The chambered muscular organ in vertebrates that pumps blood received from the veins into the arteries, thereby maintaining the flow of blood through the entire circulatory system
What is the heart
100
an artery, capillary, or vein
What is a blood vessel
100
Anatomy Any of the muscular elastic tubes that form a branching system and that carry blood away from the heart to the cells, tissues, and organs of the body.
What is arteries
100
One of the minute blood vessels that connect arterioles and venules. These blood vessels form an intricate network throughout the body for the interchange of various substances, such as oxygen and carbon dioxide, between blood and tissue cells.
What is capillary
100
The interconnected system of spaces and vessels between body tissues and organs by which lymph circulates throughout the body.
What is lympathic system
200
When a chunck stopps up your blood stream
What is a blood clot
200
the longest blood vessel in your body
What is an aorta
200
Anatomy Any of the membranous tubes that form a branching system and carry blood to the heart.
What is vien
200
small enough for 1 single red blood cell
how big is a capillary
200
Makes blood flow one way
What is a valve
300
Smoking
Being overweight or obese
Lack of physical activity
Too much salt in the diet
Too much alcohol consumption (more than 1 to 2 drinks per day)
Stress
Older age
Genetics
Family history of high blood pressure
Chronic kidney disease
Adrenal and thyroid disorders
What causes hypertension
300
Arteries veins and capillaries end to end
What would be 100,000 miles streached out
300
bring blood away from the heart
What is the job of the arteries
300
delevers nutriens and blood to the body tissue
What does a capillary do
300
left ventricle, right ventricle, left atrium, and right atrium
What are the names of the four chambers of the heart