Health/Test 1

Definitions

100

I help blood clot

Platelets

200

I fight off pathogens or germs

Antibodies

300

I am a blood clot on skin

Scab

400

I carry blood to the heart

Veins

500

I carry blood away from the heart

Arteries

Heart Parts

100

I am the largest artery of the body

Aorta

200

I look like doorlike flaps in the heart.

Valves

300

These are 2 large veins that enter the heart

Vena Cava

400

This is the word for the lower chamber of the heart

Ventricle

500

This is the word for the upper chamber of the heart

Atrium

Blood

100

I carry oxygen to the body

Red Blood Cells

200

I am part of the blood that is liquid

Plasma

300

I fight off infection

White Blood Cells

400

I carry digested food through the body

Plasma

500

I give blood the color red

Iron

Random Info

100

This is the word for the flow of blood through the body

Circulation

200

This is the pressure of blood against the arteries

Blood Pressure

300

These are enlarged, painful veins

Varicose Veins

400

This is the expanding of the arteries after each heartbeat

Pulse

500

What is the cardiac muscle also called...

The heart