The Blood
the liquid bit of blood
What is plasma?
It is the name of the system of blood vessels in our body
What is the circulatory system?
This is the number of chambers found in the heart.
What is four?
The kind of circulatory system mammals have.
Double Circulatory System
it is transported from the liver to the kidneys
What is urea?
These vessels carry the blood away from the heart.
What are arteries?
This is the blood vessel that leads blood from the heart to the whole body. It is the largest vessel in diameter.
What is the aorta?
Where does deoxygenated blood from the body go next?
the heart
They are produced by the white blood cells
What are antibodies?
They carry blood to the heart.
What are veins?
This blood vessel pumps blood from the right ventricle to the lungs.
What is the pulmonary artery?
Where does oxygenated blood from the lungs go next?
the heart
What are five examples of things found in the blood plasma?
red, white blood cells, platelets, glucose, amino acids, carbon dioxide, urea, hormones, antibodies
Materials and gases are exchanges between blood and other tissue via these tiny blood vessels.
What are capillaries?
Deoxygenated blood is found in which side of the heart?
right side
A neuronal knot that gives the heart its rhythm.
pacemaker
The substance that gives blood its red colour and binds oxygen
What is haemoglobin?
Is a buildup of cholesterol in the arteries that can lead to heart attacks or strokes.
What is plaque?
Name all the chambers in the heart.
right atrium, left atrium, right ventricle, left ventricle
What do the drugs do that help with successful heart transplants?
suppress the immune system