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What is the primary function of one side of the heart?
What is the primary function of one side of the heart?
- Pumping deoxygenated blood to the lungs
- Pumping oxygenated blood to the body (correct)
- Pumping deoxygenated blood to the body
- Pumping oxygenated blood to the lungs
What type of blood vessels always carry blood away from the heart?
What type of blood vessels always carry blood away from the heart?
- Arteries (correct)
- Capillaries
- Pulmonary vessels
- Veins
What is the term for red blood cells with oxygen attached to them?
What is the term for red blood cells with oxygen attached to them?
- Leukocytes with O2
- Erythrocytes with O2 (correct)
- Platelets with O2
- Erythrocytes with CO2
What is the function of the great vessels?
What is the function of the great vessels?
What type of blood is carried by erythrocytes without oxygen attached to them?
What type of blood is carried by erythrocytes without oxygen attached to them?
The heart has three sides.
The heart has three sides.
Arteries always carry blood towards the heart.
Arteries always carry blood towards the heart.
Oxygenated blood is rich in CO2.
Oxygenated blood is rich in CO2.
Veins are always larger than arteries.
Veins are always larger than arteries.
The heart pumps deoxygenated blood to the body.
The heart pumps deoxygenated blood to the body.