Blood and Circulatory Quiz

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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


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