Flow of Blood
The section under the right atrium that the blood goes to
What is the right ventricle?
The name of red blood cells
What are erythrocytes?
What is the meaning of brady- (prefix)?
Slow
This is the largest artery in the body.
What is the aorta?
The heart is about the size of this body part.
What is a fist?
Where does the aorta take the blood to?
The rest of the body
What do leukocytes (white blood cells) do in the body?
Help fight the body against infections & diseases
What is the meaning of echo- (prefix)?
Reflected sound
This wall of muscle divides the left and right sides of the heart.
What is the septum?
How many times a day does your heart beat?
100,000
The valve the blood goes through after the left ventricle
What is the aortic valve?
What is the function of red blood cells?
They trade carbon dioxide (CO2) for oxygen (O2) and take it to the rest of the body
What does the combining form cardi/o mean?
Heart
These flaps of tissue prevent blood from flowing backward in the heart.
What are heart valves?
What cell structure do red blood cells not have?
A mitochondria
To the lungs
This protein in red blood cells binds to oxygen.
What does the combining form angi/o mean?
Vessel (blood)
This usually carries deoxygenated blood.
What are veins?
The largest vein in the body.
What is the vena cava?
Blood moves from the left atrium to the left ventricle through this valve.
What is the mitral/bicuspid valve?
This yellowish fluid makes up most of the blood.
What is plasma?
What does the abbreviation 'bp' mean?
Blood pressure
The heart is located in this cavity of the body.
What is the chest (or thoracic cavity)?
The human heart pumps about this many liters of blood daily.
What is 7,000 liters?