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The Circulatory System

Question
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Explain the following terms:

v. Pulse

Solution

Pulse - is the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.

Some More Questions From The Circulatory System Chapter

Rewrite and complete the following sentences by inserting the correct word
in the space indicated:


Oxygen combines with haemoglobin present in RBC and forms ___________.

Give the biological/technical terms for the following:

ix. The sound produced when the atrio-ventricular valves close in the heart.

The diagrams given below are cross sections of blood vessels:

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i. Identify the blood vessels A, B and C.
ii. Name the parts labelled 1 to 3.
iii. Name the type of blood that flows through A.
iv. Mention one structural difference between A and B.
v. In which of the above vessels does exchange of gases actually take place?

Differentiate between the following pairs on the basis of what is mentioned
within brackets:

ii. RBC and WBC (Shape)

The diagram below represents the human heart in one phase of its function.

Study the diagram carefully and answer the questions that follow:

i. Name the phase.

ii. Which part of the heart is contracting in this phase? Give a reason to support your answer.

iii. Name the parts labelled 1 to 4.

iv. What type of blood flows through ‘2’?

v State the function of the part numbered ‘5’.

vi Name the membrane that covers the heart.

Explain the following terms:

v. Pulse

Name the following :

The mineral element essential for the clotting of blood.

State the main functions of the following:

Coronary artery

State the main functions of the following:

Thrombocytes

Give the exact location of the following:

Mitral valve