Heart
What chambers of the heart collects blood that has returned from the body?
(There are 2)
Left and Right Atrium
What are the 4 components of whole blood?
RBC, WBC, platelets, plasma
What type of blood vessel brings blood back to the body? (50 extra points for how this type of blood vessel is unique.)
Veins.
(Valves)
How do we measure the force of the blood in the heart/ blood vessels.
Blood pressure
What is the different of beats/ min between males and females
2 to 7 beats/ min more for females.
What type of muscle makes up the heart. (50 extra points for giving 2 ways this muscle type is unique.)
Cardiac muscle
(Branched, striated, involuntary)
What shape are RBCs?
Biconclave
What is the smallest blood vessels in the body?
Capillaries
Term for the muscle that divides the ventricles in the heart?
intraventricular septum
The cardiovascular system is a closed system that consists of what? (3 general parts)
Blood, heart, blood vessels.
Name all four valves found in the heart. (50 bonus points if you can name them in the order that blood passes through, starting in the Vena Cava.)
Tricuspid, pulmonary, bicuspid/ mitral, aortic
What are the name of the proteins that carry oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood.
(50 bonus points: how many polypeptides join to make this protein?)
Hemoglobin.
(4)
Why are arteries more rigid than veins?
Pressure
What are things that can effect heart rate?
Exercise, age, gender, hormones...
What are the names of the 2 circulatory system that travel from the heart, through the body?
Systematic system, pulmonary system.
What are the tendons (cords) that prevent the valves in the heart from opening backward. These help prevent back flow of blood.
Give the anatomic term.
Chordae Tendineae
What is the (general) function of leukocytes?
Immunity (fight infections)
What are the 5 types of blood vessels in the body?
Arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, veins
List the path of blood through the heart, starting at the Vena Cava. (Include the veins and arteries)
Rt. atrium, rt ventricle, pulmonary artery, lungs, pulmonary vein, left atrium, left ventricle, aorta.
Blood leaves what chamber of the heart when traveling to the the lungs.
Right ventricle
What is the name of the circulatory system that supplies the heart with blood and nutrients?
Coronary System
How are RBCs cells different than a typical cells.
No nucleus or many organelles. Does not divide (mitosis).
What is found in blood (lipid & protein) that transmits/ carries information throughout the body?
Hormones
What are the 2 phases of a heartbeat?
systole and diastole
What is a product that can be created when red blood cells are broken down. Can cause jaundice.
Bilirubin