The Heart
What body part is the same size as you heart?
It is the same size of the fist.
What are the arteries?
The arteries are blood vessels that distribute oxygen-rich blood to your entire body.
What are veins?
Veins are blood vessels located throughout your body that collect oxygen-poor blood and return it to your heart.
What are the four main components of the blood?
The four main components are plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
What are the names of the four chambers?
The names of the two upper chambers are called the atria and the two lower chambers are called the ventricles.
Where are your arteries located?
Your arteries are located in all parts of the body, except in the hairs, nails, epidermis, cartilages, and cornea
What are the four major types of veins?
The four major types of veins are the pulmonary, systemic, superficial and deep veins
What is the function of platelets?
The function of platelets is to prevent and stop bleeding.
What is the function of the heart?
The function of the heart is to pump blood around the body with the help of the lungs.
What is the largest artery?
The aorta is the largest artery.
What are Pulmonary veins?
Pulmonary veins are veins that carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
What is the function of the plasma?
The function of the plasma is to help your body recover from injury, distribute nutrients, remove waste and prevent infection, while moving throughout your circulatory system.
How many chambers does the heart have?
The heart has four(4) chambers surrounded by tissue in it.
What are the four major arteries?
The four main arteries are celiac, mesenteric, renal and iliac.
What is the size of a vein?
The size of veins are 1 millimeter to 1.5 centimeters in diameter.
What is the function of white blood cells?
The function of the white blood cells is to help the body fight infection and other diseases.
Where is the heat located in the body.
The heart sits slightly behind and to the left of your sternum/breastbone.
What are the functions of the arteries?
The function of the arteries are to transport deoxygenated blood away from the heart. They have a thick outer wall with elastic fibers and a small lumen.
What is the function of the veins?
The function of the veins is to collect oxygen-poor blood and return it to your heart.
What is the function of red blood cells?
The function of the red blood cells is to carry oxygen from the lungs to all parts of the body.