The Heart
How does oxygenated blood get out of the heart?
It gets pushed out by arteries with ventricles
What are the 4 parts of blood?
Platelets, red blood cells, plasma, and white blood cells
What do arteries do?
They take blood away from the heart
How does blood go throughout your body?
Ventricles
What is the main idea of the circulatory system?
Transporting nutrients
How many chambers in the heart?
Four chambers (left and right atrium and the left and right ventricles)
What does the lymphatic system do?
It fights off infections/the immune system with white blood cells
How do veins work?
Veins bring back blood into the heart
What creates blood pressure?
The force with which ventricles of the heart contract
What are the 3 main nutrients that blood carries?
hormones, nutrients, and gases
What does the left ventricle go through?
The pulmonary artery
How are red blood cells and white blood cells different?
White blood cells fight off infections and red blood cells carry gases in and out of the lungs
Coronary arteries and veins are located where?
The heart
How is blood pressure important?
Its important because without blood pressure blood wouldn't make it to different parts of the body
How is nutrient moving possible?
Vessels make nutrients moving around the body possible
Name 2 chambers on the right side of the heart
Right atrium and right ventricle
Describe what platelets do
The form a clot made of blood to a fill a wound
How do coronary veins help the heart?
They help by removing the deoxygenated blood from the heart?
What happens if you have high blood pressure?
Heart attack
Describe how the circulatory system transports nutrients
Nutrients get transported in blood cells that reach different places in the body
What is 1 artery and 1 ventricle in the heart?
Pulmonary artery and right ventricle
What does plasma do?
It carries nutrients and is the liquid part of blood
What do coronary arteries do?
Coronary arteries give nutrients and oxygen for the heart to survive
How would the body react without blood pressure?
Almost every part of the body would stop working which would lead to death
The nutrients get moved where?
Cells in the body