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What is the difference
between diffusion and active
transport? (diffusion doesn’t
require energy)
Which part of the blood
makes up half its volume?
(plasma)
What blood type is the
universal blood donor? (O)
T/F: Blood can flow directly
from the right to the left side
of the heart. (False)
T/F: Blood in the pulmonary
vein is rich in oxygen. (True)
Which type of cell has about
5 million cells per cubic mm
of blood? (red blood cells)
What is the chemical found in
red blood cells that carries
oxygen and carbon dioxide
called? (hemoglobin)
What do red blood cells look
like? (donuts without the hole
in the middle)
What do white blood cells
look like? (koosh balls)
What do platelets look like?
(irregularly shaped)
What is another name for
white blood cells?
(lymphocytes)
What is the liquid part of the
blood called? (plasma)
What happens to your body if What is leukemia? (disease in
you are anemic? (your cells which your body produces too
can’t get enough oxygen to
many immature white blood
function normally)
cells)
What blood vessel allows
blood to reach every cell in
the body? (capillary)
When returning from the
body, which chamber does
blood enter first? (right
atrium)
What is the leading cause of
death? (heart disease)
What blood vessel carries
blood away from the heart?
(arteries)
Name 2 functions of the
circulatory system. (takes waste
away from body cells to kidneys,
takes oxygen and nutrients to cells,
takes carbon dioxide away from
cells, fights infection)
What blood vessel carries
blood back to the heart?
(veins)
What carries blood back to
the heart from the lower part
of the body? (inferior vena
cava)
When blood lacking oxygen
leaves the heart, where does it
go, and how does it get there?
(pulmonary artery takes it to
the lungs)
How long do white blood
cells last? (a few days or
months depending on if they
are fighting infection)
What does the positive or
negative sign associated with
your blood type stand for?
(Rh factor)
What blood types can
someone with Type B receive
in a transfusion? (B, O)
What blood types can blood
type O receive in a
transfusion? (O)
What blood types can blood
type A donate to in a
transfusion? (A, AB)
What do platelets do? (help
clot blood)
What do white blood cells do?
(fight bacteria and viruses)
What do red blood cells do?
(carry carbon dioxide and
oxygen)
What type of circulation is
What type of circulation is
described as the flow of blood described as the flow of blood
to and from the tissues of the
to and from all body organs
heart? (coronary)
and tissues? (systemic)
What is pulmonary
circulation? (flow of blood
through heart, to lungs, and
back to heart)
Why is it important to keep
What is the function of lymph
What is blood pressure?
one’s blood pressure in a
nodes? (filter out
(force of blood on the walls of normal range? (guarantee that
microorganisms and foreign
the blood vessels)
oxygen can reach all cells in
materials)
body)
How many platelets can
typically be found in 1 cubic
mm of blood? (400,000)
Where are red blood cells
made? (bone marrow)
How many white blood cells
can typically be found in 1
cubic mm of blood? (5,00010,000)
How many red blood cells can
typically be found in 1 cubic
mm of blood? (5 million)