Soft Hearted
The materials being carried by the blood to the cells are ____ and ____.
What are glucose and oxygen?
this blood vessel must be very thick to withstand the high force of blood pumped by the heart
What are arteries or artery walls?
the ventricle that pumps blood to the pulmonary artery to the lungs
What is the RIGHT ventricle?
This liquid component of the blood is made up of 90% water.
What is plasma?
If your heart doesn't beat/contract when it is supposed to, you may need one of these.
What is an artifical pacemaker?
3 blood vessels--put them in order of the blood flow from the heart to the cells and back to the heart
What are arteries, capillaries, then veins?
2 lower chambers of the heart
What are ventricles?
controls the direction of blood flow
What are valves?
protein in the blood that binds (connects) easily to oxygen
What is hemoglobin?
consistently high blood pressure
What is hypertension?
connects arteries and veins
What are capillaries?
Blood pressure is caused when the heart's _________ contract.
What are ventricles?
carries blood rich in oxygen away from the heart
What is the aorta or arteries?
produces fibrin which helps form blood clots
What are platelets?
Platelets will set off a reaction that causes the release of this chemical.
What is fibrin?
Fibrin weaves a net of tiny fibers called a clot to stop bleeding.
4 components (parts) of blood
What are plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets?
plasma- the liquid part of blood
RBC- transport O2 to cells
WBC- fights disease
platelets-clots blood
blood is mostly made up of this substance
this substance is mostly made up of water
What plasma?
Plasma carries needed materials to to cells and removes waste materials.
carries blood filled with CO2 back to the heart
What are veins?
The part of the blood that transports O2 to the cells throughout the body
What are red blood cells?
List 3 ways to help reduce cardiovascular disease.
What is
1. exercise?
2. balanced diet--low sodium, low cholesterol, low saturated and trans fat?
3. not smoking?
carries the blood away from the heart with a supply of oxygen
What are arteries?
this blood type is known as a Universal Donor
What is Type O blood?
a system of vessels that returns fluid back to the blood stream
What is the lymphatic system?
The part of the blood that fights disease
What are white blood cells?
The result of blood flow being cut off to a portion of the heart.
What is a heart attack?