Blood Vessels
The Heart
Blood
Terms
Diseases, Disorders, and Conditions
100
VESSELS THAT CARRY BLOOD AWAY FROM THE HEART.
What is artery?
100

Chambers that receive blood entering the heart

What is atrium?

100
THESE CELLS HELP PROTECT THE BODY AGAINST DISEASE AND FOREIGN SUBSTANCES
What are white blood cells?
100
MUSCULAR ORGAN THAT PUMPS BLOOD THROUGHOUT THE BODY
What is the heart?
100

gradual buildup of fatty deposits, called plaque, inside your arteries

What is atherosclerosis?

200
VESSELS THAT CARRY BLOOD TO THE HEART
What is veins?
200

Chamber that pumps blood from the heart to the rest of the body

What are ventricles?

200
CELLS THAT CARRY OXYGEN FROM THE LUNGS TO THE BODY
What are red blood cells?
200

White blood cells and red blood cells (fancy term for each)

What are leukocytes and erythrocytes?

200
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
What is hypertension?
300
LARGEST ARTERY
What is aorta?
300

THESE KEEP BLOOD FROM MOVING BACK INTO THE ATRIA WHEN THE VENTRICLES CONTRACT

What are atrioventricular valves?

300

Part of blood that causes clotting

What are platelets?

300
GROUP OF ORGANS AND TISSUES THAT MOVE ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES TO BODY CELLS AND REMOVE THEIR WASTE PRODUCTS
What is cardiovascular or circulatory system?
300

myocardial infarction

What is a heart attack

400

Compare and contrast arteries and veins (4)

Both blood vessels.

Arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins carry it towards the heart. Arteries have a thick wall and veins do not. Arteries have a smaller lumen than the veins. 

400
BLOOD ENTERS THE RIGHT ATRIUM THROUGH TWO OF THESE
What is vena cava?
400

Part that is general immunity and involves thrombin

What are platelets?

400

The location of the sinoatrial node.

What is the right atrium?

400
OCCURS WHEN BLOOD FLOW TO A PART OF THE HEART MUSCLE IS BLOCKED
What is a heart attack?
500
The tiny blood vessels that connect the veins and arteries to body cells.
What is capillaries?
500
TOTAL NUMBER OF CHAMBERS IN THE HEART
What is 4?
500
A COMPLEX TISSUE THAT CONSISTS OF RED BLOOD CELLS, WHITE BLOOD CELLS, AND PLATELETS SUSPENDED IN WATER SOLUTION CALLED PLASMA
What is blood?
500

This makes up 55% of your blood volume and is liquid based

What is plasma?

500

clots that occur in myocardial tissue (not blockage)

What is coronary heart disease?

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