Parts of the Heart
Part of the heart where blood comes when it is returned from the body
What is the right atrium
Average number of times the heart beats every minute (it is a range)
What is 60 to 100?
The force of blood exerted against the vessel walls
What is blood pressure
Type of cells used to fight infection
What are white blood cells
Location in the heart where the electrical impulse starts
What is the sinoatrial node (or SA node)
Pumps blood into the left ventricle
What is the left atrium?
Average amount of blood your heart pumps every minute
What is 5 L?
The number of times a healthy heart beats per minute
What is heart rate or pulse rate
Liquid portion of the blood that contains cells used to help blood clot
What is plasma
This happens if cells do not get enough oxygen
What is they die
Pumps oxygenated blood into the body
What is the left ventricle?
Name 2 things that can make your heart rate increase
What is: exercise, fever, anxiety, fear, dehydration, low blood pressure
The amount of blood pumped from the heart every minute
What is cardiac output
Blood cell that carries oxygen
What is a red blood cell
Blood vessels that supply the heart with blood
What are the coronary arteries
Pumps blood into the lungs to receive oxygen
What is the right ventricle?
The primary function of arteries
What is to deliver oxygenated blood to the various tissues in the body
Process of delivering blood to organs and tissues so they can receive oxygen
What is perfusion
Blood cell that helps form clots to control bleeding
What is a platelet
The size of the average adult heart
What is the size of a fist
These structures keep blood flowing in one direction
What are heart valves?
The primary function of the venous system (or veins)
What is to deliver blood back to the heart after it has delivered oxygen to the tissues
Pattern and regularity of the heart beat (how steadily and effectively the heart beats)
What is heart rhythm
Location in the body where blood cells are made
What is the bone marrow
3 Things you can control that help keep your heart healthy
What is activity level, blood pressure, blood sugar, weight, diet, stress, smoking