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1
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what are the 4 parts of blood?

A

red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma, and platelets

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what are the 3 types of blood?

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viens, arteries, and capillaries

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3
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what do arteries do?

A

carry blood away from the heart

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4
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what do veins do?

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carry blood back to the heart

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5
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what do white blood cells do?

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kill germs

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6
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what do red blood cells do?

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carry oxygen to all of the cells

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7
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what is the biggest artery in the body?

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aorta

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8
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blood comes back to the hear (from the body) through the _________

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superior/inferior vena cava

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9
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what are the top chambers of the heart ?

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right & left Atrium

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10
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what are the bottom chambers of the heart?

A

left & right ventricle

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11
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arteries carry oxygen rich blood ____ from the heart

A

away

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12
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most all arteries carry blood that is what color?

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bright red

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13
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true or false arteries are slarger when they are closer to the heart?

A

TRUE

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14
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capillaries connect what?

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connect arteries & veins

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15
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what do capillaries do?

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allow food water and oxygen to leave the body & enter new cells

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16
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true or false ? waste enters the blood from the body cells through capillaries

A

TRUE

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17
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veins appear what color through skin?

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blue

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18
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what do veins do?

A

carry oxygen poor blood back to the heart

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19
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______ prevent blood from falling back to the feet

A

valves

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20
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_______ makes up 90% of plasma

A

water

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21
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________,________,__________ are found in plasma

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red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets

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22
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plasma makes up 55% of your blood true or false?

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true

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23
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what does plasma do?

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carries food to cells and waste away from cells for removal

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24
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what do red blood cells do?

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picks of carbon dioxide & takes it to the lungs. & takes oxygen to the body cells

25
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red blood cells make up what percent of your blood?

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44%

26
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where are red blood cells made?

A

bone marrow

27
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the blood of red blood cells are red because of what?

A

hemoglobin

28
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in red blood cells, blood turns bright red when exposed to what?

A

oxygen

29
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white blood cells are livings cells which contain what?

A

a nucleus

30
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what is the purpose of white blood cells?

A

make antibodies to fight off disease

31
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white blood cells are made where?

A

lymph nodes and spleen

32
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what is made by white blood cells which fight disease

A

antibodies

33
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platelets make up what percent of your blood?

A

1%`

34
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platelets are made where?

A

in the bone marrow

35
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in platecelts what forms a net to trap cells to from a clot?

A

fibrin

36
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in platelets blood clotting under the skin can form what?

A

a bruise

37
Q

list 4 facts about the heart

A

pumps blood, muscle, organ, size of our fist, middle of chest, involuntary muscle

38
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the right side of the heart has ________blood which is pumped to the _____

A

unoxygenated, lungs

39
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the left side of the heart has _____ blood which is pumped to the _______

A

oxygenated, body

40
Q

what separates the left & right side of the heart?

A

septum

41
Q

the top chamber of the heat that collect blood?

A

atria (atrium)

42
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what are the bottom chambers that pumps out blood?

A

wentricles

43
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what is the artery that takes oxygenated blood from the heart to the body?

A

aorta

44
Q

what takes blood to the lungs from the right ventricle?

A

pulmonary artery

45
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what takes blood from the lungs to the left atrium?

A

pulmonary vein

46
Q

the directions of the blood flow is controlled by what?

A

valves

47
Q

what are 4 risks of heart disease that u can control?

A

blood pressure, exercise, smoking, and cholesterol

48
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3 factors that u cannot control on heart disease

A

hereditaary, males, age

49
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what is the narrowing of the artery walls which results in less blood flow?

A

atherosclerosis

50
Q

the animal fat which sticks to artery walls is called what?

A

cholesterol

51
Q

your cholesterol should be less than what?

A

200

52
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list 3 thi9ngs u may need to do to lower your cholesterol

A

exercise, eat less animal fat, and lower your weight

53
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list 3 symptoms of heart disease

A

1)chest pain, 2)pain in back,jaw,throat,or arm, 3)shortness of breath

54
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heart disease with narrowed arteries in the brain may cause what?

A

a stroke

55
Q

heart disease with narrowed arteries in the heart muscle may cause what?

A

a heart attack

56
Q

blood pressure on the artery walls when the blood pumps is called what?

A

systolic

57
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what is the blood pressure on the artery wall when the heart fills called?

A

diastolic

58
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(treatment for heart disease) taking veins from the leg and attaching them around a blocked artery of the heart muscle is called what?

A

bypass

59
Q

(treatment of heart disease) inserting a balloon into the artery to compress the plague is called what?

A

angioplasty

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