Parts of the blood
What is the difference between arteries and veins?
Arteries carry blood AWAY from the heart while veins carry it TO
what is the term used to describe the pressure of blood against the veins
Blood pressure
The largest artery is
The aorta
This results from abnormally shaped hemoglobin
Sickle Cell Anemia
What type of cell clots the blood and eventually turns into a scab?
Platelets
What carries nutrients and oxygen throughout the body?
The bloodstream
Where is blood pulled into the heart through?
The vena cava
When the body has a decrease in the oxygen-carrying ability of the blood
Anemia
Name the smallest of the blood vessels?
Capillaries
What gives blood it’s color?
Iron
What is the first place blood goes after entering the heart?
The right atrium
When Bone marrow becomes cancerous, turns out excess WBC
Leukemia
what cells carry oxygen throughout the blood?
Red blood cells
Blood usually clots in....how many minutes
3-6
Where does it go when leaving to enter the lungs?
The pulmonary artery
rapid heart rate over 100 beats per minute
Tachycardia
what is the name of the yellow liquid part of the blood
Plasma
How Many quarts of blood are you made up of?
three
Where does the blood leave through to enter the bloodstream and rest of the body?
The aorta
slow heart rate less than 60 beats per minutes
Bradycardia