Heart Parts
What is the main organ of the circulatory system?
What is the heart?
What is the term for the number of times the heart beats in one minute?
What is heart rate?
What are the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart?
What are arteries?
What is the main component of blood that carries oxygen?
What are red blood cells?
What is the main job of the kidneys?
What is to filter waste from the blood?
Name the chamber of the heart that receives oxygen-rich blood from the lungs.
What is the left atrium?
What is the sound of the heartbeat?
What type of blood vessel carries blood back to the heart?
What are veins?
What part of the blood helps fight infections?
What are white blood cells?
How many kidneys does a healthy person usually have?
What is 2?
What is the name of the valve that prevents blood from flowing back into the left ventricle?
What is the aortic valve?
What is the part of the heart that sends electrical signals to control the heartbeat?
What is a pacemaker?
What are the tiny vessels where oxygen and nutrients are exchanged?
What are capillaries?
What is the liquid part of blood called?
What is plasma?
What is the name of the tiny units in the kidneys that filter blood?
What are nephrons?
How many chambers does the human heart have?
What is four?
What can increase your heart rate?
What is exercise, stress, or illness?
What is the main job of the superior and inferior vena cava?
What is to prevent blood from flowing backwards in the body/heart?
What is the function of platelets in the blood?
What is clotting?
What happens to waste that is filtered out of the blood?
What is it becomes urine?
What part of the heart pumps oxygen-poor blood to the lungs?
What is the right ventricle?
What is the average resting heart rate for adults?
What is the main job of the aorta?
What is providing the blood with new / oxygenated blood?
What are the four blood types?
What is a,b,ab,and o?
What can happen if the kidneys do not function properly?
What is kidney failure?