Bone Marrow
Where is the red blood cell made?
The red blood cell is made in the bone marrow.
What does the red blood cell travel through?
Bloodstream.
What is the role of the heart?
It pumps blood cells throughout the body.
What do the lungs feed into the blood stream?
oxygen
True or False red blood cells have organelles when they are fully mature.
False
How long does it take for red blood cells to mature?
7 days
What is the life span of a red blood cell?
What do heart valves do?
They control flow of blood so that it moves in the right direction.
True or False lungs have no connection to the bloodstream
false.
What is the red blood cell shape?
Dumbell
It is a soft bone tissue
What does the red blood cell transport?
carbon dioxide and oxygen.
How many valves does the heart have?
4
lungs are centerpiece of WHAT system?
Respiratory.
What is hemoglobin?
iron containing protein in the blood that carries oxygen and carbon dioxide.
what does erythropoiesis stand for?
Erythro means red and Poiesis means to make. So, it means to make red.
Where does blood travel to most?
Heart.
What component of the heart does blood lead through?
Aorta
What components are in the respiratory system?
What is hemoglobin called when carbon dioxide is connected?
deoxyhemoglobin
What is the process of erythropoiesis?
process which produces red blood cells, which is the development from the stem cell to mature red blood cell.
CHALLENGE(DOUBLE POINTS): Where does the bloodstream NOT travel to?
Cornea/Eye.
Challenge:
Name 2 arteries in the heart?
left coronary artery.
circumflex artery
left anterior descending artery.
right coronary artery
marginal arteries
posterior descending artery
pulmonary artery
Explain function of lungs when it comes to blood?
When you inhale oxygen enters lungs. Oxygen then moves to blood at the same time carbon dioxide moves into lungs to get exhaled.
Oxyhemoglobin