Blood
What are the 4 main components of blood?
Plasma, White Blood Cells, Red Blood Cells, and Platetas
Is your heart a muscle? True or False?
True
What do arteries carry?
Red Blood Cells that have oxygen to all parts of your body
What is 3 things that high blood pressure can cause?
damages your arteries, causes heart attacks and strokes, pushes against the artery walls.
How does the body get nutrients?
it doesn't, it gets absorbed
What do your blood cells do?
They float in plasma and maintains your blood pressure and helps blood clots.
Is the heart the main part of your body/circulatory system? True or False?
True
What are veins?
They are vesicles that carry red blood cells that need to go back to your heart to get more oxygen.
Whats 2 things that low pressure could cause?
may cause symptoms like dizziness and fainting and and pushes against the wall that is low.
Where does the oxygen come from?
photosynthesis
What do your red blood cells do?
They deliver oxygen and help clear waste from your body.
What does the heart do?
Pumps blood all over your body.
What are capillaries?
They are blood vessels that give nutrients and oxygen around to your cells.
What is heart disease affects?
heart attack, stroke, and heart failure.
How much nutrients should a human body get per day?
1250mg
What do White Blood Cells do?
They help your immune system fight off germs and viruses when they enter your body.
Where does the blood enter?
Through the superior ventricle into the right atrium then the tricuspid valve will push it into the right ventricle.
What do capillaries connect to?
veins and arteries
What is Arrhythmia?
Its where your heart thinks you need more blood when you are resting and pumps faster.
How much times does a heart beat per day?
about 100,000 times
What do Platelets help with?
They help with bleeding by making a blood clot to stop you from bleeding.
What does the double loop system mean?
there are 2 loops one in you body one in your lungs.
What do blood cells use to work together?
Diffusion to transfer oxygen to cells.
What is heart valve disease?
makes the valves flows different ways and can also cause narrowing heart valves and backwards flow of blood.
What happens if you don't get nutrients in your body?
you could get heart disease, diabetes, or even cancer