_____________ have thick muscular walls, and __________
have thin walls with valves.
arteries, veins
400
Red blood cells contain a protein called ______________
that carries ___________ to your cells and makes your blood _________ when this substance is attached.
hemoglobin, oxygen, red
400
If you mix Type A blood with Type B blood, the _____ blood
cells will ________ together, which could form ________ in the blood vessels, and the person could ______.
red, clump, clots, die
400
Blood then comes from the _________, and enters the left __________, then goes through a __________ and enters the left ____________, then leaves the heart and goes to the __________.
lungs, atrium, valve, ventricle, body
500
Name the four chambers of the heart:
left atrium, left ventricle, right atrium, right ventricle
500
__________ diffuses into your cells and
__________ diffuses out of your cells in the blood vessels called _________________.
oxygen, CO2, capillaries
500
New blood cells are produced in _________ ____________.
The part of blood that is mostly water is called __________.
______________ help clot blood and stop bleeding.
bone marrow, plasma, platelets
500
Name the process where blood is spun very rapidly to separate its components.
centrifugation
500
Blood delivers _________ to the body cells and takes ___________ ____________ away from your cells. Then your blood is ______________________ and returns to the _____ _____________ with the help of the _________ ___________, a blood vessel.
oxygen, carbon dioxide, deoxygenated, right atrium, vena cava