Heart and Blood!

Question 1

Main compoments of heart.

Answer 1

• Two smaller chambers above is called Atria
• Two larger chambers bewlow is called Ventricles

Question 2

How blood travel around the body?

Answer 2

Deoxygenated blood to right atrium, pumbed into the right ventricle, to lungs through pulmonary artery to collect oxygen, returns to heart through pulmonary vein. To left atrium, pumbed to the left ventricle, muscle in left ventricle are thick to pump blood at high pressure through the aorta. Blood travel all around the body.

Question 3

List 4 main blood related stuff founded in human blood.

Answer 3

• Red Blood Cells
• White Blood Cells
• Plasma
• Platelets

Question 4

What is red blood cells?

Answer 4

Carry oxygen and fit through the lumen of the capillary, one cell at a time!

Question 5

What is White Blood Cells?

Answer 5

Contain nucleus and fight disease by making antibodies or change shape to engulf organism.

Question 6

What is Plasma

Answer 6

Straw coloured liquid. 90% of plasma is water, digested food, waste, hormones and antibodies dissolved in plasma. Excess water taken from large intestine to kidneys

Question 7

What is Platelets?

Answer 7

Tiny structures use to help blood to clot!