Circulatory System:

Q: Write down the name of two fluids that move with the help of Circulatory
System?
Ans: Blood & Lymph
Q: What is the shape and size of heart?
Ans: Heart is cone-shaped about the size of fist.
Q: Where heart is located?
Ans: Heart is located in the centre of the thorax, between the lungs, directly
behind the sternum (breastbone).
Q: What is the timing of our heart beating?
Ans: Our hearts beat about once every second of every day of our lives, or over
2.5 million times in an average life span. The only time the heart gets a rest is
between beats.
Q: How many heart chambers?
Ans: Heart has 4 chambers
Q: What is septum?
Ans: Vertically dividing the two sides of the heart is a wall, known as the
septum. The septum prevents the mixing of oxygenated (left side) and
deoxygenated (right side) blood.
Q:When blood pressure is negative:
Ans: blood pressure is negative in right atrium
Q:The diameter of aorta is ?
Ans: 25mm
Q:Haemophilia is cause due to factor?
Ans: VII
Q:What are Platelets?

Ans: Platelets are not true cells; they are tiny fragments of other cells
megakaryocytes - that were formed in the bone marrow; their life-span is 7-11
days

Q: The life span of RBCs?

Ans: RBCs stay in circulation for about 120 days before they are destroyed in
the liver and spleen, giving a turnover rate of about 2 million per second!
Q: what is blood composition?
Ans: Blood is made up of 55% plasma and 45% of other cell.
Q: what is plasma composition?
Ans: Plasma is made up of 90% water and 10% proteins like albumins,
Immunoglobulins and Fibrinogens.