"I Want to Suck Your Blood"
Have a Heart!
Vesselography
Function Junction
Wellness
100
My friend Vince the vampire thinks there are only three major components to blood. Is he right or wrong?
He is WRONG there are four major components to blood.
100
How many chambers does a human heart have?
Four
100
What are the two biggest kinds of blood vessels in the human body?
1. Arteries
2. Veins
100
What are the three main functions of the circulatory system?
1. Carrying
2. Protecting
3. Regulating
100
Explain why eating healthy foods helps your circulatory system.
Good Job!
200
What are the two major components of blood that are produced in bone marrow?
1. Red Blood Cells
2. White Blood Cells
200
If I were a blood cell coming back to the heart from the rest of the body, what would be the first chamber that I would enter?
The Right Atrium
200
Veins mostly carry:
1. Oxygenated blood from the heart to the body.
2. Deoxygenated blood from the body to the heart.
2. Deoxygenated blood from the body to the heart.
200
Carrying involves two actions. What are they?
1. Delivery of substances that cells need.
2. Removal of waste products.
200
Explain why exercise is good for your circulatory system.
Good Job!
300
Name all four components of blood.
1. Plasma
2. Red Blood Cells
3. Platelets
4. White Blood Cells
300
Why are the walls of the ventricles the most muscular part of the heart?
The walls of the ventricles are the most muscular part of the heart because this is where the heart gives a strong pump to get the blood out to the lungs and the body.
300
If you could get 10 cents for every centimeter of blood vessel in your body, which would you pick and why?
1. Veins
2. Arteries
3. Capillaries
Capillaries, because there are more of them than arteries or veins.
300
How does the blood protect the body?
White blood cells defend against bacteria and viruses.
300
Explain why staying hydrated is healthy for your circulatory system.
Good Job!
400
What do platelets do?
Platelets form clots to stop bleeding.
400
The left ventricle is where the oxygenated blood arrives back from the lungs.
True or False
False - this is where the blood leaves the heart and gets pumped back out to the body.
400
What kind of muscle lines blood vessels?
Smooth muscle
400
What is thermoregulation?
Thermoregulation is the process that allows an organism to maintain its core internal temperature.
400
What are two things that put stress on your circulatory system.
Good Job!
500
Name all four components in blood and include their percentages in order (most to least).
1. Plasma - 50%
2. Red Blood Cells - 45%
3. Platelets - 4%
4. White Blood Cells - 1%
500
Name the pathway that blood takes through the heart.
500
What are the two main things that capillaries do?
Capillaries:
1. connecting arteries to veins
2. diffusing substances between the blood and cells.
500
There are three functions of the circulatory system, which one is involved in sweating when you are hot?
Regulating
500
What are some diseases related to the circulatory system.
1. Cardiovascular disease (heart attack, atherosclerosis...)
2. High blood pressure
3. High cholesterol
4. Sickle cell anemia
5. Hypertension
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