumping through your blood vessels?
Yes because once your blood hit oxygen it turns red but really your blood vessels are purple
What is blood forced through the body by?
By your heart pumping the blood through your veins.
What is the fucntion of the heart?
the heart is the specialist muscle that contract regularly and continuously, pumping blood to the body and the lungs. The pumping action is caused by a flow of electricity through the heart that repeats itself in a cycle
What causes us to have a pulse?
Our heart s pumping blood into our bloodstreams
Is blood propelled through the body by the pumping action of the heart?
yes it is. the blood travels through tubes in the body called vessels. there are 4 types of vessel but i can't be bothered listing them!!!the smallest is the capillary vessel
Blood flow through the capillaries is steady despite the rhythmic pumping action of the heart because of?
Elasticity of the large arteries.
What happens with the right atrium?
The function of the right atrium is to receive deoxygenated blood from the body circulation. It then assists with filling the right ventricle through its pumping action.
