| Function/Structure of the Heart | ||
| #1 | Its major function is to nurture_____ within the body? | cells |
| #2 | What are the two gases that we talk about with 'gas exchange' within the capillaries | Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide |
| #3 | Your heart is pear shaped about the size of your ______ | Fist |
| #4 | Your heart is enclosed in a 2 layer sac called the __________ HINT: The first part of the word means 2 and the second part of the word means heart | Pericardium |
| #5 | The heart is divided into how many chambers? | 4 chambers |
| More Heart Stuff | ||
| #1 | What are names of the two upper chambers? | Atria or R/L Atrium |
| #2 | What are the names of the two lower chambers? | R/L Ventricles |
| #3 | These chambers are SEPERATED by what is called the______? | Septum |
| #4 | Flow of blood from the heart to the lungs and back to heart is called __________ circulation? | Pulmonary Circulation |
| #5 | This circulation moves blood to all of the organs of the body except the lungs | Systemic Circulation |
| Blood Stuff | ||
| #1 | What are the 4 components that make up the blood? | RBC's, WBC's, Plasma, and Platelets |
| #2 | The RBC's deliver_______ to the cells and remove _________ to be exhaled and removed by the kidneys | Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide |
| #3 | I am a compenent of blood and my main job is to fight off pathogens that enter the body | WBC's |
| #4 | These are the smallest parts of the blood and help with clotting the blood? | Plateletes |
| #5 | Platelets produce small FIBERS that act like a web and help with blood clotting? | Fibrin |
| More Blood and Stuff | ||
| #1 | This type of blood is called the 'universal donor' | Type O |
| #2 | This type of blood is called the 'universal recipient' | Type AB |
| #3 | What are the proteins in the blood called that make our blood either positive or negative? | Rh Factors |
| #4 | What % of people in the US have + Rh factors? What % have - Rh factors? | 85% have positive, 15% negative |
| #5 | Explain what would happen if you received a blood transfusion and the blood was a different Rh factor or blood type? | Your blood would create antibodies that would fight itself; causing the blood to coagulate |
| Blood Vessel Stuff | ||
| #1 | How long are the blood vessels in your body? | 100,000 miles long |
| #2 | These blood vessels carry blood 'AWAY' from the heart and are the largest of the blood vessels | Arteries |
| #3 | What are the branches of arteries called that regulate the blood? | Arterioles |
| #4 | Once the blood flows from the arteries and branches into the arterioles, it than flows into the ___________ where the 'gas exchange' takes place. HINT: Smallest of the blood vessels | Capillaries |
| #5 | After the 'gas exchange' in the capillaries, the blood flows into the VENULES where it enters the _______ which have ________ that prevent the blood from pooling | Veins, valves |
| Final Question | |
| As a group, explain the route of the blood as it moves through the heart and lungs (pulmonary circulation). Be sure to include the entire anatomy of the heart including the valves! Start the route of blood as it enters from the Superior and Inferior Vena Cava | R. Atrium, Tricuspid Valve, R. Ventricle, Semilunar/Pulmonary Valve, Pulmonary Artery, Lungs, Pulmonary Veins, L. Atrium, Mitral Valve, L. Ventricle, Aortic Valve, Aorta-Body! |