Heart anatomy1
What are the different chambers of the heart? Name them and their relative location.
Right Atrium, right ventricle (top, bottom)
Left atrium, left ventricle (top, bottom)
A vessel that carries blood away from the heart
Artery
50%
The force of blood on the walls of arteries is called what?
Blood pressure
What is the universal donor blood type?
What chamber of the heart pumps blood to the rest of the body?
Left ventricle
What are the smallest vessels in the body that connect veins (or venules) to arterties (or arterioles)?
Capillaries
How many chambers are in the heart
Four
How would you describe what the pulse is? (think how is it different than BP?)
Pulse is your heart rate, number of heart beats per min
What is the universal acceptor blood type?
Type AB
What chamber of the heart pumps to the pulmonary valve and to the lungs via the pulmonary arteries?
Right ventricle
The largest artery in the body
Aorta
What is the name of the protein in the blood that carries oxygen? (We talked a lot abt it in chem too)
Hemoglobin
Normal range of heart rate in an adult?
60 - 100 (there can be extremes too, as we discussed w/ Olympians)
Veins
The chamber of the heart receiving deoxygenated blood from the superior or inferior vena cava
Right atrium
What is the difference between arteries and veins?
Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart, while veins carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart.
What is the universal donor blood type? Universal acceptor?
Type O; Type AB
Which of the vessels are directly involved in gas exchange, of O2 and CO2?
Capillaries (structure meets function!)
Name at least 4 risk factors for coronary heart disease?
Smoking, excessive drinking/drugs, sedentary lifestyle, poor diet, heredity
Why is the left ventricle thicker than the right ventricle?
Left has to pump through to the whole body, not just to the lungs
Which of the 4 chambers pumps oxygenated blood to the rest of the body?
Left ventricle
What are platelets involved in?
They're important for blood clotting
The valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle
Mitral valve