Vocabulary
Functions
Diesases
The Heart
Free Choice
100
A hollow, muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body
What is the Heart
100
A flap of tissue in the heart or vein that prevents blood from flowing backward
What is A Valve
100
A condition in which the artery wall thickens as it builds up.
What is an Atherosclerosis
100
The upper right chamber of the heart
What is Left Atrium
100
A tiny blood vessel where substances areexchanged between blood and cells
What is a Capalarriy
200
The largest artery in the body
What is the Aorta
200
The vessels that supply the heart muscle with blood rich in oxygen
What is a Coronary Artery
200
a condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is chronically elevated
What is Hypertension
200
The lower left chamber of the heart
What is Right Ventricle
200
A disease that makes the pressure of blood higher
What is high blood pressure
300
A blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart
What is a Vein
300
A lower chamber of the heart that pumps blood out to the lungs and body.
What is a Ventricle
300
an irregular rhythm of the heartbeat.
What is Heart Arrhythmia
300
A group of cells located in the right atrium that sences out signals that make the heart muscule contract and that regulates the heart beat
What is a Pacemaker
300
Other system that is connected cardiovascular system
What is the nervous system
400
The force thatsomething exerts over a given area
What is pressure
400
A group of cellls located in the right artium that sends out signals that make the heart muscle contract and that regulates heart beat rate
What is a Pacemaker
400
High blood pressure, defined as a repeatedly elevated blood pressure exceeding 140 over 90 mmHg
What is Hypertension
400
this pumps blood throughout the rest of the body
What is the hearts function?
400
It is important because it includes viens, arteries, cappilaries, and the heart
What is the cardiovascular systems importance?
500
A condition in which blood flow to a part of the heart muscule is blocked,which causes heart cells to die
What is a Heart Attack
500
A tube through which the blood circulates in the body. (Blood vessels include a network of arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins.)
What is Blood Vessels
500
conditions in which blood supply to the back of the brain is disrupted.
What is Vertebrobasilar circulatory disorders
500
A hollow Muscular organ, that pumps blood through out the body
What is the Heart
500
eating healthy foods and exersizing does this
What is keeping the cardiovascular system healthy?
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