Blood Pressure & Pulse
Anatomy
Blood
Physics
Words matter
100
This bird has the fastest heart rate.
The hummingbird has the highest heart rate of all bird species. A hummingbird’s heart rate is among the fastest in the world at over 1,200 beats per minute.
100
The heart has ____________ chambers. How a Normal Heart Pumps Blood -- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Bing video
The heart has 4 chambers. Two atria and two ventricles. How a Normal Heart Pumps Blood -- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Bing video
100
How many different blood types are there?
Four A, B, AB and O
100
Blood pressure is measured using a sphygmomanometer. The result is reported in mm/Hg. What silver metal has the symbol Hg?
Can you tell me the symbol of any other metals on the periodic table? Do you know which metals naturally occur in foods that our body's need?
Mercury. Mercury Liquid Metal - Bing video
100
What does the saying "Know by heart" mean?
To memorize.
200
Put these 5 mammals in order from slowest heart rate to fastest. Infant, Child, Adult, Elephant.
Slowest is elephant about 25
Adult pulse is about 78.
Childs pulse is about 100.
Infant pulse is about 160.
200
Which are more elastic arteries or veins?
Arteries. GCSE Biology - Blood Vessels #24 - Bing video
200
What does red blood cell hemoglobin transport? Is it; sugar (glucose), salt, oxygen, calcium, or fat?
Each hemoglobin protein carries oxygen which it delivers to tissues. Red Blood Cell Structure and Function | Anatomy and Physiology - Bing video
200
Which chambers of the heart are larger, the atria or the ventricles? Why?
Heart 101 | National Geographic - Bing video
200
How many words can you make from the letters in the word heart?
1-2 OK, 3-4 Excellent, >=5 Outstanding
300
Name a location where a pulse is felt by the doctor or nurse. Which sites are correct? (choose more than one) Forehead, Chin, Neck, Shoulder, Wrist.
Neck (carotid), Wrist (radial), inner elbow (brachial), knee (popliteal), foot (dorsalis pedis pulse )
300
Which carry blood to the heart, arteries or veins?
Veins
300
We have a _____ detector in the house because this odorless gas will displace oxygen from the red blood cell leading to serious injury.
Carbon monoxide (CO)
300
The sound of the heart is often referred to as "lub-dub." What do those sounds represent? Is it: the squeezing of the ventricles,
heart ❤💕💖 sound 🔊🔊 Lub-Dub - Bing video
300
Which American writer wrote the scary short story about a beating heart called "The Tell-Tale Heart" in 1843.
Edger Allan Poe
The Tell-Tale Heart - Bing video
400
What blood pressure is too high? Is it 90/50, 120/80, or 140/90? How Blood Pressure Works Animation | Sphygmomanometer | Blood Pressure - Bing video
140/90
400
The pulmonary artery is the only artery that carries de-oxygenated blood. These arteries carry blood from the heart to the ___________.
Lungs. The blood obtains oxygen in the lung and returns it to the heart to be pumped to the bodies tissues. How does human circulatory system work – 3D animation – in English - Bing video
400
How many pints of blood are in the average adult? Is it 2, 5, 10, or 20.
Answer 10.
400
How many times does the human heart beat each year. Is it 400; 4,000; 4 million, 40million, 4 billion.
Heart 101 | National Geographic - Bing video
Let's watch the video and find out
400
Use the Oxford Dictionary of Phrase Saying & Quotation and read one with "heart"
What does it mean to you?
500
What fingers do you use to take a pulse? The thumb, the index and middle finger, the ring finger or the pinky?
The index and middle finger
500
How big is the human heart? As big as you head, as big as your fist, or as big as your big toe?
Your heart is as big as your fist. Circulatory System For Kids | How Does Your Heart Work - Bing video
500
Do people eat blood?
Yes, Many cultures use blood in Blood sausage, or blood pudding, and some drink blood during the slaughter. How to make Blood Sausage - Bing video
500
The amount of blood pumped out of the heart in one minute is Cardiac Output. It is a product of heart rate and volume of blood pumped out of the heart with each beat. Which stroke volume is higher.
The girl at rest with pulse 62 and stroke volume of 50 or the boy running with pulse 84 and stroke volume of 50?
cardiovascular system: cardiac output - Bing video (stop at 1min)
What is the boy's Cardiac output?
Is it 84 + 50? or 84 x 50? Can you calculate it?
500
What is the etymology of "cardiac" or "cardiology" "coronary" in other words what language forms the root of the word? Can you think of other words with this root?
Cardiac is from the Latin word cardiacus, and from the Greek word kardiakos "pertaining to the heart."
Cordial, courage, cardiologist......