Which type of blood vessels are where the exchange of substances like oxygen & carbon dioxide occur between the blood & cells (and therefore they have a wall that's only 1 cell thick)
Capillaries
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Name the 4 components that make up blood
Plasma, Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells, Platelets
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What is the name of the largest artery in your body that takes oxygenated blood away from the heart to the body?
Aorta
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If you have been vaccinated or have encountered a pathogen before, then you are immune because you produce antibodies __________ and in __________ amounts. What 2 words complete this?
Faster
Larger
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Give 2 purposes of blood clots
To stop blood loss from the body
To stop microorganisms (bacteria etc) getting into the body
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What do we call the bottom two chambers of the heart where blood enters from the atria and then gets pushed into the Aorta and Pulmonary Artery?
Ventricles
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What is found in a vaccination?
A DEAD or WEAKENED pathogen
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What chemicals do lymphocytes make to destroy pathogens & make them stick together?
Antibodies
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Which type of blood vessel carries low pressure back into the heart?
Veins
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Which type of blood vessel carries high pressure blood away from your heart?
Arteries
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What is the name of the hormone that is released and makes the heart beat faster & harder if you are scared?
Adrenaline
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What name do we give to the two valves that separate the ventricles from the arteries & stop blood flowing back into the heart?
Semilunar valves
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Give 2 adaptations of red blood cells for carrying oxygen
They contain haemoglobin
They DON'T have a nucleus (more room for haemoglobin)
They are BIconcave (larger surface area to absorb oxygen)