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Circulation
Blood
Anatomy
Diseases
Risk Factors
100
This valve has three parts and allows blood out of the right atrium.
What is the tricuspid valve?
100
Small cells that help blood to clot.
What are platelets?
100
The part of the heart that blood enters first.
What is the vena cava?
100
This is the condition where the force of the blood against the artery walls is too high.
What is high blood pressure?
100
This bad habit damages the inner lining of blood vessels, increasing the risk of a heart attack.
What is smoking?
200
These blood vessels carry blood away from the heart.
What are arteries?
200
This yellowish liquid carries nutrients, proteins, and hormones throughout the body.
What is plasma?
200
These are the two chambers on the top of the heart.
What is the atria?
200
This happens if the flow of oxygen rich blood to a portion of the brain is blocked.
What is a stroke?
200
Obesity, age, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure contribute to whether or not you will have one of these.
What is heart attack?
300
Blood is transported to the heart through these.
What are veins?
300
These cells are produced when you are sick.
What are white blood cells?
300
This is the thick wall that separates the left and right side of the heart.
What is the septum?
300
This happens when there is a blockage of blood flow through a coronary artery.
What is a heart attack?
300
Being overweight, eating unhealthy food, and physical inactivity are all risk factors for this disease.
What is diabetes?
400
These deliver blood to the lungs.
What are pulmonary arteries?
400
This is the number of blood types there are.
What is eight?
400
This is the main artery of the heart.
What is the aorta?
400
This disease is known as the hardening of arteries.
What is arteriosclerosis?
400
This is when your extremities, usually your legs, don't receive enough blood flow.
What is peripheral artery disease?
500
Blood leaves the left atrium through this valve.
What is the mitral valve?
500
Cells that carry oxygen and contain hemoglobin.
What are red blood blood cells?
500
This is the muscle around the outside of the heart.
What is the myocardium?
500
This disease is defined as a buildup of cholesterol and fat that makes the arteries narrower so less blood can flow through.
What is atherosclerosis?
500
This is the sudden loss of heart function, breathing and consciousness, often caused by an arrhythmia.
What is sudden cardiac arrest?