Heart
Blood
Cardiovascular System 1
Cardiovascular System 2
Cardiovascular System 3
100
What blood vessels carries blood away from the heart?
Arteries
100

What are the three parts of the blood?

Blood cells, buffy coat, and plasma

100
Why are veins smaller, thinner, and less muscular then arteries?
Deal with lower blood pressure.
100
These blood vessels carry blood to the heart.
Veins
100
What blood vessels are the smallest and thinnest?
Capillaries
200
The area where your heart is located.
Thorax
200

What does the  hemoglobin protein carry?

oxygen atoms

200
What happens to veins as they get closer to the heart.
They get bigger
200
Which blood vessels are the most common?
Capillaries
200
Name the artery that transport the blood directly from the heart.
Aorta
300
There are four valves inside the heart name three of them.
Tricuspid, Mitral or bicuspid, Pulmonary, and Aortic
300

What is the function of the cells known as leukocytes? (general function)

Help with fighting infections

300
Where do veins receive the blood they carry back to the heart?
From the Capillaries
300
Blood leaves through the __________ side of the heart.
Left side
300
What vessels transport blood to the lungs. The ________ arteries?
Left and right pulmonary arteries
400
Name the four chambers of the heart. (Remember right and left)
Right and Left Atrium, Left and Right Ventricle
400

Where does hematapoesis take place?

What is red bone marrow

400

What is a common genetic blood disorder that changes the shape of red blood cells?

Cycle Cell Anemia
400
The Cardiovascular System could also be called the bodies ______________ System
Transportation
400
What is the function of the capillaries?
Exchange System. Exchange nutrients, gases, and waste products.
500
What chamber does the blood return to once it leaves the lungs.
Left Atrium
500

A patient has type AB blood. What donors could they receive blood from?

Types A, B, AB, or O
500
What are two minor blood vessels.
Arterioles and Venules
500

Name two ways veins get blood back to the heart.

valves and muscle contraction

500

What are the tendons that connect the valves to the muscles?

what is chordae tendonae

600

What part of the EKG pattern  is caused by the contraction of the right and left atria?

P wave

600

What is the term for the blood condition caused by a cancerous overproduction of white blood cells?

What is leukemia

600

What portion of the circulatory system delivers blood to the lungs?

What is pulmonary system

600

The large vessel on the front of the heart that lies in front of the aorta is the

what is the pulmonary artery

600

A narrow balloon is inserted into a blocked vessel in this surgery.

what is angioplasty

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