Heart, Blood, Lungs & Digestion

Question 0

What is dystolic?

Answer 0

Lowest pressure

Question 1

What is systolic?

Answer 1

First heart sound

Question 2

How blood pressure is read?

Answer 2

120/80

Systolic/distolic

Question 3

What is hypertension?

Answer 3

High blood pressure

Question 4

What is hypotension?

Answer 4

Low blood pressure

Question 5

What is used to take blood pressure?

Answer 5

Sphygmomanometer

Question 6

What are the four pulse sites?

Answer 6

Radial (wrist)
Carotid (neck)
Temporal (temples)
Femoral (groin)

Question 7

How many breaths should an adult take per minute?

Answer 7

12-18

Question 8

How many breaths should a child take per minute?

Answer 8

18-30

Question 9

What is a wheezing sound caused by?

Answer 9

Partially blocked airway

Question 10

What is hemolytic anaemia?

Answer 10

Not enough red blood cells

Question 11

What is classed as a high temperature?

Answer 11

39 or above

Question 12

What are the 4 parts that blood is made up from?

Answer 12

Erythrocytes (red blood cells)
Leukocytes (white blood cells)
Thrombocytes (platelets)
Plasma

Question 13

What are thrombocytes/platelets?

Answer 13

They clot blood

Question 14

What is plasma?

Answer 14

Liquid portion of blood

90%water

Question 15

How many litres of blood are in an adults system

Answer 15

5 litres

Question 16

What do arteries carry?

Answer 16

Oxygenated blood

Question 17

What do veins carry

Answer 17

De oxygenated blood

Question 18

What are the three types of arteries?

Answer 18

Arteries - arterioles- capillaries

Question 19

Arteries carry blood….

Answer 19

Away from the heart

Question 20

Hat are the three types of veins?

Answer 20

Venous capillaries-venules- veins

Question 21

Veins carry blood…

Answer 21

Towards the heart

Question 22

How many chambers does the heart have?

Answer 22

4

Question 23

Why are the two upper chambers of the heart called?

Answer 23

Atriums

Question 24

What are the two lower chambers of the heart called?

Answer 24

Ventricles

Question 25

What does the right side of the heart do?

Answer 25

Transports deoxygenated blood to the lungs

Veins

Question 26

What does the left side of the heart do?

Answer 26

Transports oxygenated blood from the lungs to the body

Arteries

Question 27

How does blood get from the lungs to the heart?

Answer 27

Via the pulmonary veins

Question 28

Where is the superior vena cava from?

Answer 28

Upper body

Question 29

Where is the inferior vena cava from

Answer 29

Lower body

Question 30

What are the two forms of reparation?

Answer 30

External (lungs)

Internal

Question 31

How much oxygen do we exhale?

Answer 31

16%

Question 32

What is the inhalation process?

Answer 32

Trachea
Bronchi
Bronchioles
Alveoli
Blood

Question 33

What is the exhalation process?

Answer 33

Alveoli
Bronchioles
Bronchi
Trachea
Carbon dioxide in the air

Question 34

Which two actions does digestion use?

Answer 34

Chemical (enzyme)

Mechanical (mastication)

Question 35

What enzymes in saliva aid digestion?

Answer 35

Ptyalin and maltase

Question 36

What are the two main parts of the digestive system?

Answer 36

Duodenum (gall bladder & pancreas)

Ileum (villi)