Blood flow
What are the three components that make up blood?
Plasma, white blood cells, red blood cells
What are the two branches of the immune system?
Innate and adaptive
What pressure does blood travel through the arteries at?
High pressure
What does the pancreas release?
Insulin
Name both components that carry blood away and toward the heart
Arteries-Away
Veins- Back to
Name the organ that is the first line of defence for the immune system
Skin
What stops blood flowing backward?
Valves
Where is the hypothalamus located?
Brain
Name two things that Capillaries do?
Remove waste, carry oxygen, carry glucose.
What is the most typical second line of defence for the immune system
Fever or inflammatory response
How much blood is found in your arteries percentage wise
30%
What do the adrenal glands control?
Adrenaline
What blood vessels carry oxygenated blood?
Pulmonary vein
What is the third line of defence for the body?
Antibodies
How much blood is found in the capillaries and veins as percentages
5% 65%
Where is the pituitary gland located?
Attached to the hypothalamus
Name the process that move oxygen from the blood to the tissue.
Diffusion
Name both cells that help with infection of the system
T & B cells
Outline the full journey of blood.
Clue HAACVV
Heart, arteries arterioles, capillaries, Venules, veins
Name three thing the pituitary gland controls
Thyrpoid, adrenals, ovaries, testicles- (secretes horomones)