Blood Flashcards
(36 cards)
What is the heart made out of?
M
Muscles
What is the hearts purpose?
M D D D D D G
- To maintain preasure
- to deliver oxygen
- to deliver nutrients
- to deliver heat
- to deliver hormones
- to devliver immune cells
- to get rid of waste
What are the 4 chambers is the heart
The right atrium
The left atrium
The right ventricle
The left ventricle
What are the 4 valves in the chambers
T
B
P
A
Tricuspid
Bicuspid
Pulmonary
Aortic
What does the Altria’s do
Receive deoxygenated blood
What does the ventricles do
Pump the blood away
What does the right ventricle receive
Deoxygenated blood
What blood does the left ventricle receive
Oxygenated blood
What does the septum do
Prevents the blood from mixing together
It’s a wall
How many valves does the tricuspid valve have
3 - tri
How many valves does the bicuspid valves have
2 - bi
The valves stop the blood from flowing….?
Backwards
What do veins do
Carry blood TOWARDS the heart
What do arteries do
They carry blood AWAY from the heart
What do capillaries do
transfers the blood between arteries and veins
What is bruising
Internal bleeding
How many letters of blood comes in and out of the heart
7,500L
How many leaters of blood does the body have
5L
What is blood preasure?
The measurement of strain your arteries feel as your heart moves blood around
What blood does Pulmonary arteries carry
deoxygenated blood
What blood does pulmonary veins carry
Oxygenated blood
Where does the pulmonary arteries take the blood to
The lungs
Where does the pulmonary veins take the blood
To the heart
What is the largest vein in your body
The vena cava
