Enjoying Good Health Chapter 1 - Circulatory System
Name:
(1)
What blood vessel carries blood to the lungs?
(2)
What is the largest artery in the body?
(3)
What is the large vein from the upper or lower body that enters the heart?
(4)
What is a blood vessel which carries blood to the heart?
(5)
What is a blood vessel which carries blood away from the heart?
(6)
What is the smallest of the blood vessels?
(7)
What is the cardiac muscle?
(8)
What are little door-like flaps which close off parts of the heart?
(9)
What are the upper chambers of the heart?
(10)
What are the lower chambers of the heart?
(11)
What side of the heart sends oxygen-poor blood to the lungs?
(12)
What side of the heart sends oxygen-rich blood to the body?
(13)
What is the liquid part of the blood?
(14)
What carries oxygen throughout the body?
(15)
What is the expanding of the arteries after each heartbeat?
(16)
What defends the body against infection?
(17)
What sticks to a cut to stop bleeding and helps the blood to clot?
(18)
What is a blood clot on the skin?
(19)
What mineral gives red blood cells their color?
(20)
What do red blood cells deliver to the cells of the body?
(21)
What waste product does the blood carry away from the cells?
(22)
What is carried in the plasma to the body?
(23)
What is a painful, enlarged vein?
(24)
What is the flow of blood within the body?
(25)
What is the squeezing of the cardiac muscle?
(26)
What is the measure of the push of the blood from the heart against the arteries?
(27)
What do you need in order for your body to repair itself, to restore used up energy, and to remove waste products?
(28)
What moves food from one part of the body to another?
(29)
What name is given to the cardiovascular system which is made up of the heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries?
(30)
What is immediately turned into a poison by the liver and can damage the heart?
(31)
What paralyzes part of the nerve that controls the heart causing it to contract rapidly?
(32)
What habit can cause heart and lung diseases?
(33)
What habit besides a good diet strengthens the heart?
(34)
What substance found in fatty foods can build up in the arteries causing heart disease?