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Heart Circulatory

Heart and circulatory system

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What is the name of the top 2 chambers? ATRIUM
What is the name of the bottom 2 chambers? VENTRICLE
Give 2 things that make you more at risk to get Heart diseases. Eat too much FAT, SMOKING, DRINKING or too little EXERCISE
What substances are picked up from the small intestine? SUGARS
What do the kidneys do? GET RID OF THE WASTES IN THE BLOOD
Describe the path taken by a red blood cell from the lungs through the body back to the lungs Lungs>Pulmonary vein>left atrium>left ventricle>aorta>body>vena cava>right atrium>right ventricle>pulmonary artery>lungs
Why has the left ventricle a thicker muscle than the right ventricle? because the left ventricle needs to push the blood all the way around the body, whereas the right ventricle pushes the blood to the lungs only
Explain why heart rate and breathing rate increase when you exercise when you exercise, your muscles need MORE energy, so they need MORE sugar and MORE oxygen, so they need MORE blood to travel to the cells (did you use “more” every time?)
What is the name of the blood vessel that brings deoxygenated blood from the body to the heart? A blood vessel that that brings blood INto (IN) the heart is aveIN (IN), so it is the vena cava
What is the name of the blood vessel that brings oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart? A blood vessel that that brings blood INto (IN) the heart is aveIN (IN), so it is the pulmonary vein
What is the name of the blood vessel that sends oxygenated blood from the heart to the body? A blood vessel that goes Away (A) from the heart is an Artery (A), so it is the aorta
What is the name of the blood vessel that sends deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs? A blood vessel that goes Away (A) from the heart is an Artery (A), so it is the pulmonary artery
In the heart of a foetus, the two upper chambers (atria) are linked by a hole so that blood can pass between them. Sometimes the hole does not close. Explain what effect this will have on the baby. oxygenated and deoxygenated blood will mix; the mixture is pumped around body; less oxygen arrives to the cells; less respiration; consequence: shortness of breath; less energy; blue skin
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