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Circulation
Blood
Anatomy
Diseases
Risk Factors
100
The movement of blood through the heart and around the body.
What is circulation?
100
This pumps blood through the lungs.
What is the right ventricles purpose?
100
The two chambers at the bottom of your heart.
What is ventricles?
100
This is the rising of blood pressure until your veins can't take it and tear.
What is high blood pressure?
100
This causes high blood pressure.
What is wear and tear on the endothelial cell on the outside of the veins?
200
The blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
What is an artery?
200
This is how we exhale.
What is the reason for carbon dioxide to be removed from the blood?
200
This is smaller than the ventricles and have thinner, muscular walls than the ventricles.
What is the atria?
200
This is the clogging of the arteries supplying the heart.
What is Coronary artery disease?
200
This is what can happen during a stroke.
What is brain cells die or can be damaged?
300
This is the type of circulation that is a short loop from the heart to the lungs and back again.
What is Pulmonary circulation?
300
The goopy stuff inside your bones.
What is bone marrow?
300
This is used to squirt out the blood to the body and lungs.
What is the ventricles’ job?
300
This is when the heart muscle is not getting enough blood flow.
What is Ischemia?
300
Heart attacks, strokes, and high blood pressure can cause this.
What is death?
400
This is the type of circulation sends blood from the heart to all the other parts of our bodies and back again.
What is Systemic circulation?
400
This is the four things that make up the blood.
What is White Blood Cells, Red Blood Cells, Platelets, and Plasma?
400
This is how many gallons the heart pumps per day.
What is 2 thousand gallons?
400
This is when the flow of oxygenated blood to a portion of the brain is blocked.
What is a stroke?
400
This is can cause lung disease by damaging your airways and the small air sacs found in your lungs.
What is the result of smoking?
500
The heart and circulatory system
What is Cardiovascular system?
500
What blood components provide the major defense for our bodies against invading bacteria and viruses.
What is white blood cells?
500
This is about how many beats your heart beats a day.
What is 100,000 beats?
500
This is when high fat diets lead to the formation of fatty plaques lining blood vessels.
What is Atherosclerosis?
500
This is when brain cells die or can be damaged.
What can happen during a stroke?