1. Jolly Rancher Review Participate, listen to others and answer some questions correctly and you MIGHT earn a Jolly Rancher!!

2. Question 1 – Lucky Stick please!!! When someone has a heart attack, what vessel is blocked? The Coronary Artery

3. Question 2 – Lucky Stick please!!! Another more common name for HYPERTENSION? High blood pressure

4. Question 3 – Lucky Stick please!!! Atrial Septal Defect means what? A hole in the heart (between the two atria)

5. Question 4 – Lucky Stick please!!! A blocked artery leading to the brain can cause…? A stroke

6. Question 5 – Lucky Stick please!!! Atherosclerosis is caused by a build up of…? Plaque – or fatty substances in the arteries and veins

7. Question 6 – Lucky Stick please!!! T or F: If someone has Mitral Valve Prolapse, they are surely going to need surgery or their life will not be normal. False, most cases require no special treatment – just check it every 3-5 years.

8. Question 7 – Lucky Stick please!!! The 2 best way to avoid symptoms of most cardiovascular diseases is…? Eat a diet low in fat/sodium, exercise regularly, don’t smoke, avoid excessive alcohol, lower cholesterol levels

9. Question 8 – Lucky Stick please!!! What are the 4 parts of blood? RBC, WBC, plasma and platelets

10. Question 9 – Lucky Stick please!!! This part of blood is the liquid part. Plasma

11. Question 10 – Lucky Stick please!!! This part of blood involves hemoglobin. RBC

12. Question 11 – Lucky Stick please!!! This part of blood carries oxygen to bodies cells from the lungs. RBC

13. Question 12 – Lucky Stick please!!! This part of blood carries Carbon Dioxide away from the bodies cells to the lungs. RBC

14. Question 13 – Lucky Stick please!!! This type of blood cell is the most numerous (there is more of them…). RBC

15. Question 14 – Lucky Stick please!!! This part of blood is helpful for stopping blood from flowing through wounds. Platelets

16. Question 15 – Lucky Stick please!!! This part of blood helps fight infection WBCs

17. Question 16 – Lucky Stick please!!! This part of blood helps produce a spider web-like protein called FIBRIN Platelets

18. Question 17 – Lucky Stick please!!! This part of blood carries dissolved substances in it. Plasma

19. Question 18 – Lucky Stick please!!! This part of the heart is visited after the pulmonary vein? Left Atrium

20. Question 19 – Lucky Stick please!!! Blood that is in the aorta is high in what gas? Oxygen

21. Question 20 – Lucky Stick please!!! The septum is…? The muscle in the middle of the heart that separates the left and right sides.

22. Question 21 – Lucky Stick please!!! What is the difference between arteries and veins? Arteries go AWAY from the heart, veins go TO the heart

23. Question 22 – Lucky Stick please!!! The pulmonary artery leads to where? The lungs

24. Question 23 – Lucky Stick please!!! Which ventricle has the thickest wall AND why? Left Ventricle – it has to pump blood to the whole body so uses more force

25. Question 24 – Lucky Stick please!!! Which 2 chambers receive blood from “somewhere”? The Right and Left Atrium

26. Question 25 – Lucky Stick please!!! Which valve is between the left atrium and left ventricle? The Mitral Valve is on the left

27. Question 26 – Lucky Stick please!!! What valve is between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery? The Pulmonary Valve

28. Question 27 – Lucky Stick please!!! What valve has 3 “flaps”? The Tricuspid valve has 3 flaps.

29. Question 28 – Lucky Stick please!!! Do veins have valves in them? Yes, they help with getting blood to flow against gravity back UP to your heart.

30. Question 29 – Lucky Stick please!!! Why is the pulmonary vein red while all other veins are “blue”? This vein is coming from the lungs…still going to the heart but blood has oxygen in it.

31. Question 30 – Lucky Stick please!!! What is the major vessel that carries blood back into the heart from the body? The Vena Cava (superior & inferior)

32. Question 31 – Lucky Stick please!!! Why is the superior vena cava named that way? It carries blood from the top of the body into the heart.