Blood
What is the liquid part of blood?
Plasma
Does your heart ever stop pumping?
No
What are the three types of blood vessels?
Capillaries, veins, and arteries
What is blood pressure?
It is the pumping action of your heart contracting.
What carries the nutrients and oxygen?
Red blood cells
What are the 4 main components of blood?
Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells, Platelets, and Plasma
Where does the deoxygenated blood enter the heart?
Superior/Inferior Vena Cava
What do arteries do?
They carry blood away from the heart to other parts of the body.
What happens internally when you have high blood pressure?
It is when you have a blood clot in one of your ventricles, making your blood pump faster.
What does your blood move around?
Hormones, nutrients, and oxygen/gasses
What do white blood cells do?
Identifying and defending the blood from infections/diseases.
What waste product does blood exchange for oxygen?
Carbon Dioxide
Do veins carry blood back to the heart or away from the heart?
Back to the heart
What happens when you have low blood pressure?
It is when you don't have enough blood flow, so your heart starts beating slower.
There are 4 components to blood, which one carries oxygen to other cells?
Red Blood Cells
Blood can look different shades of red depending on what?
The oxygen levels of the blood.
What happens to the oxygen in the blood when it leaves the heart?
It travels through your blood vessels to give oxygen to other cells.
Why are arteries thicker than veins?
Arteries have to pump blood out of the heart physically.
What does regular blood pressure look like?
It is a steady, normal pace heart beat and blood flow.
How do oxygen and other materials enter a capillary?
Diffusion
What is the name of the protein that grabs oxygen from your lungs?
Hemoglobin
After blood enters the right atria, where does it go?
Right ventricle
What are the 2 main functions of a capillary?
It is where substances exchange between blood and body cells and waste is stored.
Are blood pressure and pulse related, if so how?
Yes, the pulse that you feel is your blood pressure/heart beat.
In diffusion, materials move through an area of low concentration to high concentration. True or False?
False, they move from an area of high concentration to low concentration.