A
The chamber of the heart receiving deoxygenated blood from the superior vena cava
Right Atrium
Largest artery in the body
Aorta
A vessel that carries blood away from the heart
Artery
Plasma is this color
Yellow
A vessel that carries blood towards the heart
Vein
What are the four main components of blood?
red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma.
What is the role of hemoglobin in the blood?
Bind oxygen
The blood type if anti-Rh reacts and nothing else.
O+
How many chambers are in the heart
Four
Connects arteries to veins and are responsible for exchanging gases within the body.
Capillaries
Molecule carrying oxygen on red blood cells
Hemoglobin
The amount of nitrogen in air
79%
The blood type is considered "universal"
"O-"
The percentage of Oxygen we breathe out
16%
The structure that gives us our voice
larynx
The reason lungs have a large surface area.
Maximum O2 absorption
Wall of the heart which separates the left and right sides
The Septum
Why is it better to breath through the nose rather than the mouth (2 reasons)
Warms and filters the air
The ratio of RBCs and WBCs
1:650
The shape of RBCs that increases surface area
concave
The purpose of cellular respiration
To make energy
What stops blood pooling in your feet?
Valves
What chamber pumps oxygenated blood to the organs of the body
The valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle
Tricuspid Valve
The valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle
Mitral valve