Circulation
What are the 3 types of circulation?
Coronary, pulmonary, and systemic
What kind of vessel carries blood away from the heart?
Arteries
What is the "watery" part of blood that carries waste away, oxygen to cells, minerals, and nutrients?
Plasma
What blood type is most useful to a blood bank?
"O" blood type is the universal donor.
Through what does oxygen enter the body?
Do arteries carry oxygenated or deoxygenated blood to cells?
What kind of vessel carries blood back to the heart?
Veins
Platelets help in clotting.
What blood type can receive any other blood type in a blood transfusion?
AB is the universal recipient
What two tubes split from the trachea? (so, these come after the trachea)
The bronchi are two tubes that split off from the trachea.
How many chambers does the heart have that receive blood?
Capillaries
What are cell fragments in the blood called?
Platelets are cell fragments in the blood.
What does lymph consist of?
Lymph consists of water, glucose, and white blood cells.
What is the name of the voice box?
The larynx is the voice box.
Blood carries nutrients and oxygen to cells. What does it take away?
Waste AND carbon dioxide are taken away from cells.
Which type of blood vessel is brightest red?
Arteries.
What is present in blood in a high number when someone has a disease?
White blood cells increase when one is sick.
What part of the body traps bacteria and can create white blood cells?
Lymph nodes trap bacteria, make white blood cells, and enlarge when fighting disease.
What is the name of the wind pipe?
The trachea is the wind pipe.
Why is the left ventricle stronger than the right ventricle?
It must pump blood throughout the body instead of just to the lungs.
Why are capillaries one cell thick?
Capillaries are one cell thick so that diffusion can occur. Oxygen diffuses into body cells and CO2 diffuses out of cells.
What parts of blood are made in bone marrow?
Red blood cells AND white blood cells are made in bone marrow.
If someone is sick, what may grow in size in the body?
Each lung has thousands of what?
Each lung has thousands of alveoli.