Fun Facts
Anatomy of a...something?
All over, Anything!
Chamber of Secrets
An apple a day
100
Fun fact- this part of your body is roughly the same size as your heart.
What is your fist?
100
How many separate chambers does your heart have?
What is four chambers?
100
These carry oxygen-poor blood back to your heart.
What are veins?
100
Two large veins deliver oxygen-poor blood to this chamber of the heart.
What is the right atrium?
100
Limiting this atomic number 11 element in your diet can also lower your blood pressure.
What is sodium?
200
True or False- Average newborn heart rates are faster than average adult heart rates.
True!
Adults- 60 to 100 bpm
Newborns- 100 to 205 bpm
200
To make room for your heart, your ____ ____ is slightly smaller than your ____ _____.
What is the left lung is slightly smaller than your right lung?
200
These carry oxygen-rich blood from your heart to your body's tissues.
What are arteries?
200
This chamber pumps the oxygen-poor blood to your lungs through the pulmonary artery.
What is the right ventricle?
200
About 1 in every ____ adults age 20 and older have Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)?
What is 1 in every 20?
300
______ is High Blood Pressure Education Month
What is May?
300
What is the name of the structure labeled #2?
What is the superior vena cava?
300
According to the CDC, about _ in _ heart disease deaths are preventable?
What is 1 in 3?
300
After the lungs fill your blood with oxygen, the pulmonary veins carry the blood to the ____.
What is the left atrium?
300
One person dies every ___ _______ from cardiovascular disease.
What is every 34 seconds?
400
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According to the Cleveland Clinic, the most cardiac deaths occur on which major holiday every year?
400
What is the structure labeled as #8?
What is the inferior vena cava?
400
These are small blood vessels where your body exchanges oxygen-rich blood and oxygen-poor blood.
What are capillaries?
400
_____ _______ is slightly larger than the right. It pumps oxygen-rich blood to the rest of your body.
What is the left ventricle?
400
This is a small device a healthcare provider can place in your upper body, usually during surgery, to send impulses to your heart. The device can stabilize abnormal heart rhythms and prevent problems that could disrupt or endanger your life.
What is a pacemaker?
500
What is the structure labeled as #1?
What is the Aorta?
500
This is the protective outer layer of your heart- its job is pretty epic!
What is the Epicardium?
500
Cardiovascular disease remains the No. 1 killer and the most expensive disease, costing nearly __ _______ a day.
What is $1 billion?
500
This carries blood from your upper body, while this brings blood from your lower body.
What is the superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava?
500
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According to the Cleveland Clinic, which day is the most common day of the week to experience a heart attack?