Cells
The basic unit of structure and function in an organism
What is a cell?
This system is made up of the heart, blood vessels, and blood
What is the cardiovasular system?
The size of your fist
What is the approximate size of your heart?
The normal range for heart rate
What is 60-100 beats per minute?
The side is the heart that contains deoxygenated blood
What is the right side?
The powerhouse of the cell; responsible for generating energy for the cell
What is the mitochondria?
The primary function of this system to cover and protect the body
The type of muscle that forms the heart
The most common site for taking a pulse
What is the radial artery?
This vessel takes the blood from the heart to the lungs
What is the pulmonary artery?
The “factory area” of the cell; the cellular material outside the nucleus and inside the plasma membrane
What is the cytoplasm?
This system contains the brain and spinal cord
What is the nervous system?
The top chamber of the heart
What is the atrium?
The pressure created when the heart contracts
What is systolic pressure?
This vessel returns the blood from the lungs to the heart
What is the pulmonary vein?
The “gate keeper” of the cell; the fragile transparent barrier that contains the cell contents and separates them from the surrounding environment
What is the cell membrane?
This system includes glands that secrete hormones
What is the endocrine system?
The lower chamber of the heart
What is the ventricle?
A blood pressure of 140/90 or higher
What is hypertension?
This vessel returns the blood to the heart after it has circulated through the body
What is the vena cava?
A group of cells that work together to perform a task
What are tissues?
This system is involved in cleansing the blood and is sometimes referred to as the immune system
What is the lymphatic system?
The large (garden hose-sized) artery that exits from the left side of the heart
What is the aorta?
The procedure where a balloon is inserted in a blocked artery and then inflated to reopen the vessel
What is angioplasty?
This is what actually makes the sound of the heart beating
What is the closing of the heart valves?