Trimester
What are the 4 Chambers of the Heart?
Right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, left ventricle
Where is the Right Atrium located on the heart?
Top-Left
Where is the Right Ventricle located on the heart?
Bottom-Left
Where is the Left Atrium located on the heart?
Top-Right
Where is the Left-Ventricle located on the heart?
Bottom-Right
What is an artery?
any of the muscular-walled tubes that carry blood to other parts of the body in the circulatory system
What is a vein?
any of the tubes that carry blood to the heart in the circulatory system
What is Blood Pressure?
the pressure of blood in the circulatory system
What is systolic?
the first number recorded in a pressure reading or the nominator
What is diastolic?
the second number recorded in a blood pressure reading or the denominator
What is the pulmonary artery?
the artery that carries blood from the right ventricle to the lungs for oxygen
What is a platelet?
a small colorless disk-shaped cell used to create clots that help stop bleeding
What is a red blood cell?
a disc without a nucleus that contains hemoglobin
What is ventilation?
the act of fresh air being imported to a room or building
What is cellular respiration?
a set of reactions and processes that take place in cells that convert biochemical energy from nutrients
What is the diaphragm?
a muscular dome-shaped partition that separates the chest from the abdomen
What is the pulmonary vein?
a vein that carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium
What is hemoglobin?
a red protein that transport oxygen in the blood
What is urea?
a colorless crystalline compound which is the main nitrogenous breakdown product of protein
What is a white blood cell?
a colorless cell that circulates blood in the body fluids and fights diseases
What is tidal volume?
the lung volume that represents the normal volume of air between normal inhalation and exhalation
What is vital capacity?
the greatest amount of air that can be exhaled after a very deep breath
What is residual volume?
the amount of air that remains in a person's lungs after fully exhaling
What is total lung capacity?
the maximum amount of air that can fill the lungs
transpiration: the exhalation of water vapor through the stomata of a plant or a leaf
evaporation: the process of turning from liquid into vapor
condensation: water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it
crystallization: the process by which a solid forms
precipitation: rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground