Cardio Structures
There are this many sections of the heart
What is 4 sections of the heart
The cardiovascular systems main job is to transport these two substances to the body tissues
Nutrients and Oxygen
This is known as high blood pressure
What is Hypertension
What is the strongest muscle in the body?
What is the Heart
This is a thick, muscular vessel that carries blood away from the heart under high pressure.
What is an Artery
what blood cells fight infections
white blood cells
The most common heart disease that narrows the coronary arteries
What is coronary artery disease
What is the average weight of the Heart?
9 to 12 ounces
This is the side of the heart that the blood flows in from
What is the right side of the Heart
3 main parts of the cardiovascular system are?
blood, heart and the blood vessels
Also called a heart attack that occurs when blood flow to the heart is completely blocked
What is a Myocardial Infarction
How often does the blood in your body travel through the heart?
1 minute
This is the side of the heart that blood goes away from
What is the left side of the heart
This part of the blood carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body
What are red blood cells
A person with an irregular rhythm and is "Skipping Beats" is called
What is Atrial Fibrilation
How many times does the heart beat a day?
What is 115000
This is while veins are thinner-walled vessels that carry that carry blood towards the heart under low pressure
What is a vein
The cardiovascular system helps remove this waste gas produced by cells
What is carbon dioxide?
The condition that causes the heart muscle to become weakened after prolonged reduced blood flow.
What is ischemic cardiomyopathy
Your heart could fill these many standard bathtub volumes of blood in a lifetime.
(50 gallons a bathtub)
What is about 100 bathtubs