Heart ♥
What is blood?
A specialized substance in the body which transports nutrients, oxygen, heat, etc.
What substance is circulated through the heart?
Blood
When the blood leaves from the right ventricle, where does it go?
Pulmonary artery
This is the engine in our body. Without it, we die?
The Heart
What artery in the body supplies blood to the heart muscle?
The coronary artery
List the four chambers of the heart.
Right Atrium, Right Ventricle, Left Atrium, Left Ventricle
What valve is responsible for when the blood is pushed from the right atrium to the right ventricle?
The tricuspid valve
What is the muscle of the heart called?
Cardiac Muscle
Red Blood cells carry this main component necessarily to keep us alive.
Oxygen-Respiration
Another name for the aortic valve
The semi-lunar vave
What is the flow of blood through the heart called?
Circulation
What happens in the lungs?
Gaseous Exchange in the alveoli
How is the blood received into each chamber of the heart?
White Blood Cells also known as....
Leucocytes
What structure separates the left side of the heart from the right side?
The septum
which vein does deoxygenated blood from through to get to the right atrium?
Inferior and superior vena cava
What is the role of valves in the heart?
To keep blood flowing in one direction and to prevent backflow
After blood leaves the left ventricle, it goes....
Aorta, through the aortic valve
Name the two types of White Blood cells
Lymphocytes and Phagocytes
The right side of the heart carries......blood while the left side of the heart carries......blood.
Right side of the heart carries deoxygenated while the left carries oxygenated blood.
What is referred to as "The atrial systole"?
When the Atrium contracts to push blood out
The term "diastole" means.....
The chamber of the heart relaxes
Function of the aorta
Transport blood through the rest of the body like your limbs, legs,etc
Examples of Pathogens
Bacteria, Virus, Fungi, etc
How many valves are in the heart? Name them.
Four valves: Tricuspid valve, Bicuspid valve(Mitral), The pulmonary valve and the aortic or semi lunar valve