The Heart
What chamber of the heart collects blood from the body with CO2 rich blood?
What blood type is known as universal donors
O type
What are the tiny blood vessels that allow gases and material to go into organs or leave organs?
Capillaries
Systolic is a number that tells you what?
What are the tubes that split from the Trachea?
Bronchi
What is the name of the muscular wall that separates the heart into two halves?
Septum
What is the part of the blood that is the liquid part of the blood that contains nutrients?
Plasma
What is the largest Vein structure in the body that takes blood to the Right Atrium of the heart?
Vena Cava
What organ controls heartbeat and heart rate?
Brain
What are the small branches of tubes in the lungs called?
Bronchioles
What part of the heart directs blood to different areas of the body?
Aorta
What is the part of the blood that fights infections and foreign disease causing agents?
White Blood Cells
This blood vessel brings Oxygen rich blood back to the heart.
Pulmonary Vein
What is the normal blood pressure for your age?
120/80
Name of the part before the trachea that is muscular and allows to swallow food or let air into the trachea by using a trap door called the epiglottis.
Pharynx
What chamber of the heart squeezes and pushes blood to the lungs?
Right Ventricle
What is the clotting part of the blood and what is the genetic condition called when it doesn't do its job?
Platelets / Hemophilia
What causes a heart attack?
Blockage of blood vessels that are attached to the muscles of the heart.
What are the capillaries wrapped around when in the lungs?
Alveoli
When blood comes from the lungs to the heart it ends up in what chamber first?
Left Atrium
What are the parts of the heart that act as doors that keep blood from flowing backwards?
Valves
What is the mineral that your Red Blood Cells use to pick up Oxygen and what is the condition called if you are low on Red Blood Cells or the mineral in this question?
Iron / Anemia
Which blood vessels are under high pressure?
Arteries
Once the needed amount of Oxygen is needed when you are running, what happens to your heart rate?
It goes down.
Name of the blood vessel that the lung gets CO2 rich blood from the heart.
Pulmonary Vein