Exam 22: Circulation and Respiration

The structure labeled "B" is the ____.

In capillary exchange, osmosis takes place ____.

When blood flows through pulmonary capillaries, it picks up ___ and releases ___.

An animal has a two-chambered heart and blood flows in a single circuit. This animal is a ____.

The structure labeled "D" is the ____.

A stroke may occur when a vessel in the ____.

This animal has two atria and one ventricle and two vascular circuits. This animal is a(n) ____.

Gas exchange between the blood and interstitial fluid occurs via ____.

Arteries carry ____.

To meet the high oxygen demands of flight, birds _____.

The pulmonary capillaries _____.

Blood pumped from the left ventricle goes into the ____.

The structure labeled "C" is the ____.

With a _____ concentration of LDLs and a _____ concentration of HDLs, lipids can build up on artery walls leading to _____.

The pulmonary circuit moves blood from _____.

Oxygen will diffuse across gill membranes into the blood because _____.

If a small blood vessel is torn, ____ will temporarily fill the breach.

The most numerous cells carried in the plasma are ____.

Amphibian and most reptiles have ____.