True/False
The part of your blood that carries digested food is plasma
True
A lower chamber of the heart
ventricle
Two large veins that enter the heart
venae cavae
A child has about 3 quarts of blood
true
An enlarged and painful vein is called a
varicose veins
Arteries carry blood to your heart
False-Veins
Little doorlike flaps
valves
The pressure of blood against the arteries is called
blood pressure
Antibodies help fight white blood cells
Pathogens (germs)
Our bodies need one full day of this a week
Rest
The smallest blood vessels are the capillaries
True
Supplies blood to the lungs
pulmonary artery
Another name for the heart is the
cardiac muscle
A blood clot on your skin is called a platelet
False; scab
Iron gives red blood cells their
The red blood cells fight off infection
False-white
An upper chamber of the heart
atrium
The expanding of arteries after each heartbeat is called
pulse
Two things that help the heart are
exercise and rest
Platelets help the clotting of the blood
true
the largest artery in the body
aorta
The flow of blood throughout the body is called
circulation
The blood travels through how many miles of pipeline in our bodies?
60,000