Cardiovascular System

What Is the Simple Definition of Heart?

• the pulse that sends signals to the other organs in the body to the kidney
• the hollow muscular organ the pumps blood throughout the body
• a shape that is a triangle with two circles
• the veins that sends nutrients to other parts of the body

What is a septum?

• tissue that separates the right side from the left side of the brain

• tissue that separates the right side from the left side of the lung

• tissue that separates the right side from the left side of the heart

• tissue that separates the right side from the left side of the veins

Define Veins:

• carries blood away from the heart

• carries nutrients away from the heart

• carries blood towards the heart

• carries blood towards the lungs

What do red blood cells do?

• carries oxygen

• fights infection

• clots blood

• nothing; the white blood cells do all the work

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What do platelets do?

• carries oxygen

• cures infections

• fights infection

• causes blood to clot and form scabs

What is a sphygmomanometer?

• a device used to measure your cell count

• a device used to measure blood pressure

• a device used to measure wind pressure

• a device used to measure your brain cells

What is the atrium?

• the bottom chamber of the heart

• the right chamber of the heart

• the left chamber of the heart

• the upper chamber of the heart

What are the ventricles?

• bottom left chamber of the heart

• upper chambers of the heart

• lower chambers of the heart

• top right chamber of the heart

What's in the Circulatory (Cardiovascular) system?

• consists of heart, veins and brain

• consists of heart, blood vessels and blood

• consists of heart, blood and lungs

• consists of heart, brain and bladder

What is the atherosclerosis disease.

• fatty/sugary materials build up on artery walls creating plague

• fatty/sugary materials build up on vein walls creating plague

• fatty/sugary materials build up on ventricle walls creating plague

• fatty/sugary materials build up on capillary walls creating plague