Blood (1.0)
Where are your blood cells made?
In the red bone marrow
What are blood vessels with very thin walls?
Capillaries
What are fragments of cells that are carried in your blood?
Platelets
What are the thin strips of tissue in your larynx called?
Vocal Cords
What are Plasma, Red blood cells, White blood cells, and platelets?
The four basic components of blood.
What should you do if you are bleeding seriously?
Elevate the wound, apply pressure to the wound, and get medical care.
What is the name of cells that have the ability to become any kind of cell they need to be?
Stem cells
What are the tubes that carry air from your trachea to your lungs called?
Bronchi
What are the four blood types (not including the Rh factor)?
A, B, AB, and O.
What is the name of the blood vessels that carry blood away from your heart?
Arteries
What filters large particles out of the air you breathe?
Nose hair
What are the little sacks called, in your lungs, where oxygen passes into your blood and carbon dioxide is removed?
Alveoli
What are the four functions of blood?
Transportation, Temperature regulation, Protection and Message Carrier.
What is the name of the blood vessels that carry blood toward your heart?
Veins
Name some of the dangers of smoking?
Increased risk of lung cancer, raises blood pressure, damages lungs and it is addictive.
What muscle is mostly responsible for your breathing?
The Diaphragm
Why is it important to give people the right type of blood?
If the person’s body recognizes the new blood as foreign, it will attack the blood cells.
What is the condition that results from not having enough red blood cells?
Anemia
What warms and moistens the air you breathe while filtering out the air?
Conche
What are the little motorized whips that push mucus out of the nasal cavity, trachea, bronchi and lungs called?
Cilia