Blood
What are the 4 components of blood?
Red Blood cells, white blood cells, Platelets, Plasma
How many heart chambers are in the heart.
4 chambers
How veins function in the circulatory system.
carrying deoxygenated blood from the body back to the heart
Blood pressure
The force with which ventricles of the heart contract is what creates blood pressure. This pumping action is what you feel when you are aware of your heartbeat or pulse. The Pumping action of the ventricles is strong enough to push blood throughout
The Arteries
White Blood Cells (WBCs)
The body's defense team, it fights of germs and infections by identifying and destroying them.
What are the upper chambers in the heart called
The atrium
How many arteries you have in your body.
Causes of high blood pressure.
What has the oxygen poor.
Platelets
These are small cell fragments that clump together to form a clot when you get a cut, preventing too much blood from leaking out.
The ventricles.
What does the pulmonary artery do.
carries oxygen - poor the blood from the heart all the way the the lung.
causes of low blood pressure.
Heart Failure.
Lung Disease.
Dehydration.
Some prescribed medication.
Plasma
Plasma is like the watery part of the blood where all other cells move around. it has important stuff like nutrients and proteins inside the body.
Veins
a blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart
During exercise, your heart typically beats faster so that more blood gets out to your body. Your heart can also increase its stroke volume by pumping more forcefully or increasing the amount of blood that fills the left ventricle before it pumps.
Red Blood Cells (RBCs)
Tiny cells that look red because they contain a protein called hemoglobin, which grabs oxygen from your lungs and delivers it to the rest of your body.
The major function of coronary arteries and coronary veins
Coronary arteries give heart its blood supply, veins takes deoxygenated blood to the right atrium to travel pathway to become oxygenated.
High sodium: Consuming too much sodium increases your blood volume, requiring greater effort from your heart to pump. High-sodium foods include canned soup and cured meats. High-saturated fat: Saturated fat increases your cholesterol, which collects in the arteries.