Cardio Basics
Blood
Blood Groups
The Heart
The Vessels
Random Trivia
100

What are the three components of the cardiovascular system?

Blood, Heart, and the Blood Vessels

100

What are the two major components of blood?

What is Plasma and Formed Elements?

100

What are the four primary blood types?

What is A, B, AB, and O?

100

The area where your heart is located.

Thoracic Region

100
These blood vessels carry blood to the heart.
Veins
100

What country has a unicorn as its national animal?

What is Scotland?

200
What blood vessels carries blood away from the heart?
Arteries
200

What protein inside red blood cells binds oxygen?

What is Hemoglobin?

200

What antigens are present on Type AB blood?

What are A and B antigens?

200
What chamber does the blood return to once it leaves the lungs.
Left Atrium
200
Name the artery that transport the blood directly from the heart.
Aorta
200

What is the name of one of the primary protagonist who is an paleontologist from the movie and book titled Jurrasic Park?

Who is Dr. Alan Grant?

300

What is the name of the condition that is a result of High Blood Pressure?

What is hypertension?

300

What is the function of the cells known as White Blood Cells? (general function)

Help with fighting infections

300
Where do veins receive the blood they carry back to the heart?
From the Capillaries
300

Blood leaves through the __________ side of the heart to go to the body.

Left side

300

What vessels transport blood from the lungs. The ________ veins?

Left and right pulmonary veins

300

What disease was once known as "the white plague" or "consumption"?

What is Tuberculosis?

400

What is the name for the two circuits that the cardiovascular system moves blood through?

What is the pulmonary circuit and the systemic circuit?

400

What are platelets, and what is their major function?

What is to help form clots and control bleeding?
400

A patient has type AB blood. What donors could they receive blood from?

Types A, B, AB, or O
400

What are the tendons that connect the valves to the muscles?

what is chordae tendonae

400
What is the function of the capillaries?
Exchange System. Exchange nutrients, gases, and waste products.
400

What famous medical treatment involved using leeches to remove blood from a patient?

What is Bloodletting?

500
What happens to veins as they get closer to the heart.
They get bigger
500

Where are new red blood cells formed?

What is the bone marrow?

500

What is the name of the antigen factor that is in addition to the ABO blood antigens?

What is Rh Factor?

500
There are four valves inside the heart name three of them.
Tricuspid, Mitral or bicuspid, Pulmonary, and Aortic
500
What are two minor blood vessels.
Arterioles and Venules
500

In the book series Dungeon Crawler Carl one of the main protagonist is character by the name "Grand Champion, Breed Winner Regional, National Winner Princess Donut the Queen Anne Chonk". What species is she?

What is a Cat?

600

What medical emergency can arise from the weaking of the wall of an artery?

What is an aneurysm?

600

What are the two of the five major functions of blood?

Transport substances, regulate pH, regulate temperature, provide immune protection, and form clots.

600

How can Rh incompatibility can cause hemolytic disease of the newborn.

What is an incompatibility of the Rh factor between mother and child?

600

What is the name for the inner layer of heart tissue?

What is Endocardium?

600

The large vessel on the front of the heart that lies in front of the aorta to carry blood to the lungs?

What is the pulmonary artery?

600

What animal has three hearts and blue blood?

What is an octopus?