Circulatory System Flashcards
What is Circulatory System and how it works?
An organ system, that transports, oxygen, and nutrients throughout the body and carries away waste.
What are red blood cells?
Allows oxygen to be transported in the body and contains hemoglobin.
What are white blood cells?
Fight infection in blood, destroy invading bacteria and viruses and 1% of blood volume.
What are Platelets?
Help blood clot and less than 1% of blood volume.
What is plasma?
Protein, rich liquid that carries blood cells and makes up half of blood volume
What are the heart three tissues?
Cardiac muscle tissue, nerve tissue, connective tissue
Blood vessels?
Transport blood
Arteries?
Carry blood away from heart
Veins?
Carry blood towards heart
Capillaries?
Tiny blood vessels with very thin wall that allows substances to diffuse between blood and tissue
What diseases?
-Cardiac arrest: not beating right
-stroke: similar to heart attack but blockage in brain
-Coronary Artery Disease: plaque on inner wall located arteries. The symptoms are chest pain, pressure, shortness of breath, nausea, sweating, dizziness, and pain in the upper body.
How does respiratory and circulatory interact with each other?
Heart pumps blood into lungs then oxygen fills in the blood and then gets pumped to the other body parts, such as stomach muscles and brain.
