Pearson: Cardiovascular System

Question 1

Carries blood away from the heart to the body’s cells

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Arteries

Question 2

Blood component that helps to clot blood.

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B

Question 3

Fragments that help form blood clots

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Platelets

Question 4

Structure of the heart that pumps oxygen rich blood out of the heart.

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E

Question 5

Main organ of the cardiovascular system

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Heart

Question 6

Structures of the heart labeled 'B' and 'C'

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Atria

Question 7

Force of blood against the walls of blood vessels caused when ventricles contract.

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Blood Pressue

Question 8

Structure of the heart that pumps blood to the lungs.

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D

Question 9

Blood component that take up oxygen in the lungs and delivers to cells in the body

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A

Question 10

Protein that contains iron and binds chemically to oxygen molecules

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Hemoglobin

Question 11

Disease fighters

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WBC's

Question 12

Structure of the heart labeled 'A'

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Aorta

Question 13

To keep your heart healthy, eat foods that are

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low in fat

Question 14

High blood pressure

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Hypertension

Question 15

Structure of the heart that receives oxygen rich blood from the lungs

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C

Question 16

The Universal Receiver is someone who has

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Type 'AB' blood

Question 17

Condition in which an artery wall thickens as a result of the buildup of fatty materials

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Atherosclerosis

Question 18

Blood component that fights diseases

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C

Question 19

Two lower chambers of the heart

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Ventricles

Question 20

Take up oxygen in the lungs and delivers to cells in the body

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RBC's

Question 21

Carry blood back to the heart

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Veins

Question 22

Receives blood that comes into the heart

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Atria

Question 23

Heart does not receive the right amount of blood causing the cells to die

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Heart Attack

Question 24

Tiny; they exchange materials and wastes between the blood and the body’s cells

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Capillaries

Question 25

Branches off the aorta & carry blood to the heart itself so the heart can get plenty of oxygen

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Coronary Arteries

Question 26

Heart, blood & blood vessels

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Cardiovascular System

Question 27

The two upper chambers of the heart

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Atria

Question 28

Liquid part of the blood

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Plasma

Question 29

Structures of the heart labeled 'D' and 'E'

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Ventricle

Question 30

Marker molecules on your red blood cells determine your.

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Blood type

Question 31

Carries needed substances to the body cells

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Blood

Question 32

Pumps blood out of the heart

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Ventricles

Question 33

Structure of the heart that receives oxygen poor blood from the body.

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B

Question 34

The Universal Donor is

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Type O blood

Question 35

Structure of the heart that receives oxygen poor blood from the body.

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B

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