What name do we give to the blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood to the heart muscle cells themselves? These can get narrowed and lead to a heart attack
Coronary arteries
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Name the part of your blood that forms clots
Platelets
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Name the 3 types of blood vessels in your body
Arteries, Capillaries & Veins
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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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Name the chemical markers on all cells that your immune system uses to identify if a cell is one of yours or a foreign cell
Antigens
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Name the component of blood that carries oxygen to your body cells
Red Blood Cells
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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?
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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Which type of blood vessel carries high pressure blood away from your heart?
Arteries
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Name the two types of white blood cells that are involved in the immune response
Phagocytes and Lymphocytes
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What is the name of the lymphocytes that stay in your blood stream once you have encountered a pathogen an mean you are immune to it?
Memory cells
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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)