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Blood Vessels
Heart
Blood
Arteries and Veins
100
These are the smallest blood vessels.
What are capillaries.
100
These are the upper chambers of the heart.
What are left and right atrium.
100
These blood cells carry oxygen.
What are red blood cells.
100
These usually carry deoxygenated blood
What are veins.
200
These usually carry oxygenated blood.
What are arteries.
200
These are the lower chambers of the heart.
What are ventricles.
200
What are white blood cells for?
What is fight infection or repair tissue.
200
Why do arteries have thick walls.
What is to withstand the pressure from the heart.
300
These blood vessels have valves.
What are veins.
300
Blood enters the heart through the
What is vena cava.
300
These parts of the blood are for clotting.
What are plasma and platelets.
300
Why do veins have valves.
They often flow against gravity so this prevents backflow.
400
These blood vessels flow to the heart.
What are veins.
400
The heart chambers are separated by these to prevent backflow of blood.
What are valves.
400
There are usually 8000 of these blood cells in a drop of blood. (Unless you are sick)
What are white blood cells
400
Arteries and veins are similar because
They are both blood vessels or they both carry blood.
500
Oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged in these blood vessels.
What are capillaries.
500
Blood flows to the body through this main blood vessel.
What is the aorta.
500
This is the liquid part of your blood
What is plasma.
500
This artery carries blood to lungs to get oxygen.
What is the pulmonary artery.