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What is the upper chamber of the heart? |
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What is the lower chamber of the heart? |
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What is the thick tissue wall that separates the left and right sides of the heart? |
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What is the thin flap of tissue that acts like a one-way door? It stops blood from flowing backward. |
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What is the main organ of the circulatory system? |
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About how big is your heart? |
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about the size of your fist |
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What is the job of your heart? |
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How many chambers is the heart divided into? |
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four 1) right atrium 2) right ventricle 3) left atrium 4) left ventricle |
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Which chambers get blood? |
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right atrium (from the body) left atrium (from the lungs) |
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Which chambers pump blood? |
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right ventricle (to lungs) left ventricle (to body) |
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Which has thicker walls: ventricles or atria? Why? |
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ventricles because they need to work harder to pump blood to all parts of the body |
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What causes the sound of a heartbeat? |
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It is the rhythm of you heart as it pumps blood. The "lub-dub" sound is the opening and closing of the valves. |
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What is the tool used to listen to your heartbeat? |
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