Cardiovascular Vocab

Choose the word that matches the definition: separate atria from ventricles and prevent blood from flowing backward (lub-dub is open/close of valves) 

• pacemaker

• valves

• arteries

• veins

Choose the word that matches the definition: blood vessels that move blood TO from the heart

• pacemaker

• valves

• arteries

• veins

Choose the word that matches the definition: microscopic blood vessels that connect arteries to veins

• Blood flow pattern

• blood pressure

• Capillaries

Loop TWO

• Blood travels from the heart to the lungs and then back to the heart

• Blood is pumped from the heart throughout the body and then returns to heart again

These are vessels that carry blood AWAY from the heart.

• veins

• arteries

• capillaries

Small vessels that are only one cell thick and are where materials are exchanged between the blood and the body's cells.

• veins

• arteries

• capillaries

These are the lower chambers of the heart that pump blood.

• atrium

• ventricles

• valves

• aorta

Which component of the blood takes up oxygen in the lungs and delivers it to the body?

• red blood cell

• white blood cell

• plasma

• platelet

The aorta is the _________________.

• largest artery in the body

• smallest artery in the body

• smallest vein in the body

• largest vein in the body

Choose the word that matches the definition: the largest artery in the human body.

• Aorta

• Vena Cava

• Pulmonary Artery

• Coronary Artery