Circulatory System

Question 1

Why is the Circulatory system Called the transit system?

Answer 1

Heart acts as a pump for blood to move around the body.

Question 2

Parts of circulatory system

Answer 2

Heart, Blood, and blood vessels.

Question 3

Three types of Blood vessels

Answer 3

Arteries (carry blood with oxygen away from heart)
Veins (Carry blood without oxygen to the heart)
Capillaries (connect veins and arteries (one cell wide))

Question 4

Materials carried in blood

Answer 4

oxygen, nutrients, germ fighters, hormones, and waste

Question 5

Pulmonary

Answer 5

Lungs (pumps oxygen poor blood)

Question 6

Why is part of the heart red, while the other part is blue?

Answer 6

Red parts have oxygen rich blood

Blue parts have oxygen poor blood

Question 7

Four types of blood

Answer 7

O, A, AB, B

Question 8

Four chambers of the heart

Answer 8

Right Ventricle, Left Ventricle, Left Atrium, Right Atrium

Question 9

Anemia

Answer 9

Lack of Red Blood Cells in body

Eating red meats and iron rich vegetables can cure it

Question 10

What happens when a heart attack occurs?

Answer 10

Parts of heart are deprived of blood because of blockage of arteries. Blood can’t move around body

Question 11

Cholesterol

Answer 11

Type of fat in fatty foods. Can clog up arteries. Can be removed with surgery.

Question 12

Arteriosclerosis

Answer 12

When arteries become rigid and harden up.

Question 13

Atherosclerosis

Answer 13

When fat builds up on walls of Arteries

Question 14

Ways to take care of circulatory system

Answer 14

having a healthy weight, exercise, not smoking or using alcohol, having less stress, and having a diet rich in fiber and chicken and poor in red meats.

Question 15

Treatments for Circulatory Problems

Answer 15

Medications
Angioplasty (widening of blood vessels to allow blood to move through)
Bypass Surgery (Veins are detoured to heart in case of emergency)
heart valve surgery (valve replaced w/ artificial one)
Pacemaker

Question 16

Ways to prevent heart disease

Answer 16

Having a healthy weight, exercising, eating a diet high in fiber and low in red meats, avoiding anxiety, and not using alcohol/tobacco

Question 17

Risk factors for Heart Disease that can be controlled

Answer 17

Excess weight, tobacco use, alcohol use, poor eating habits, stress, physical inactivity

Question 18

Defibrillator/AED locations in SW

Answer 18

Outside of gym, inside gym offices, near room 202 (FCS), nurses office, near room A3

Question 19

Symptoms of Heart Attacks

Answer 19

Pain in the shoulders, jaw, teeth, neck, or arms, chest discomfort, lightheadedness, fainting, sweating, nausea, shortness of breath, pressure, fullness, squeezing, and pain in the chest. A person can also experience pain before a heart attack.

Question 20

What should you do in a medical emergency?

Answer 20

Contact 911

Question 21

Why should you contact a fire department instead of 911?

Answer 21

Faster and Free

Question 22

Lowest pressure against the artery wall when the heart relaxes

Answer 22

diastolic

Question 23

Higher number in blood pressure

Answer 23

systolic

Question 24

What is plaque made of?

Answer 24

Cholestorl

Question 25

Hypertension

Answer 25

high blood pressure

Question 26

condition where doesn’t contain enough RBC’s

Answer 26

Anemia

Question 27

condition where RBC’s can’t carry enough oxygen

Answer 27

Anemia

Question 28

Pulmonary circulation

Answer 28

deoxygenated blood goes to lungs to get oxygenated

Question 29

systemic circulation

Answer 29

blood w/ oxygen goes to cells and distributes it

Question 30

hemophilla

Answer 30

Disease where blood doesn’t clot well

Question 31

Good cholestoral

Answer 31

HDL

Question 32

Bad cholestoral

Answer 32

LDL