Blood vessels in the heart
The main artery of the blood that will carry oxygenated blood to the rest of the body
What is the aorta?
The chamber of the heart that receives blood from the lungs
What is the left atrium?
The pressure in the arteries during the relaxation of the ventricles
What is diastolic pressure?
The type of blood vessel that contains one-way valves to prevent blood back flow
What is a vein?
The name of the mineral in the protein hemoglobin to which O2 will bind
What is iron?
The artery through which the deoxygenated blood will be carried from the heart
What is the pulmonary artery?
The chamber of the heart which will pump blood through the pulmonary circuit
What is the right ventricle?
The pressure in the arteries due to the contraction of the ventricles
What is systolic pressure?
The blood vessel type that contains thinner walls due to a lower blood pressure
What is a vein?
The name of the cell fragments that will cause blood coagulation and clotting to stop blood loss from damaged arteries
What are platelets?
The vein through which deoxygenated blood will return to the right atrium from the brain
What is the superior vena cava?
The chamber of the heart with the thickest walls of myocardium and will pump blood the furthest distance
What is the left ventricle?
The typically systolic pressure of a healthy 20-year old male
What is 120 mmHg?
A smaller blood vessel than splits off from an artery and will turn into a capillary bed
What is an arteriole?
The medical name for red blood cells, which carry O2 throughout the blood
What are erythrocytes?