Heart
60-100 beats per minute
What do the Arteries do?
The Arteries carry oxygen and nutrients away from your heart, to your body's tissues.
What do the veins do?
Carry oxygen-poor blood back to the heart
What are capillaries?
Capillaries are small blood vessels.
What is blood?
A bodily fluid that delivers the necessary substance of nutrients and oxygen to the cells of the body.
When your heart beats, what 2 things are being carried and pushed through your body.
With each beat the heart pumps blood throughout our bodies, carrying oxygen through each cell.
What's the largest artery?
The Aorta
What are the largest veins in the body?
The vena cava
What do the Capillaries do?
They connect the arteries and the veins.
How much blood can you lose before you die?
You can lose up to 2½ liters of blood before you die.
2,000 gallons
Where do the arteries start and finish?
Arteries begin with the Aorta, the Aorta starts at the heart and runs all the way down to the abdomen
How many main veins are in the body
34
What do the thin walls of the Capillaries do/
They allow oxygen, nutrients, and carbon dioxide to be carried throughout your body.
What are the 4 blood types?
0, AB, A, and B.
What are the 4 chambers of the heart called?
The left atrium, right atrium, left ventricle, right ventricle.
What are the four main parts of the Aorta?
Ascending Aorta, Aortic Arch, Thoracic Aorta, and Abdominal Aorta.
What are the four different types of veins?
Deep veins, Superficial veins, Pulmonary veins, Systemic veins
The walls of capillaries are made up of a thin cell layer called?
That wall is then surrounded by another thin layer called a?
1. Endothelium
2. Basement membrane
How many red blood cells are there for one white blood cell?
There are 600 red blood cells for every one white blood cells.