Heart Flashcards
Atrium
Receives blood entering the heart located on the left
Circulatory system
Provides a pathway through which blood can carry materials throughtouy your body
Ventricle
Located on the right chamber of which pumps blood from heart to the rest of ur body
Pulmonary
Pathway that blood flows from heart to lungs
Systemic
Route that blood travels from heart to most of the body an then back to the heart
Arteries
Thick walled elastic vessels that carry blood away from the heart
Aorta
Largest artery in body
Coronary arteries
Carrie blood to the heart mucle its self
Blood pressure
Force with which blood pushes against the walls of blood vessels
Systollic
Force caused by the surge of blood that moves as the contraction of the ventricles 140/85
Diastolic
Force recorded when ventricles are relaxed 120/80
Plasma
Protein is in plasma and its the liquid part of blood used for injuries
Red blood cells
More numerous than any other type of blood vessel
White blood cells
Help protect the body against disease
Platelets
Pieces of cells that start the process of the blood clotting (help clot blood)
Atherosclerosis
Build up of cholesterol amd other fatty materials in the artery walls
Atherosclerosis mAke coronary arteries clogged which leads to coronary heart disease
Gh
Hdl
Be disposed found in leafy foods
Ldl
Carries cholesterol to walks of arteries found in bAcon and meats
Stroke
Blood flow to brain is cut off
Function of excretory system
Waste removal is carried out
4 organs of excretory system
Kidneys ureters bladder and urethra
Disorder of excretory system
Kidney stones which are pebble like masses of salt in kidney
Urea
Contains nitrogen and is the maijor waste produced from the break down of nitrogen
