Diseases
What is a Myocardial Infarction
(Heart attack) Blockage of blood flow?
What is a heart?
a muscular organ that part pumps blood to veins and arteries?
What kind of blood vessels are Aorta, Vena Cava, Superior Vena Cava, and Inferior Vena Cava
Main Blood Vessels
Allows what to flow in only 1 direction
Blood
What system uses blood vessels
Circulatory System
What is a Arrhythmia
Abnormal heart rate?
What are lungs
Where oxygen and nutrients are picked up by blood and when waste like carbon dioxide are realized from the blood
What blood vessel is the main artery of the heart carrying oxygenated blood to all parts of the body except the lungs
The valves of the heart controls the flow of blood through what by opening and closing during contractions
The heart
What is the main organ of the Circulatory System
The heart
What is a Artherosclerosis
Hardening of the arteries due to plaque
What does Arteries do?
Carry oxygen and nutrients away from the heart to the body
What blood vessels is a large vein carrying deoxygenated blood back to the heart
The Vena Cava
What 2 valve control blood flow from the atria to the ventricles
Mitral and Tricuspid
What does the blood vessels deliver with nutrients to all the cells in the body
Oxygen
What is a High Blood Pressure
making the heart work harder
What does veins do
Carry carbon dioxide and waste towards the heart
What blood vessels returns blood from the upper body
The Superior Vena Cava
What 2 valve control blood flow out the ventricles
Aortic and Pulmonary
What does blood vessels carry with waste to all lungs
Carbon Dioxide
What is a Prolapsed valve
the cause of backward flow of blood
What are capillaries?
tiny blood vessels connecting arteries and veins?
What blood vessels returns blood from the lower body
The Inferior Vena Cava
What are the 4 chambers located around the valves
Right Atrium, Right Ventricle, Left Atrium, and the Left Ventricle
What does the blood vessels include
Arteries, veins, and capillaries (at least include 2)