Kinesiology unit 3 Flashcards
How many components are there in the blood
(4) Platelets, plasma, white blood cells, red blood cells
The plasma is made up of what mostly?
Water
The red blood cells carry oxygen in the blood with what?
Haemoglobin
White blood cells job is to
Attack any pathogens in the blood
The platelets plug external blood flow true or false
True, they create scabs
Arteries carry blood _______ from the heart
away
Arteries walls have 3 characteristics
largest, elastic, muscular
Veins carry blood ______ the heart
towards
Capillaries have thin walls for the perpous of
diffusion
Where does the blood go?
Pulmonary circuit, systemic circuit, coronary arteries
What is the pulmonary circuit
leads to the lungs
What is the systemic circuit
leads to body cells
What are the corinary arteries
leads to the heart
What is the job of the sinoatrial node (SA node)
Tell the atrium to constrict (natural pacemaker)
The SA node is located
Above the atrium