heart
where is the heart located
What does blood do
Carry oxygen, Fight germs, and prevent bleeding
What is an artery?
Carries oxygenated blood throughout the board in tubes called vessels.
How can you keep your heart healthy
You can stay healthy by eating healthy, be active, sleep, and avoid smoking.
What is the hearts main purpose
Pump oxygen into blood and carry it throughout the body.
What are blood vessels
These are tubes or channels that carry blood throughout our body.
What is a capillary
Why do you need to keep your heart healthy
It brings oxygen to your organs, muscles and tissues, essentially providing us a reason to breathe
What arethe harts other main functions
It brings nutrients and oxygen to your muscles, organs, and tissues. Removes waste such as carbon dioxide and byproducts creaeted by your organs
How much blood does your body have
Your body contains about 5L of blood in it
Whats are the two different types of arteries
The elastic artery and the muscular artery
What disease is the worst for the heart
worst of these is Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA) as over 50% of patients die before reaching the hospital
and it has an 80% fatality rate
how many chambers does the heart have
it has 4, 2 antri (upper chamber) ventricles (lower Chambers)
What components make up blood
Blood has four components: plasma, red blood cell, white blood cell, and platelets
What is the only artery that carries deoxygenated blood.
The pulmonary vessel.
What health problems can occur if you don't follow these rules
How does blooood flow through the heart (full explanation all 4 steps)
The right atrium takes in blood carrying carbon dioxide. Blood is squeezed down into the right ventricle and taken to the lungs, where oxygen replaces carbon dioxide.Oxygen-carrying blood from the lungs enters the left atrium.Blood is pumped into the left ventricle and starts its journey again throughout the body.
What types of blood vessals are there and what do they do
Artery Carries blood away from the heart
Capillary Assists in the exchange of substances between the blood and tissues
Vein Carries blood back towards the heart
What is the largest artery in the human body, what is its size (length and diameter), and what does it do
The largest artery is called the aorta, it measures 30cm to 40cm long and 2.5cm in diameter, and it carries oxygen rich blood and branches it across smaller vessels.
What's the difference between Atrial septic defect and Ventricular septic defect.
Atrial septic defect happens when there is a hole in the top chambers while Ventricular septic defect has a hole in the bottom chambers