Heart Parts
It's an upper chamber of the heart.
What is an atrium?
It's the long tube that connects the throat to the stomach.
What is the esophagus?
It's the soupy mixture of food and acid in the stomach.
Is it chyme?
The squeezing and pushing action of muscles in the gastrointestinal tract.
What is peristalsis?
It's a lower chamber of the heart.
What is a ventricle?
It's the scientific name for the voice box.
What is the larynx?
This is when you have high blood pressure.
Is it hypertension?
fats and oils
What are lipids?
It's a valve that separates the right atrium from the right ventricle.
What is the Tricuspid Valve?
This is where food mixes with acid to break down food.
Is it the stomach?
This is inflammation of the intestine.
What is enteritis?
Tiny fingerlike projections in the small intestine.
What are villi?
It's in the middle of the right and left chambers.
What is the septum?
This is where bile helps absorb fat.
Is it the small intestine?
The four common blood types.
What are A,B,AB,O
Three major factors that lead to heart disease.
What are smoking, high blood pressure, and lack of exercise?
It's the largest artery in the heart.
What is the aorta?
This is the flap that folds over the windpipe during swallowing.
Is it the epiglottis?
The major components of blood.
What are plasma, platelets, and blood cells?
The name of the two numbers needed to take a person's blood pressure.
What are systolic and diastolic?