Respiratory
Circulatory
Blood Vessels
Blood
Misc.
100
What is another name for the windpipe?
What is trachea
100
Which muscle pumps blood to all parts of your body?
What is the heart
100
What is the name of tiny blood vessels where gas and nutrients are exchanged in and out of the blood?
What is capillaries
100
What is the watery substance that makes up about 55% of your blood?
What is plasma
100
What 2 gases are exchanged during respiration
What is oxygen and carbon dioxide
200
What are the tiny sacs in which oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged called?
What is alveoli
200
How many types of blood vessels are there?
What is 3
200
Vessels that carry blood away from the heart are called what?
What is arteries
200
What are the tubes that circulate our blood called?
What is blood vessels
200
Which system includes the alveoli?
What is the respiratory system
300
What is our breathing muscle that sits just below the lungs?
What is the diaphragm
300
About how long does it take your heart to circulate blood throughout your entire body?
What is about 1 minute
300
Largest artery that is connected to the heart
What is aorta
300
Which component of your blood fights off infections and diseases?
What is white blood cells
300
Which muscle is out of sync when you have the hiccups?
What is the diaphragm
400
The trachea branches off into 2 tubes called what?
What is bronchi
400
What are the 3 main parts of the circulatory system?
What is heart, blood, and blood vessels
400
About how thick are capillaries?
What is one cell thick
400
What component of your blood contains oxygen and spreads oxygen to your cells?
What is red blood cells
400
What is the maximum amount of blood they allow a person to donate at one time?
What is 1 pint
500
What are the smaller twigs at the end of the bronchi called?
What is bronchioles
500
What type of blood vessels exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide?
What is capillaries
500
Which blood vessel carries oxygen-rich blood in their vessel?
What is artery
500
What component of your blood is your safety net and helps clot the blood to stop bleeding?
What is platelets
500
About how many pints of air does the average person breath in per minute?
What is about 13 pints
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