Lungs Anatomy
Airway Disease
Heart Anatomy
Heart Disease
Random Body Facts
100

The lungs are responsible for taking ______from the air and delivering it to our blood. ______ is then return to the lungs and exhaled. 

Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide

100

This disease causes narrowing due to swelling and inflammation of the airway and makes wheezing sounds when you breath. 

Asthma

100

The heart consists of _____ chambers.

4

100

An emergency condition in which a blood clot blocks blood flow to the heart. Without blood, tissue loses oxygen and dies.

Heart attack

100

What is the only part of the human body that can’t repair itself.

Tooth

200

How many lobes does the right lung have?

3

200

Smoking causes about ___% of all lung cancer deaths.

90%

200

_____take blood away from the heart and to the body. _____ take blood from the body back to the heart. 

Arteries, Veins

200

What are the TOP 3 leading causes of Heart Disease in America?

High blood pressure (The pressure causes stiff vessels and eventually causes tiny tears where cholesterol can leak

High blood cholesterol

Smoking

200

The strongest muscle in the human body is ______

The tongue. 

300

The two air tubes that branch off from the trachea going to the lungs.

Bronchi/Bronchus

300

Very common respiratory infection which symptoms can include: A cough with mucus discharge, shortness of breath, wheezing, a low fever, and chest tightness.

Bronchitis

300

The 4 chambers of the heart are:
Right and Left _______
Right and Left _______

Ventricles, Atria

300

How many Americans will have a heart attack for the first time this year?

735,000 Americans have a heart attack every year.

300

Which organ is the only one that can float on the water.  

Lungs 

(This is because our lungs contain 300 million balloon-like structures known as alveoli)

400

Windpipe is another word for:

Trachea

400

This is an infection of the lungs where the alveoli are filled with fluid or pus.

Pneumonia

400

Veins have a Pulse. True or False?

False

400

Coronary artery disease is caused by plaque buildup in the wall of the arteries that supply blood to the heart (called coronary arteries). Plaque buildup causes the inside of the arteries to narrow over time. What is the Plaque made of? 

Deposits of fatty substances (CHOLESTEROL) 

and cellular waste products, calcium, and fibrin

400

An adult has _____ bones in their body. 

206

A baby is born with 300 bones (cartilage).

500

Tiny air sacs in the lungs where the exchange of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide takes place.

Aveoli/Aveolus

500

Condition where your lungs collapse due to a blunt impact. 

Pneumothorax

500

Heart sounds are generated by blood flowing in and out of the heart’s chambers through the ______ as they open and close. 

Valves

500

Systolic Blood Pressure (Top number) is the pressure against your arteries when your heart is pumping blood around your body. 

Diastolic Blood Pressure (Bottom number) shows how much prssure is in your arteries when...

your heart relaxes between beats

500
  1. The human body is estimated to have ______ miles of blood vessels.

60,000!