Overview
The cardiovascular system is also known as the?
What is the Circulatory system
Carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart
Red blood cells carry what around the body?
What is oxygen
This unhealthy habit damages blood vessels and raises blood pressure
What is smoking
What are the 4 chambers of the heart?
What are the Right ventricle, right atrium, left ventricle, and left atrium
The Cardiovascular system delivers what to cells?
What is oxygen and nutrients and/or blood
Carry deoxygenated blood back to heart
What are veins
This blood cell is part of the immune system
What is White Blood Cells
Doing this regularly is known to strengthen the heart
The human heart is the size of
What is your fist
What is a waste product of the cardiovascular system?
What is deoxygenated blood
Tiny vessels connecting arteries and veins
What are Capillaries
These are small fragments that are crucial for blood clotting.
What is Platelets
This disease is the build up of fats on artery walls
What is Atherosclerosis
What controls blood flow from right ventricle to lungs
what is the Pulmonary valve
The 3 main components of the Cardiovascular System are?
What is the heart, blood, and blood vessels
This circulation carries blood to the entire body
What is Systemic Circulation
The liquid portion of blood
What is plasma
This nutrient is known to be good for heart health
what is fiber
What are the 4 valves of the heart?
What is Pulmonary, aortic, tricuspid, bicuspid
What is the strongest side of the heart and why?
This circulation carries blood to the lungs only
What is Pulmonary Circulation
Protein in the blood that binds to oxygen
What is Hemoglobin
What is the common name for hypertension
What is high blood pressure
What is the tricuspid valve