Parts of the Circulatory System
What are the four components of blood?
Plasma, RBC's, WBC's, and Platelets
Blood that enters the heart is _________________.
deoxygenated
Blood carries _____________ to the cells of the body.
oxygen
This is the part of blood that aids in blood clotting.
Platelets
A blood cell with A antigens would be what type of blood?
Type A
Blood goes from chamber to chamber by passing through ____________? (Saloon doors)
valves
Blood carries what waste away from the cells of the body and to the lungs? (You breath it out)
carbon dioxide
What type of blood vessel connects arteries to veins? They are also very thin and the site of gas exchange between muscles and red blood cells
capillaries
A red blood cell with A and B antigens would be Type __ blood.
AB
Blood flows to the lungs to pick _______ and get rid of __________.
oxygen, carbon dioxide
The color of blood traveling through veins is ____________.
Blue/purple
If there are no antigens on the surface of the red blood cell, then the person has what blood type?
Type O
Blood that exits the lungs and reenters the heart is _________ in color because it picked up ________ in the lungs.
red and oxygen
Blood enters through the superior or inferior ________________.
Vena Cava
The type of blood vessel you are feeling when you find your pulse is ________________.
An artery
Red blood cells contain a chemical called ______________ that carries oxygen to your cells and carries Carbon dioxide away from your cells.
hemoglobin (iron)
If you mix Type A blood with Type B blood, the red blood cells will cause a ______________________
blood clot
Blood exits the heart through the ___________.
(the largest artery in the body)
aorta