Diseases
Parts of the Heart
Parts of Blood
Blood Vessels
Functions of the Circulatory System and Challenge Questions
100
A disease where plaque buildup in the arteries blocks blood flow
What is Coronary artery disease?
100
The biggest artery in the body.
What is the aorta?
100
Cell fragments that clog up wounds.
What are platelets?
100
These carry blood back to the heart.
What are veins?
100
Another name for the part of the circulatory system which distributes blood.
What is the cardiovascular system?
200
A hereditary genetic disorder that stops blood from clotting
What is hemophilia?
200
This part of the heart pumps blood to the lungs
What is the right ventricle?
200
They take oxygen from the lungs and distribute it to the cells that need it.
What are red blood cells?
200
These carry blood away from the heart.
What are arteries?
200
A function of the circulatory system.
What is delivering blood to parts of the body; transporting disease-attacking cells; carrying needed materials to cells and carrying waste away?
300
A disease sometimes referred to as the "silent killer"
What is hypertension?
300
A group of cells in the right atrium that regulates the beating of the heart
What is the pacemaker?
300
Disease fighters in the blood.
What are white blood cells?
300
They take oxygen from blood and replace it with waste.
What are capillaries?
300
Three of the major parts of the circulatory system.
What are (any three of) the heart; the lungs; capillaries; veins; arteries?
400
Something that a hypertension victim can do to lower their blood pressure (In most cases)
What is controlled diet and exercise?
400
After the oxygenated blood comes back from the lungs, it goes to this part of the heart
What is the left atrium?
400
It carries waste products.
What is plasma?
400
The vein that brings oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the heart.
What is the pulmonary vein?
400
The length of the life of a red blood cell.
How long is 120 days?
500
If you have hypertension, your blood pressure is over this measurement
What is 140/90?
500
A thin muscular wall that separates the right and left sides of the heart
What is the septum?
500
The percentage of plasma that is water.
What is 90%?
500
The artery that carries oxygen-poor blood from the heart to the lungs.
What is the pulmonary artery?
500
The number of red blood cells in your body for every one white blood cell.
How many is 500-1000?
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