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Blood Vessels
The Heart
Blood
Terms
Pathway of Blood
100
VESSELS THAT CARRY BLOOD AWAY FROM THE HEART.
What is artery?
100
CHAMBERS THAT RECEIVES BLOOD ENTERING THE HEART
What is atrium?
100
THESE CELLS HELP PROTECT THE BODY AGAINST DISEASE AND FOREIGN SUBSTANCES
What are white blood cells?
100
MUSCULAR ORGAN THAT PUMPS BLOOD THROUGHOUT THE BODY
What is the heart?
100

After leaving the right atrium, blood passes through the:

Mitral Valve

200
VESSELS THAT CARRY BLOOD TO THE HEART
What is veins?
200
CHAMBER THAT PUMPS BLOOD FROM THE HEART TO THE REST OF THE BODY
What are ventricles?
200
CELLS THAT CARRY OXYGEN FROM THE LUNGS TO THE BODY
What are red blood cells?
200

The main functions of the cardiovascular system (4)

1) Deliver oxygen and nutrients

2) Remove waste products

3) Maintain temperature

4)Protect against disease and infection

200

Blood entering the left atrium is

Deoxygenated

300
LARGEST ARTERY
What is aorta?
300
THESE KEEP BLOOD FROM MOVING BACK INTO THE ATRIA WHEN THE VENTRICLES CONTRACT
What are valves?
300
LIQUID PART OF THE BLOOD
What is plasma?
300
GROUP OF ORGANS AND TISSUES THAT MOVE ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES TO BODY CELLS AND REMOVE THEIR WASTE PRODUCTS
What is cardiovascular or circulatory system?
300

Blood leaves the heart and heads to the lungs in these

What are the pulmonary arteries

400
ARTERIES BRANCH OFF TO FORM THESE BEFORE BRANCHING INTO CAPILLARIES
What is arterioles?
400
BLOOD ENTERS THE RIGHT ATRIUM THROUGH TWO OF THESE
What is vena cava?
400
PIECES OF CELLS THAT START THE PROCESS OF BLOOD CLOTTING
What are platelets?
400
This is the strongest part of the heart.
What is the left ventricle?
400

The left ventricle squeezes, and blood passes through this

What is the aortic valve

500
The tiny blood vessels that connect the veins and arteries to body cells.
What is capillaries?
500
TOTAL NUMBER OF CHAMBERS IN THE HEART
What is 4?
500
A COMPLEX TISSUE THAT CONSISTS OF RED BLOOD CELLS, WHITE BLOOD CELLS, AND PLATELETS SUSPENDED IN WATER SOLUTION CALLED PLASMA
What is blood?
500
This makes up 55% of your blood volume
What is plasma?
500

Blood coming from above the heart enters the right atrium through the

What is the superior vena cava