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Module 3-Healthy Heart And Lungs Flashcards

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What is blood composed of ?

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Different types of cells floating in a liquid called plasma.

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What does blood contain?

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Red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets

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What do Red Blood cells do?

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Transport oxygen and contain the pigment Haemoglobin

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What are white blood cells part of?

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The immune system

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What do white blood cells do?

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Destroy bacteria and foreign particles, i.e. viruses

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What are the 2 main types of white blood cells called, and what do they do?

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Phagocytes-carry out phagocytosis by engulfing in bacteria
Lymphocytes-produce specific antibodies which destroy viruses

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What do Vaccines allow?

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A dead or altered form of the foreign particle to be introduced

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What do Platelets help with?

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They help the blood to clot and reduce bleeding

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What is the function of the heart?

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To pump blood around the body

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What is the heart made of?

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Cardiac muscles

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How long does the heart pump for?

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It pumps continuously

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How many chambers does the heart have and what are they called?

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The heart has 4 chambers, the Left Ventricle, the Left Atrium, the Right Ventricle, the Right Atrium

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What can a pulse be?

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A health indicator

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If a person is healthy, should there resting heart rate be low, or high?

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Low, the healthier the person the lower there heart rate

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Is having a high pulse rate healthy or unhealthy? And what are the results of it?

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It’s is unhealthy and can lead to heart attacks or strokes

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What low-tech methods are there for measuring your pulse rate?

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A stop watch and fingertips, or a stethoscope

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What high tech methods are there for measuring pulse rate?

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A pulsometer or heart rate monitor linked to a computer

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What do Arteries do?

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Carry blood away from the heart

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What do veins do?

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Carry blood back to the heart

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What do veins contain?

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Valves

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What do valves do?

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Help prevent back flow of blood

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What are Capillaries?

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They are Small Vessels which form a network between arteries and veins

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23
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What is Oxygenated blood rich in?

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Oxygen

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What is DeOxygenated blood rich in?

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Carbon Dioxide

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What are the four major blood vessels leading to and from the heart?

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The aorta, the pulmonary artery, the pulmonary vein, and the vena cava

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What does the aorta do?

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Carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the rest of the body

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What does the Vena Cava do?

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Returns DeOxygenated blood from the body back to the heart

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What does the Pulmonary Artery do?

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It carries DeOxygenated blood away from the heart to the lungs

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What does the Pulmonary Vein do?

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It returns oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the heart

30
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What side of the heart is thicker, and why?

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The left hand side of the heart is thicker since it has to pump blood all around the body, whereas the right hand side only has to pump it to the lungs

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What does the Coronary Artery do?

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Supplies the muscular wall of the heart with oxygenated blood.

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What is blood pressure?

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When the heart contracts and pumps blood into arteries under pressure

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What can blood pressure be measured with?

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A stethoscope

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When does systolic pressure occur?

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When the heart beats and pumps blood into the arteries

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When does Diastolic pressure occur?

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It occurs between heart beats when the heart relaxes and fills with blood

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What is the average blood pressure of an adult?

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Between 120mmGh and 80mmgH

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What does blood pressure greater than 160/90mmGh indicate?

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High blood pressure

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What is high blood pressure caused by?

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Being overweight, lack of exercise, incorrect diet (fat-salt), drinking alcohol excessively, and stress

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What can high blood pressure cause?

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Heart attacks and strokes

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What can low blood pressure cause?

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Fainting and heart failure

41
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What do lungs do?

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They inflate to take air into the body, and deflate to remove air from the body

42
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What does the windpipe do?

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It allows air to flow from the mouth or nose towards the lungs

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What are Bronchi?

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They are the 2 branches which join the windpipe to the lungs

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What are Bronchioles?

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Branches from the Bronchi which lead to air sacs

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What do air sacs do?

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They allow oxygen to pass from the lungs into the blood and carbon dioxide top pass from the blood to the lungs

46
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What do Ribs do?

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They shield the lungs from damage

47
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What are Air sacs surrounded by?

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Capillaries

48
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What is breathing rate?

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The number of breaths you can take in one minute

49
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What can cause your breathing rate to alter?

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Your level of activity, your age, your gender, your fitness, and your state of health

50
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What does exercise result in?

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Faster, deeper breathing to get more oxygen to muscles and get rid of waste Carbon Dioxide

51
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What is recovery time?

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The time required after exercise for rate of breathing to return to normal

52
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What does a short recovery time indicate?

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Fitness

53
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What can the efficiency of the lungs be measured by?

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Tidal Volume, vital capacity, and peak flow

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What is Tidal Volume?

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The volume of air breathed in and out in one normal breath

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What can make Tidal Volume vary?

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Body size, age, sex, & level of fitness

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What is vital Capacity?

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A measure of the maximum volume of air that a person can breath out after taking in as deep a breath as possible

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What can make Vital Capacity vary?

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Body size, age, sex, & level of fitness

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What is Peak flow?

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The maximum rate that you can blow air out of you lungs measured using a peak flow meter

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What is Asthma?

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A respiratory condition in which the air passages (bronchioles) become narrower making breathing difficulty causing wheezing

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