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Fish.
What has a two chambered heart?
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To pump blood throughout the body and keep us alive.
Why do we have a heart?
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Near the center, towards the left of the chest.
Where is the heart located?
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Right atrium, left atrium, right ventricle, left ventricle.
Name the four chambers of the heart.
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It is when the heart stops pumping blood.
What is a heart failure?
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Heart, blood vessels, blood.
What are the three main parts of the cardiovascular system?
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Arteries and capillaries.
What helps the heart pump blood?
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Increase.
If Eric ran around the classroom three times, would the rate of his pulse increase or decrease?
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Three. Right atrium, left atrium, ventricle.
How many chambers does a frog have? Name them.
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Congenital: problems at birth. Acquired: problems developed after birth.
What does congenital and acquired mean?
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Four.
How many chambers does a human heart have?
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If these waste products stayed, we wouldn't function well and could possible die.
Why are waste products removed from our body?
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Plasma: A light yellow liquid. Transports nutrients, hormones, and proteins to the body parts that are in need. White Blood Cells: A disease-fighting cell. Red Blood Cells: Gives the blood a red color. Transports substances. Platelets: Helps heal wounds.
What do the four main parts that make up blood do?
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Plasma, white blood cells, red blood cells, platelets.
What are the four main parts that blood is made up of?
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Hypertensive heart disease.
Which disease harms the brain and kidneys?
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About 2,000 gallons.
How many gallons of blood travels through an average person daily?
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The heart is constantly pumping blood, which is keeping the internal body stable.
How is the cardiovascular system an example of homeostasis?
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Deoxygenated blood leaves the right ventricle and flows up and out of the pulmonary artery. It then becomes oxygenated and returns through the left atrium of the heart through the pulmonary veins.
How does the pulmonary circuit function?
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Differences: Arterioles are smaller than arteries.
What is the difference between arteries and arterioles?
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Blood clots, which can lead to heart attacks
What problem can the Coronary Artery Disease cause?
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CO2.
Name an example of a waste product that is removed from the body.
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It supplies oxygen and nutrients to our tissues in our body. It also eliminates the waste.
How does the cardiovascular system help our body?
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The oxygenated blood flows up and out of the aorta. Then it travels to the arteries and capillaries. This is where it supplies the body's tissue with oxygen. Now the blood is deoxygenated. It flows back through the vena cava and returns to the right atriu
How does the systemic circuit function?
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Valves, veins, capillaries, venule, arteriole, and artery.
What are the six different types of blood vessels?
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It is when someone has high cholesterol. A waxy substance is found throughout the body. This is can develop heart disease, which can lead to heart attacks.
What is Hypercholesterolemia?
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