Vocab Fab 1
Your heart, blood, and blood vessels make up your_______.
Cardiovascular System
Blood vessels which carries blood away from the heart to the body's organs. They have thick walls.
Arteries
Blood enters the right atrium of the heart through these veins.
Superior and inferior vena cava
A group of similar cells working together.
tissues
Another name for platelets
Thrombocytes
A state of stable internal conditions. i.e. temperature. blood pressure, heart rate, and blood glucose levels.
Homeostasis
A ___________ happens when a blood vessel in the brain becomes blocked OR ruptures resulting in parts of the brain receiving no oxygen.
stroke
The ___________ valve separates the right atrium from the right ventricle.
Tricuspid
A _____________ cell is a cell that has unique structures that are specialized to perform specific functions in the body.
differentiated
The fluid part of the blood
Plasma
Flaplike structures in the heart which are responsible for the "lub dub sound" of a beating heart and prevent blood from going backwards.
Valves
Respiration is divided into 2 parts. What are they?
Inhaling and exhaling (Breathing) and Cellular Respiration (Chemical reaction which release energy from food)
True or False? The right and left pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood to the lungs.
True
Muscular system
An oxygen carrying protein responsible for the red color of red blood cells.
Hemoglobin
A flap of cartilage located at the top of the larynx which seals off the trachea while eating.
Epiglottis
_____________ occurs when the heart is too weak to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs. A ____________ occurs when the heart muscle cells do not get enough blood.
Heart Failure, Heart Attack
The right and left pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to this chamber of the heart.
Left Atrium
This is the system which consists of your hair, skin, and nails which protect what lies beneath them.
Integumentary System
The method of boosting the number of red blood cells, therefore increasing the blood's ability to bring oxygen to muscles to enhance athletic performance.
Blood Doping
Your __________ is caused by the rhythmic contractions of the heart pumping blood into arteries.
pulse
A cardiovascular disease which occurs when cholesterol and other lipids build up inside blood vessels thus making them narrow and less elastic.
Atherosclerosis
The LARGEST artery in the ENTIRE body which carries oxygenated blood to the entire body.
Aorta
What are the four main kinds of tissue?
Connective tissue, muscle tissue, nervous tissue, and epithelial tissue
What blood type does a person with no antigens, A and B antibodies, and no Rh antigens have?
O-