Biology (Circulatory System)

Question 1

Hämoglobin

Answer 1

Hemoglobin (Blood protein specialized to carry oxygen)

Question 2

Offener Kreislauf

Answer 2

Open Circulatory System (Blood does not stay within tubes but just diffuses to tissues)

Question 3

Blutdruckmessgerät

Answer 3

Sphygmomanometer (Instrument used to measure blood pressure)

Question 4

Arterie

Answer 4

Artery (Tubes that carry blood away from the heart)

Question 5

Vene

Answer 5

Vein (Tube that carry blood to the heart)

Question 6

Kapillare

Answer 6

Capillary (Thin tubes that carry blood to individual body cells)

Question 7

Atrium

Answer 7

Atrium (Top part of the heart (left and right))

Question 8

Ventrikel

Answer 8

Ventricle (Bottom part of the heart (left and right))

Question 9

Septum

Answer 9

Septum (Wall that divided left and right side of heart)

Question 10

Blutplättchen (Thrombozyten)

Answer 10

Platelet (Thrombocytes; Blood cells that clot blood)

Question 11

Atrioventrikularklappe

Answer 11

Atrioventricular Valve (Small doors that control flow of blood between the atrium and ventricle)

Question 12

Aortenklappe

Answer 12

Semilunar Valve (Small doors that control blood between heart and blood vessels)

Question 13

Obere Hohlvene

Answer 13

Superior Vena Cava (Large vessel that brings blood into heart from upper half of the body)

Question 14

Aorta

Answer 14

Aorta (Large vessel that brings blood from heart to body)

Question 15

Diastolischer Blutdruck

Answer 15

Dialostic Pressure (Pressure exerted by heart when it is relaxed)

Question 16

Systolischer Blutdruck

Answer 16

Systolic Pressure (Pressure exerted by heart when it is contracted)