The Heart as an Organ
How many pumps in the human heart?
What is two?
What are the three types of blood vessels?
What is arteries, veins and capillaries?
What are the types of engineers who work on medical devices?
What is coronary heart disease?
What is a Disease of the blood vessels supplying the heart muscle?
What is hypertension?
What is commonly called high blood pressure, hypertension makes the heart work harder and may lead to such complications as a heart attack, a stroke or kidney failure?
How many chambers in the human heart?
What is four?
What are the types of blood cells that carry oxygen?
What are red blood cells?
What are ways to unblock an artery?
What is a balloon catheter; stent or drugs?
What disease is the second leading cause of death for people aged 15 to 59 years?
What is heart disease?
What does the circulatory system carry?
What is digested food substances to the cells of the body?
What receives all the oxygenated blood from the heart and distributes to the rest of the body?
What is the aorta?
What are two functions of the circulatory system?
What is respiration and nutrition?
What is one way to help a valve that is not working?
What is a prosthetic valve?
What types of risk factors are involved with heart disease?
What is modifiable, somewhat modifiable, and non-modifiable?
Why might a doctor prescribe medication to someone?
What is to lower the blood pressure, strengthen the heart, or prevent infection and blood clots?
What kinds of valves are located in the heart?
What is one-way valves?
What are types of blood cells that protect the body from disease?
What are white blood cells?
What do biomedical engineers study?
What is the strength and durability of our bones?
What are modifiable risk factors for heart disease?
What is High blood pressure, tobacco use, physical inactivity, and unhealthy diets?
What specific waste products does the circulatory system dispose of?
What is carbon dioxide, salts and ammonia?
What color is blood inside and outside of your body?
What is blue and red?
What are the two routes that blook can take in your body?
What is the systemic circulation and the
pulmonary circulation?
When making a prosthetic leg, what two parts of the body are required to help stabilize the knee?
What are the ligaments and cartilage?
What is the liquid portion of your blood called?
What is plasma?
What do red and white blood cells do for the body?
What is red blood cells carry oxygen and carbon dioxide throughout the body, and white blood
cells help protect the body from disease?