Blood flow
What side is deoxygenated blood in?
Right side of the heart
What's the heart role?
A muscle that pumps blood throughout the body
What are arteries?
They are blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
What are Veins?
Blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood to the heart
How many beats per day does a heart do?
About 100,000 every day!
What is the right atriums purpose?
Allows deoxygenated blood to enter the heart
What are valves?
It prevents blood from flowing backwards in the heart
What's the largest artery in the body?
The aorta
Why do veins need valves?
To prevent from blood going back to the heart
Gender diffrences
A woman heart usually beats slightly faster and a mans heart is slightly heavier
What is the tricuspid valve?
It allows blood to enter from the right atrium to the right ventricle
How many valves are they and what are their names?
4 tricuspid, pulmonary, mitral and aortic valve
What's a main difference between arteries and veins?
Arteries take blood away from the heart while veins take blood to the heart
What are capillaries?
Tiny blood vessels that allow gas exchange between blood and tissues
What side is stronger?
The left side since it pumps blood to your entire heart.
What's the pulmonary artery?
After leaving the right ventricle, blood travels through this vessels to get to the lungs
What chamber has the thickest walls and why?
The left ventricle because it pumps blood to the entire body
What blood does arteries usually carry?
Blood with oxygen
Whats the one vein located in the heart?
The pulmonary vein
Blood circulation
It takes about 20 seconds for blood t circulate the entire body
What it the correct order of the blood flow?
Vena Cava - Right atrium - Tricuspid valve - Right ventricle - Pulmonary artery - lungs - pulmonary veins - left atrium - left ventricle
What's the septum?
It separates the left and right side of the heart
What the artery that only carries deoxygenated blood?
The pulmonary artery
How many layers to the capillaries have?
just one!
Does the heart ever get tired?
It doesn't, the heart is a continuous cycle