Arteries
Arteries carry blood ____________ from the heart.
What is "away"?
Veins carry blood cells ___________ the heart.
What is toward?
Red blood cells pass through capillaries __________ at a time.
What is one?
Blood is made up of white blood cells, platelets, plasma, and _______________.
What are red blood cells?
Rooms in the heart are known as _________________.
What are chambers?
Arteries are the __________________of the blood vessels. (Think size)
What is the largest?
Some veins have ____________ to keep blood moving in the correct direction.
What are valves?
Capillary walls are one _________ layer thick.
What is cell?
Red blood cells carry nutrients and ______________ to all the body cells.
What is oxygen?
The upper chambers of the heart are called the _____________.
What is atria or atrium?
The largest artery in the body is the _____________.
What is the aortic arch or aorta?
Veins are ______________ than arteries, but larger than capillaries.
What is thinner (or smaller)?
Capillaries are the _______________ of all the blood vessels.
What is smallest?
Platelets and fibrin help your body make this if the skin has a cut.
What is a scab?
The lower chambers of the heart are called the ______________.
What is ventricle?
Arteries have thick, ____________ walls.
(Think stretchy)
What is elastic?
The inferior vena cava carries ___________ that has been in the lower part of the body.
What is blood?
_______________ and carbon dioxide can pass through the capillary walls.
What is oxygen?
White blood cells are ______________ than red blood cells.
What is larger (bigger)?
The chambers of the heart are separated by ______________.
What are valves?
Figuratively, the aortic arch might be compared to ____________.
What is subway tunnels or Grand Central Station?
The superior vena cava carries blood that has been in the _____________ part of the body.
What is upper?
Cellular respiration gives you ___________ to live your best life.
What is energy?
White blood cells rush in to fight off _____________.
What is bacteria? (infection)
Figuratively, heart valves might be compared to _______________.
What is a one-way door?