Red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets all originate from which type of cell?

The main function of a red blood cell is to:

Which of the following are components of blood?

What is the function of platelets?

What is the liquid portion of the blood?

What is the name of the protein in a red blood cell that binds oxygen?

Which of the following is not a common side effect of low iron levels?

What is the function of white blood cells?

All arteries transport blood to the heart from the body.

All veins carry blood toward the heart from the body.

All arteries carry oxygenated blood.

What artery/arteries carry de-oxygenated blood?

All veins carry deoxygenated blood.

Which veins carry oxygenated blood?

Which of the following are not valves in the heart?

Oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients and waste move from the blood stream into the interstitial fluid and into cells via:

Blood leaving the heart and heading out to the body passes through the largest artery in the body, known as the:

Blood from the head and arms returns to the heart via the:

Blood returning to the heart from the lower part of the body passes through the ________________________ before reaching the heart.

Blood from the inferior vena cava and the superior vena cava dump into the ________________.

Blood leaving the right atrium passes through the __________________ valve on its way to the right ventricle.

Blood from the right ventricle passes through the ____________ valve on its way to the lungs.

Blood passes through the pulmonary valve and through the pulmonary _______________ on its way to the lungs.

Oxygenated blood returning from the lungs arrives at the heart via the ____________________.

Blood from the pulmonary veins arrives in which chamber of the heart?

Blood passes from the left atrium to the left ventricle via the _________________ valve.

Blood leaving the left ventricle passes through the ____________ valve on the way to the aorta.

The strongest muscle in the heart is the:

All heart valves are two-way valves allowing free movement of blood between the chambers of the heart.

The smallest vessels of the cardiovascular system are called:

Passive diffusion is the movement of molecules from:

Another name for the SA or sinoatrial node is:

The left and right sides of the heart are separated by what muscular wall?

The phase of the cardiac cycle when the heart is contracting is called:

The phase of the cardiac cycle when the heart relaxes and refills with blood is called: