The Body's Transport System
A Closer Look at Blood Vessels
Blood and Lymph
Cardiovascular Health
Random
100
This is another name for the cardiovascular system.
What is the circulatory system?
100
In what direction do arteries carry blood? Give the most accurate answer.
Arteries carry blood away from the heart.
100
These are the four components of blood.
What are plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets?
100
These are the three things you can do to maintain your cardiovascular health
-Eat a nutritious diet
-Exercise regularly
-Don't smoke
100
The alternating expansion and relaxation of the artery wall causes your . . .
What is pulse?
200
These are the three functions of the cardiovascular system:
1.) Delivering Needed Materials
2.) Removing Waste Products
3.) Fighting Disease
200
In what direction do veins carry blood? Give the most accurate answer.
Veins carry blood towards the heart.
200
Most of the materials transported in blood travel in . . .
What is plasma?
200
This is a disease where the artery wall thickens from buildup of fatty materials, such as cholesterol. The result is a slowed flow of blood through the arteries.
What is atherosclerosis?
200
Most _______ can live for months or even years.
Most white blood can live for months or even years.
300
This is a group of heart cells that sends out signals to make the heart muscle contract
What is the pacemaker?
300
The walls of arteries are generally very _____. In fact, artery walls consist of _____ cell layers.
The walls of arteries are generally very thick. In fact, artery walls consist of three cell layers.
300
A red blood cell is made mostly of . . .
What is hemoglobin?
300
Those who have this disease have a blood pressure that is consistently higher than normal.
(the answer I'm looking for is not 'high blood pressure')
What is hypertension?
300
The force with which the ventricles contract causes . . .
What is blood pressure?
400
What are the two loops of blood flow?
Loop One: To the Lungs and Back
Loop Two: To the Body and Back
400
This is the process by which molecules move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration.
What is diffusion?
400
What blood type you can receive in a transfusion is determined by . . .
(the answer is not 'your blood type')
What blood type you can receive in a transfusion is determined by the marker molecules on your red blood cells
400
This occurs when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked.
What is a heart attack?
400
The contraction of the ______ ventricle exerts much more force than the contraction of the _____ ventricle
The contraction of the left ventricle exerts much more force than the contraction of the right ventricle.
Why is this?
500
Come up to the board and label seven parts of the heart (2 ventricles, 2 atria, septum, aorta, and pick a valve)
.
500
Breathing movements, which exert a squeezing pressure against veins in the chest, help with . . .
Forcing blood toward the heart
500
If your blood type is ___ positive, you have the ___ marker.
If your blood type is Rh positive, you have the Rh marker.
500
Atherosclerosis can develop in the ___ ____, which supply the heart muscle with blood
What are the coronary arteries?
500
These are small knobs of tissue that filter lymph, trapping bacteria and other disease-causing microorganisms.
What are lymph nodes?