Lungs
whats the most important job of the lungs?
Giving oxygen to the blood and taking carbon dioxide away from the blood
What does your heart do?
Pumps blood throughout your whole body
What do white blood cells do?
they fight off diseases and other waste bacteria
How many types of cells are there?
200
What are arteries?
They are tubes that carry blood away from the heart
What does the pharynx do?
Transports air,food and water.
What is the size of your heart?
the size of your fist
what do red blood cells do?
They carry oxygen throughout your body and remove carbon dioxide from your body transporting it to the lungs for you to exhale
They fight diseases and other bacteria
white blood cells
What do veins do?
They carry blood back to the heart and lungs. They also carry blood with waste products such as carbon dioxide.
What are alveoli and what is surrounding them?
tiny air sacks in the lungs are surround by capillaries
Plasma is the liquid that carries oxygen,carbon dioxide,and antibodies. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
What does the blood carry to and from every cell in your body?
nutrients,water,oxygen,and waste products
What are the 6 parts of your circulatory system?
Heart,lungs,arteries,veins,capillaries,blood
Do arteries carry blood to the heart or away from the heart?
Away from the heart
Where do the bronchi break off from?
The trachea
how many chambers does your heart have?
four
what are the blood cells that help stop bleeding?
The platelets
The blood travels through thousands of miles of blood vessels TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
what are the thin tubes that connect arteries and veins?
capillaries
what are the three types of respiration?
Internal external and cellular
How are heart sounds made?
By heart valves
what is made of 90% of water
plasma
How many blood cells are there in one drop of blood?
5,000,000
How big are the capillaries?
it can only fit one cell