Circulatory System Jeopardy

Blood Vessels

100

VESSELS THAT CARRY BLOOD AWAY FROM THE HEART.

What is artery?

200

VESSELS THAT CARRY BLOOD TO THE HEART

What is veins?

300

LARGEST ARTERY

What is aorta?

400

Leaking valve in the heart.

What is heart murmur?

500

The tiny blood vessels that connect the veins and arteries to body cells.

What is capillaries?

The Heart

100

CHAMBERS THAT RECEIVES BLOOD ENTERING THE HEART

What is atrium?

200

CHAMBER THAT PUMPS BLOOD FROM THE HEART TO THE REST OF THE BODY

What are ventricles?

300

THESE KEEP BLOOD FROM MOVING BACK INTO THE ATRIA WHEN THE VENTRICLES CONTRACT

What are valves?

400

BLOOD ENTERS THE RIGHT ATRIUM THROUGH TWO OF THESE

What is vena cava?

500

TOTAL NUMBER OF CHAMBERS IN THE HEART

What is 4?

Blood

100

THESE CELLS HELP PROTECT THE BODY AGAINST DISEASE AND FOREIGN SUBSTANCES

What are white blood cells?

200

CELLS THAT CARRY OXYGEN FROM THE LUNGS TO THE BODY

What are red blood cells?

300

LIQUID PART OF THE BLOOD

What is plasma?

400

PIECES OF CELLS THAT START THE PROCESS OF BLOOD CLOTTING

What are platelets?

500

A COMPLEX TISSUE THAT CONSISTS OF RED BLOOD CELLS, WHITE BLOOD CELLS, AND PLATELETS SUSPENDED IN WATER SOLUTION CALLED PLASMA

What is blood?

Terms

100

Form a clot when a vessel is injured.

What is platelets?

200

Where RBC's are made

What is bone marrow?

300

Broken valves in the veins.

What is vericose veins?

400

This is the strongest part of the heart.

What is the left ventricle?

500

This makes up 55% of your blood volume

What is plasma?

Diseases, Disorders, and Conditions

100

An ingrediant in food that can increase blood pressure

What is salt?

200

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

What is hypertension?

300

ABNORMALLY LOW LEVEL OF HEMOGLOBIN

What is anemia?

400

Highest blood pressure.

What is a systolic?

500

TYPE OF CANCER IN WHICH LARGE AMOUNTS OF ABNORMAL WHITE BLOOD CELLS ARE PRODUCED THAT INTERFERES WITH THE PRODUCTION OF OTHER BLOOD CELLS

What is leukemia?