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Life Science Chapter 25 Homework Questions
Section Review 25A
1. What is the greatest cause of death in the U.S.?
2. The smallest blood vessels in your body are called ____________________.
3. Which chamber of your heart first receives returning blood from your body?
4. What two organs do the pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins connect?
Section Review 25B
1. What molecule in erythrocytes carries oxygen?
2. Why is it important for you to have platelets?
3. How can tension affect your blood pressure?
Section Review 25C
1. Which affects the entire body, inflammation or fever?
2. Which kind of immunity is caused by an injection of preformed antibodies?
3. List two immune system malfunctions.
4. How is rejection in a bone marrow transplant different from rejection with other transplants?
Chapter 25D
1. What is the structure in the kidney that filters wastes from the blood?
2. List two substances normally found in urine.
3. What does sugar in the urine indicate?
Chapter 25 Review
1. Name the three components of the circulatory system.
2. To what body system do the kidneys belong?
3. What are clot busters?
4. What is the function of your natural pacemaker?
5. Name the largest artery in the body.
6. Which type of blood cell transports oxygen?
7. What is the scientific name for white blood cells?
What Did You Learn?
1. Describe the relationship of arteries, veins and capillaries.
2. Why are the walls of the ventricles in the heart thicker than the walls of the atria?
3. If you were bleeding, how would the blood itself help stop the bleeding?