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36 Cards in this Set
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The heart is mostly toward your center but located slightly more to the ....
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left
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An adult heart is about the size of .....
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two fists
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The heart beats about ____ times each day.
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100,000
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The average heart rate is about ____ beats per minute.
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72
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It takes about ____ capillaries to equal the thickness of a human hair.
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ten
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The body contains about ___ L of blood.
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5.6
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Blood carries ____ from the lungs to the cells and returns ___ back to the lungs.
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oxygen
carbon dioxide |
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The top two cells carried by the blood are the ___ and ___ which respectively carry oxygen and fight infection.
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red blood cells (erythrocytes)
white blood cells (leucocytes) |
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The majority of the liquid in the blood (55%) is a straw-colored liquid called....
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plasma
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The solids in the blood that helps form blood clots, so we can stop bleeding, are called....
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platelets
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Blood is made in the....
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bone marrow
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If you lose too much blood at one time, then you have to get a ____ and the blood you receive has to ____.
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blood transfusion
match |
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Your blood type is either A, B, O, AB positive or negative based on something called the ____ Factor.
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Rh or Rhesus
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A blood donation may by you to be used for you later is called ...
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autologous blood donation
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The four positive or negative blood types are....
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A, B, AB, O
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If you are a type A blood, then you can receive type ___ & ___ blood.
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A, O
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If you are a type B blood, then you can receive type ___ & ___ blood.
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B, O
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If you are type AB blood, then you can receive type ___, ___, ___, & ___ blood. Because of this, AB is said to be the universal ____.
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A, B, O, AB
recipient |
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If you are type O, then you can receive blood from _____. But, you can give blood to A, B, & AB as well, which makes O the universal ____.
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O (OOOOOOOnly O)
Donor (dOOOOOOOnOOOOr) |
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If you have a Rh+ or positive blood type, then you can receive ____ types of blood.
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positive or negative
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If you have a Rh- or negative blood type, then you can receive ___ type of blood.
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negative
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Negative types can receive positive blood ___ time(s).
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one
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If you are A+, then you can receive ___, ___, ___, or ____.
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A+, A-, O+, O-
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If you are B+, then you can receive, ___, ___, ___, or ___.
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B+, B-, O+, O-
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If you are B-, then you can receive ___ or ___.
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B- or O-
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If you are A-, then you can receive ___ or ___.
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A- or O-
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If you are AB-, then you can receive....
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AB-, A-, B-, O-
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If you are AB+, then you can receive....
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AB+,AB-, A+, A-, B+, B-, O-, O+
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If you are O+, then you can receive....
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O+, O-
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If you are O-, then you can receive....
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O-
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Red blood cells (RBCs) lack a _____ & contain the chemical ____ to carry the gas, ____ throughout the body.
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nucleus
hemoglobin oxygen |
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White blood cells (WBCs) fight ____ and have a ____ in them.
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infection
nucleus |
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Lacking a nucleus and helping to clot blood are the....
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platelets
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Blood moves toward the heart in vessels called ____. They can have ____ to prevent backflow and usually carry _____ blood so it can be returned to the lungs for "recharging".
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veins
valves deoxygenated |
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Blood moves away from the heart in vessels called ____. The smaller ones are called.
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Arteries
arterioles |
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The single-cell walled vessels that mark the changeover from vein to artery are called ____. This is where oxygen and ____ are exchanged in the body tissue.
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capillaries
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