All About The Heart
How many chambers does the human heart have?
4
Arteries, veins and capillaries are considered to be...
a. blood
b. oxygen
c. blood vessels
d. blood cells
c. blood vessels
Materials are transported around our body with...
Blood
Which of the following blood cells gives blood its color?
a. Red Blood Cells
b. White Blood Cells
c. Plasma
d. Platelet
A
After running a 400 meter dash, Maliyah notices her heart is racing and goes to check her pulse. Where on her body can she find her pulse?
Her wrist
Her neck
What is the one and only job of the heart?
To pump blood
True or false: if we were to straighten out our blood vessels, they would be long enough to cover the world twice.
True
Less than 60 seconds
Identify the job of the white blood cell
To fight disease and infections
After a long bike ride, Elijah is out of breath. To calm down, he begins to take deep breaths. Would he be able to do this without his red blood cells? Why or why not?
No, because without red blood cells, his lungs would not get oxygen.
Name the four chambers of the heart.
Left Atrium
Left Ventricle
Right Atrium
Right Ventricle
Blood is pumped out of the heart through...
Arteries
This is the liquid part of our blood.
Plasma
Red blood cells have no nucleus because they have 1 job. What is that job?
To carry oxygen throughout the body
Kaiden has been staying home from school because he has been feeling sick. In about 2 days, he feels better and is able to return to school. How did his blood cells help him get better?
His white blood cells multiplied to fight the illness in his body.
The left atrium and ventricle pumps blood to and from the...
Lungs
Veins carry blood _______ to the heart
Back
How many types of blood cells do we have?
3.
When bleeding occurs, ___________ begin to clot together to stop bleeding.
Platelets
Miss D gets very sick and goes to the doctor to get a check up. When they took her blood, her white blood cell count was in the 30,000s. Is this a good or a bad thing?
Bad thing - too many white blood cells can be damaging to the body.
The left atrium is rich in ______________
The right atrium has lots of _________ __________
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
Order the blood vessels from largest to smallest
Arteries
Veins
Capillaries
Identify the four things that make up our blood
Plasma
Red Blood Cells
White Blood Cells
Platelets
Blood is made up of _____% red blood cells, _____% white blood cells, less than _____% platelets and _______% plasma.
55% red blood cells
2% white blood cells
less than 1% platelets
55% plasma
Michael is playing a baseball game and slides into home base for a homerun. His knee gets a scrape and starts to bleed. Which of the blood cells are most at work to stop the bleeding?
Platelets