Cardiovascular System
What do you call the lower chambers of the heart which pump blood either to the lungs or to the body?
Ventricles
What structure produces a person's voice?
The vocal cords
Name the system that consists of a network of veinlike vessels that returns fluid to the bloodstream?
Lymphatic system
What are the blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart?
veins
What occurs when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked?
a heart attack
What is the alternating expansion and relaxation of the artery wall called?
A pulse
With respiration ____________ and glucose react to release energy into the cells
oxygen
What does lymph become when it leaves the lymphatic system and empties into the veins
Becomes part of blood plasma
In which vessels are materials exchanged between the blood and the body cells?
Capillaries
Name the condition in which blood pressure is consistently higher than normal.
hypertension
Located in the right atrium is a group of heart cells called the ___________, which sends out signals that make the heart muscle contract.
The pacemaker.
What do you call the process in which oxygen and glucose undergo a complex series of chemical reactions inside the cells?
respiration
Fluid from the blood that enters lymphatic vessels is known as
lymph
Red blood cells are mostly made of ___________, which is an iron-containing protein that binds chemically to oxygen molecules.
hemoglobin
Death of brain tissue that can result when blood vessel in the brain is either blocked by a clot or bursts
stroke
How many loops does the human circulatory system contain?
2
What 2 parts of the nose trap pollen (dust)?
Mucus & cilia
What structure filters lymph as well as trap bacteria and other disease-causing microorganisms?
Lymph nodes
What is the blood type of a person whose plasma contains only anti-B clumping proteins?
type A
Over time, smoking can irritate the breathing passages, which may be clogged with mucus. This condition is called?
bronchitis
What heart structure prevents blood from flowing backward
the valve
What structures make up the tiny sacs of lung tissue at the end of the Bronchi which are specialized for the movement of gasses between air and blood?
alveoli
Where does lymph come from?
Fluid leaked from capillaries
Who can type AB blood donate to?
only AB
What do you call an infection that causes fluid to collect in the alveoli?
Pneumonia