The Heart
The Lungs
Seismic System
Vocabulary
Fun Facts
100
Can you live without your heart?
No
100
The lungs are part of the cycle ______ passes through.
Blood
100
Are your lungs used for other things besids breathing?
Yes
100
What does a capillary do?
Connects veins to arteries
100
Which organ controles how fast the heart beats?
The brain
200
True or false. The heart is a volintary organ.
False
200
True or false. The lungs are not only used to breathe.
True
200
The _________ blood enters the capillaries
oxygen-rich
200
What is the definition of a vital organ?
You cant live without it.
200
What is another name for carbon dioxide?
C02
300
The heart is like a giant ____.
Pump
300
Where does the exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen take place?
In the lungs capillaries.
300
The hearts main artery is called the… A.aorta B.capillary C.vein
A.aorta
300
What is the definition of carbon dioxide?
colorless odorless gas
300
Which phase is it when blood passes through the small intestine.
This phase is known as portal circulation.
400
How many parts is the heart split up into?
Four (right and left ventricles and the right and left atria)
400
Which ventricle (right or left) pushes the blood into the lungs?
The right ventricle.
400
Where is oxygen and nutrients released from the oxygen-rich blood?
In the capillaries.
400
What is the definition of pulmonary veins?
A vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
400
What does the kidneys filter much of from the blood?
Waste
500
Why does a valve separates each atrium from the ventricle below it?
So blood only flows from an atrium to a ventricle.
500
What kind of veins does the blood enter befor it returns to the heart?
pulmonary veins
500
The waste-rich blood flows into what, in order to circulate back to the heart after the waste products are collected.
the veins
500
What is the definition of nutrient?
source of nourishment
500
why does the liver filter sugars from the blood.
To store them for later.
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