Enables blood clotting
Platelets
These blood vessels carry blood away from the heart
arteries
Pulmonary veins
The number of times your heart beats per minute is called ________________
heart rate
Prevent backflow of blood in the heart
valves
A person who is sick would have a higher or lower count of white blood cells?
Higher
These blood vessels have a large lumen
veins
Blood flows from the right atrium to the _________________
Another name for cardiovascular fitness
Stamina
Blood from the body enters the heart through the _____________
Vena Cava (inferior and superior)
Contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen
Red Blood Cells
These blood vessels contain valves to prevent backflow of blood
veins
The circuit that pumps blood to the lungs and back to the heart
Pulmonary Circuit
The equation used to find your max heart rate
This carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
Pulmonary artery
The watery substance that helps transport nutrients and waste products
Plasma
The inner canal of a blood vessel
lumen
The circuit that pumps blood to the body and back to the heart
Cardiac Output
Which chambers can be found on the upper portion of the heart?
Atrium
What percentage of our blood is plasma?
55%
Why do arteries have thicker walls?
They carry blood at a higher pressure
The thick muscular wall that divides the right side of the heart from the left side
Septum
The volume of blood pumped out of the heart by each ventricle in one beat
Stroke Volume
The large artery that takes oxygenated blood to the rest of the body
Aorta