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Names: ___________________________________________ Pd. _______________

|Heart Facts Internet Activity |

|Directions: Use the links provided to find the answers. As you circulate through the hunt, |

|use a bookmark of this hunt to ease your return to this hunt page. |

|1. The heart is part of the ____________________________ system. |

|Its job is to _________________________________________________________________________________. |

|2. No bones about it. There are no bones in the human heart. But it is protected by several bones. Name them. |

|Thinking required. |

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|3. Take the Narrated Heart Tour. Click on English - Human Heart |

|The heart has 4 chambers. Each of these chambers plays an important role |

|in the circulation of blood through the heart. List them in order of the flow of blood through the heart: |

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|What is the cardiac cycle? |

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|4. The blood flow through the heart is controlled by _________________________. |

|How many of them does the human heart have? _____________________. |

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|5. Vessels transporting blood to the heart are called ____________________. |

|Blood returning to the heart is a dark bluish red. This is because: |

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|Vessels carrying blood away from the heart are called ___________________________. |

|With one exception, blood leaving the heart is a bright red. This is because: |

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|Name the blood vessels that carry oxygen-poor blood away from the heart. |

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|6. The heart is a muscle that has arteries. How many coronary arteries does the human heart have? |

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|7. If a coronary artery becomes blocked what happens? |

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|A heart healthy diet limits: |

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|8. Patients in the hospital may be having their heart monitored. |

|What is the monitor showing the nurses and doctors? |

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|9. A doctor who specializes in heart health problems is called a |

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|10. When you have a physical they often check your blood pressure. |

|What is blood pressure? |

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|11. You are not feeling well. You are pale and sweaty. Someone takes you to the nurse. |

|She places her fingers on you wrist, just below your thumb, and looks at her watch. What is she doing? |

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|What is she measuring? |

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|12. Accomplish this MathMastery heart problem |

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|13. Why is smoking terrible for your heart? |

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|14. How many times a year does a human heart beat? (Pulse of 60-70 beats per min) |

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|15. Why are people, who do not take care of their teeth, more likely to have heart problems? |

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| 16. Figure this. |

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|17. How do you perform Hands-Only CPR? |

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