Blood Vessels
The Heart (less important)
Blood
Terms
Diseases, Disorders, and Conditions
100
VESSELS THAT CARRY BLOOD AWAY FROM THE HEART.
What is artery?
100
CHAMBERS THAT RECEIVES BLOOD ENTERING THE HEART
What is atrium?
100
THESE CELLS HELP PROTECT THE BODY AGAINST DISEASE AND FOREIGN SUBSTANCES
What are white blood cells?
100
MUSCULAR ORGAN THAT PUMPS BLOOD THROUGHOUT THE BODY
What is the heart?
100
ARTERIES HARDEN, REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD THAT CAN FLOW THROUGH THEM
What is arteriosclerosis?
200
VESSELS THAT CARRY BLOOD TO THE HEART
What is veins?
200
CHAMBER THAT PUMPS BLOOD FROM THE HEART TO THE REST OF THE BODY
What are ventricles?
200
CELLS THAT CARRY OXYGEN FROM THE LUNGS TO THE BODY
What are red blood cells?
200
BLOOD CLASSIFICATION BASED ON WHETHER CERTAIN PROTEINS ARE PRESENT ON THE SURFACE OF THE RED BLOOD CELLS (A, B, AB, O)
What is blood group or type?
200
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
What is hypertension?
300
LARGEST ARTERY
What is aorta?
300
THESE KEEP BLOOD FROM MOVING BACK INTO THE ATRIA WHEN THE VENTRICLES CONTRACT
What are valves?
300
LIQUID PART OF THE BLOOD
What is plasma?
300
GROUP OF ORGANS AND TISSUES THAT MOVE ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES TO BODY CELLS AND REMOVE THEIR WASTE PRODUCTS
What is cardiovascular or circulatory system?
300
ABNORMALLY LOW LEVEL OF HEMOGLOBIN
What is anemia?
400
The tiny blood vessels that connect the veins and arteries to body cells.
What is capillaries?
400
BLOOD ENTERS THE RIGHT ATRIUM THROUGH TWO OF THESE
What is vena cava?
400
PIECES OF CELLS THAT START THE PROCESS OF BLOOD CLOTTING
What are platelets?
400
This makes up 55% of your blood volume
What is plasma?
400
OCCURS WHEN BLOOD FLOW TO A PART OF THE HEART MUSCLE IS BLOCKED
What is a heart attack?
500
TOTAL NUMBER OF CHAMBERS IN THE HEART
What is 4?
500
A COMPLEX TISSUE THAT CONSISTS OF RED BLOOD CELLS, WHITE BLOOD CELLS, AND PLATELETS SUSPENDED IN WATER SOLUTION CALLED PLASMA
What is blood?
500
TYPE OF CANCER IN WHICH LARGE AMOUNTS OF ABNORMAL WHITE BLOOD CELLS ARE PRODUCED THAT INTERFERES WITH THE PRODUCTION OF OTHER BLOOD CELLS
What is leukemia?
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