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What do the arteries do

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Take blood away from the heart

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Describe an arterie

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Thick walls that are more elastic then viens as they need to carry blood at a high pressure

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What is the channel that the blood flows through called

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The Lumen

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Describe the polmonary arterie

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The polmonary arterie arterie carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs

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What do veins do?

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Carry deoxygenated blood back into the heart

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Describe a vein

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Much thinner walls then arteries, are not very elastic and carry blood at a lower pressure

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What does the polmonary vein do?

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It carries oxygenated blood back into the heart from the lungs

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Describe a capilliaries

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Microscopic - one cell thick

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Whats the first step of the capilliaries job?

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They carry oxygenated blood to the working muscles and then transfere oxygen and nutrients to the muscle

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Whats the second job of capilliaries

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They carry deoxygenated blood away from the muscles and dispose of waste producs

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What are 2 different waste products that the capilliaries get rid of?

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Carbon dioxide and lactic acid

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What rythm does the heart beat in?

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Lub dub

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What is the first phase of the heart beating called?

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Systolic phase

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What is the second phase of the heart beating called?

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Diastolic phase

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What happens in the first phase of heart beat?

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Blood is pumped from both atria into the ventricles (lub), both ventricles then contract (dub)

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16
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What is happening when (lub dub) occurs?

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Deoxygenated blood leaves the right ventricle through the polmonary arterie towards the lungs whilst oxygenated blood leaves the left ventricle via the aorta out to the body

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What happens in the second phase of heart beat?

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This is when the heart relaxes and refills with the atria filling with blood

18
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What do red blood cells do?

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Transport oxygen around the body in blood

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What do red blood cells contain

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Haemoglobin ( a red pigment ) which stores oxygen and carbon dioxide

20
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Sporting example that needs red blood cells

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Long distance runner needing more oxygen when running

21
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Describe white blood cell

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Bigger then red blood cells and are transparent

22
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What do white blood cells do

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Defence system - produce antibodies that fight against infection and desieses

23
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Sporting example of white blood cells

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If an athlete has a infection/disease they may not be able to train/perform

24
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How are platelets formed

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They are formed in bone marrow

25
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What are platelets?

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Tiny fragments that clump together to help clot blood and stop bleeding

26
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What happens when a blood vessel is cut

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When a blood vessel is cut platelets rush to the area and swell into irregular shapes to clot the blood

27
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What is the main role of plasma?

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To take nutrients, hormones and proteins to parts of the body that need it

28
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What is another job for plasma?

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Carry waste products e.g. lactic acid. The plasma then helps remove it from the body

29
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What is the scientific name for a red blood cell?

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Erythrocyte

30
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What is haemogoblin?

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A red protine in blood that transports oxygen

31
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What is anaemia?

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A condition where there is a lack of red cells or haemoglobin in the blood

32
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What is the scientific way to say white blood cell?

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leukocyte

33
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What is a pathogen?

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Agent that causes a diseases, such as a virus

34
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What is an antibody

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Chemical that destroys a pathogen

35
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What is your immune system?

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The structure and process in your body that stops diseases

36
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What is thrombokinase

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Substance involving blood clotting

37
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What is plasma

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Fluid in the blood

38
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What is serotonin

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Hormone that triggers the clotting process

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