The heart consists of four chambers: two atria at the top and two ventricles at the bottom.Is it true or false that atria fill with blood returning to heart from the body and lungs and the ventricles send the blood to the body and the lung?
True
When you are resting, your heart should beat 50-80 times per minute. True or
false?
False - it should beat 70-100 times per minute.
Which day of the week do more people have heart attacks and why?
Monday – Monday mornings are very stressful for people who need to return to work after the weekend.
Which blood cells live longer: red or white?
Red – they live up to 120 days while the white ones live for a few days up to a few weeks.
Your blood makes a round trip through your body about 1,000 times every day. True or false?
True
What do you call a doctor who is trained in finding, treating and preventing diseases of the heart and blood vessels?
A cardiologist
Male hearts are bigger than female ones. True or false?
True – the size of the heart depends on the size of the body and men are usually bigger than women.
What is the name of the protein containing iron that gives blood its red colour?
Haemoglobin
The old saying goes “Laughter is the best medicine”. Why does laughing a lot help our heart?
When we laugh our heart beats faster so the blood flow in our body increases (up to 20%)
The heart is the first functional organ to develop and starts to beat and pump blood at about three weeks into the development of a pregnancy. True or false?
True
Your heart is the size of your fist. True or false?
True
Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart are called veins and those that carry blood back to the heart are called arteries. True or false?
False - it’s the other way round.
In Superman stories, Superman has met a lot of women. What is the name of the one he secretly loved while working with her in a newspaper?
Lois Lane
Match these Shakespearian heroes with the women they loved.
Heroes: Hamlet, Romeo, Othello, Benedick;
Heroines: Desdemona, Juliet, Ophelia, Beatrice
Hamlet – Ophelia; Romeo – Juliet; Othello – Desdemona; Benedick – Beatrice
What is the name of a female book and film character that Gilbert Blythe called “a carrot”?
Anne Shirley
What are the names of the goddesses of love from Greek and Roman mythology?
Greek – Aphrodite; Roman – Venus
