Blood and Circulatory Quiz
The _____ is the largest artery in the body.
Aorta
Which blood vessel have the thinnest walls and why?
Capillaries, because they are functions and deliver nutrients and oxygen to tissues
One example of a vein?
Superior Vena Cava
White Blood Cells-
They make up only about 1 % of blood, they perform a vital function
Why does your heart beat faster when you excercise?
because when you exercise you need more oxygen for breathing and your heart does that
Bone Marrow-
blood cells are manufactured by red blood cells
What are veins?
blood vessels
The heart pumps the _____ that not only carries materials such as ______ and _______ that are vital for body functions, but also ______ such as ______ _______ away from the cells.
blood, oxygen, glucose, waste, carbon dioxide
What does the Superior Vena Cava do?
carries deoxygenated blood from the upper half of the body to the heart's right atrium
The heart is composed of ____ chambers.
four
The heart is composed of ____ chambers : two _____ and two __________.
four, atria, ventricle
The circulatory system is composed of what?
heart, blood, and blood vessels
The Aorta passes over the _____ from its left __________ and runs down the ______ of the body in front of the ________.
heart, ventricle, center, backbone
Hemoglobin-
it's inside red blood cells and receives oxygen from the lungs, and they're red
The heart is a large______ that pumps blood throughout the body.
muscle
The heart is a ________ pump that __________ blood through the body.
muscular, circulates
They deliver _________ and oxygen to tissues and ______ the waste created during ________ process.
nutrients, remove, cellular
With circulation, the heart provides your body with what?
oxygen, nutrients, and a way to get rid of waste
Blood Plasma-
pale yellowish liquid which makes up half the blood
Blood Clotting-
pieces of a kind of white blood cells aid in the process stops blood from flowing
Coagulation-
proteins turn into fiber
Capillaries are _____, thin blood vessels that are found in all throughout the ____.
small, body
Why is the blood that flows from the lungs to the heart bright red rather than dark red?
the amount of oxygen
Platelets-
the smallest "cells" in your body
What is the Circulatory System?
the system that transports blood
What do veins (blood vessels) do?
transport blood from various regions of the body back to the heart
Red Blood Cells-
transport oxygen from the lungs to tissue, and give blood their overall red color
Arteries are blood ________ that transport ______ rich blood away from the _____ to various regions of the body.
vessels, oxygen, heart
Antibodies-
white blood cells produce chemicals