Blood Composition
What gives red blood cells their red color?
Hemoglobin
What is a difference between arteries and veins?
Arteries carry blood with oxygen from the heart to the body and Veins carry un-oxygenated blood from body back to heart
What is the primary function of blood?
Delivers nutrients and oxygen throughout the body
Name the three primary layers
Tunica intima, Tunica Media, and Tunica Externa
What are our favorite colors?
Izzy:PINK,Sally:PURPLE/GREEN
Where in the body are red blood cells made?
Red bone marrow
What is the artery generally used to feel the pulse of the wrist?
Radial artery
What is the function of White blood cells?
help defend the body aganist invasion and remove toxins/damaged cells
Which vessel has present valves?
Veins
How tall are we...? Purposefully insulting answers result in point deduction (sydney)
Sally:5'0 3/4,Izzy:4'11..
Name the artery that carries blood from the heart to the lungs?
Pulmonary arteries
What is a way blood helps maintain homeostasis?
Regulating body temperature
Different structure between vein and artery
Artery having external elastic membrane and elastic fiber
What is our favorite season?
SPRING!!!
What is the term for the liquid part of blood that carries blood throughout your body?
Plasma
What are the two major pairs of blood vessels that supply blood with oxygen to the brain and head?
Carotid arteries
How does blood regulate Ph of interstitial fluids?
Blood absorbs and neutralizes acids like lactic acid
What is the Tunica media made up of?
Smooth muscle and elastic fibers
What do we want to be when we grow up?
Sally:Anesthesiologist,Izzy:Fashion Designer
What are the scientific names for white and red blood cells?
Erythocytes and Leukocytes
which vein collects most of the venous(deoxygenated) blood from below the diaphragm?
Inferior Vena Cava
Why does our blood contain white blood cells?
WBCs act as the body's fighters, defending from attacks from foreign invaders
What in the Tunica Externa anchors the vessel to nearby tissue?
Collegan fibers
What is our favorite anime?
Sally: Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Izzy: The Summer Hikaru Died