The Cardiovascular System
The Heart
Blood
The Respiratory System
Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases
100
It carries needed substances to the cells, and carries waste products away from the cells.
What does the cardiovascular system do?
100
Pumps blood through your body.
What is the function of the heart?
100
The liquid part of blood
What is plasma?
100
A process that moves oxygen from the outside environment into the body
What is the respiratory system?
100
Is a death of brain tissue that can result when a blood vessel in the brain is either blocked by a clot or bursts
What is stroke?
200

These help fight off infection and are in the blood

White blood cells

200

How many chambers does the heart have?

four

200
They take oxygen to the lungs and the body
What do red blood cells do?
200

Where is deoxygenated blood found in the heart?

Right side

200

What is an Anerusym

Ballooning of the blood vessel

300

What is the cardiovascular system also known as?

Circulatory system

300
A flap of tissue that prevents blood from flowing backward.
What is a valve?
300
They fight disease and sicknesses
What do white blood cells do?
300
The passages that direct air to the lungs
What are bronchi?
300

What is bronchitis?

Inflammation of the bronchioles

400

Blood carries oxygen and transports?

Nutrients

400
Are blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
What is are arteries?
400
A iron-containing protein
What is hemoglobin?
400
Tiny sacs of lung tissue
What is alveoli?
400
A disorder in which the lungs narrow significantly
What is Asthma?
500

Glucose is transported to cells to make?

Energy

500

What is the largest artery in the body?

Aorta

500

What is the function of platelets?

Clot blood

500
A large, dome shaped muscle that plays an important role in breathing
What is the diaphragm?
500
Is when a person does not get enough oxygen to vital organs
What is suffocation?