Heart Quixlz

Cardiovascular Fitness

Ability of the heart, blood vessels, and respiratory system to supply nutrients to muscles during exercise

Circulatory System

Blood, Blood Vessels, Heart

Red Corpuscles

Carries Nutrients and Oxygen in the body

What is Hemoglobin

Oxygen Carrier

White Corpuscles

Fights Infection and disease

Platelets

Help clot blood

Plasma

regulates blood temp

Function of Arteries

Vessels that carry blood away from the heart

Structure of Arteries

High pressure system with elastic thick walls

Capillaries

Located in Muscles, Drop off Oxygen, and Pick up Carbon Dioxide

Function of Veins

Carries blood to heart

Structure of veins

Low pressure system with thin walls

Structure of the Heart

Hollow organ and muscle

Function of the heart

Right side pumps Carbon Dioxide blood to lungs to get oxygen

left side pumps oxygenated blood to body

Septum

Wall that separates the ventricles

Atrium

Reservoir of the heart

Ventricles

The “pumps” of the heart

Valves

Doorways of the heart that only goes one way

Vena Cava

Largest vein in the heart

Lungs

Main structure of the respiratory system

Alveoli

airsacks of the lungs

Left Ventricle

the strongest portion of the heart

Aorta

largest artery in the body

Sino Artrial Node (SA)

upper of the right atrium

Atrio Ventricular Node (AV Node)

Base of the right atrium