All blood is created here.
What is bone marrow?
The "lub-dub" sound of the heart comes from this heart accessory.
What are valves?
numerous microscopic, thin-walled structures that make up the tissue of the lungs.
What are alveoli?
After supplying the cardiac muscle tissues with fuel and oxygen, blood leaves these tissues through this vessel.
What are the cardiac veins?
This blood type is known as the "universal donor"
What is O-?
This accounts for 44% of the blood volume.
What are red blood cells?
Two thick-walled chambers that pump blood throughout the body.
What are ventricles
This primary organ of the respiratory system exchanges gases from the blood.
What are lungs?
The right atrium dumps blood into this heart cavity.
What is the right ventricle?
This blood type is known as the "Universal recipient"
What is AB+?
Surplus red blood cells are stored here.
What is the spleen?
Deoxygenated blood returns to the heart through this vessel.
What is the Venae cavae?
This tells you the maximum volume you can inhale and exhale.
What is your vital capacity?
The left ventricle forces blood up through the body's largest artery known as this term.
What is the aorta?
They act like identification tags to let your white blood cells know if they are friendly or toxic.
What are antigens?
This iron-containing blood protein binds easily to oxygen and gives blood its characteristic red color.
What is hemoglobin
A blockage of blood flow to a large portion of the heart muscle is known as this medical emergency.
What is a heart attack?
This thick sheet of muscle separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity.
What is the diaphragm?
The muscle layer of the heart.
What is the myocardium?
This condition is a cancer that produces uncontrolled amounts of white blood cells.
What is leukemia?
Leading cause of lung cancer in the United States
What is cigarette smoking?
Thin-walled vessels that transport blood back to the heart and contain valves
What are veins?
When air rushes into the lungs.
What is inhalation.
This specific valve allows blood to exit the left ventricle and enter the aorta.
What is the aortic semilunar valve?
Tiny disk-shaped cell fragments in the blood that initiate blood clotting.
What are platelets