The Cardiovascular System

Question 1

Arteries

Answer 1

Vessels that carry blood away from the heart to the body

Question 2

Veins

Answer 2

Vessels that carry blood toward the heart from other body parts

Question 3

Cardiac muscle

Answer 3

Involuntary muscle found in the heart cardio vascular system. The system comprised of the heart and blood vesssels.

Question 4

What chemical messengers does the heart produce to regulate processes in the body by blood stream

Answer 4

Hormones

Question 5

Tissue

Answer 5

Lower level than organs

Question 6

Systole

Answer 6

The portion of the cardiac cycle in which the heart expels blood

Question 7

Diastole

Answer 7

the period of relaxation that occurs between heartbeats, when the heart’s chambers refill with blood

Question 8

Sinoatrial node

Answer 8

A pacemaker that controlls the lub dub of the heart

Question 9

Plasma

Answer 9

Clear pale yellow component of blood that carries red blood cells, while blood cells, and platelets throughout the body

Question 10

Hemoglobin

Answer 10

Protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body

Question 11

Buffer

Answer 11

A solution of a weak acid and its conjugate base acid. Buffers maintain the proper PH of the body.

Question 12

Lymphocyte

Answer 12

A category of white blood cells that includes natural killer cells, B-cells, helper T-cells, and cytotoxic T-cells

Question 13

Lymph

Answer 13

Clear fluid that moves throughout the lymphatic system to fight disease

Question 14

Macrophage

Answer 14

A large white blood cells that ingest foreign materials.

Question 15

Leukocyte

Answer 15

White blood cells, which protect the body against disease