Anatomy
What blood vessels carries blood away from the heart?
Arteries
Why are veins smaller, thinner, and less muscular then arteries?
Deal with lower blood pressure.
These blood vessels carry blood to the heart.
Veins
What blood vessels are the smallest and thinnest?
Capillaries
What prevents backflow of blood?
Valves
What is the strongest part of the heart
What happens to veins as they get closer to the heart.
They get bigger
Which blood vessels are the most common?
Capillaries
Name the artery that transport the blood directly from the heart.
Aorta
The average adult heart beats 72x/minute, 100,00x/day. How many beats per year.
Around 3,650,000 beats per year.
There are four valves inside the heart name three of them.
Tricuspid, Mitral, Pulmonary, and Aortic
Where do veins receive the blood they carry back to the heart?
From the Capillaries
Blood leaves through the __________ side of the heart to go to the body
Left Side
What vessels transport blood to the lungs. The ________ arteries?
Left and right pulmonary arteries
How many gallons of blood does the heart pump per day?
2,000
Name the four chambers of the heart. (Remember right and left)
Right and Left Atrium, Left and Right Ventricle
Name two Vena Cava blood vessels.
Inferior and Superior
The Cardiovascular System could also be called the bodies ______________ System
Transportation
What is the function of the capillaries?
Exchange System. Exchange nutrients, gases, and waste products.
Together your system of blood vessels arteries, veins, and capillaries end to end will stretch how many miles?
60,000
What chamber does the blood return to once it leaves the lungs.
Left Atrium
What are two minor blood vessels.
Arterioles and Venules
Name the three ways veins pump blood back to the heart.
Gravity, Inertia, and muscle contraction
What is another name for the Aortic valve?
Bicuspid valve
Total time it takes your blood to circulate through your body. (Every team answers and closet answer receives the points).
20 seconds