Station 17- red blood cells disorders Circulatory System Exhibition Lab

What is anemia? Station 19-Vanessa

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Platelets can form ____________ to
stop ___________________.
Why is iron important?
Hemostasis=
What happens if you do not have enough iron in your
blood?

How is anemia caused in sickle-cell anemia? A blood clot is made up of platelets

and proteins such as ____________.

Station 18- white blood cells

White blood cells are also called ___________________.
What is the main function of white blood cells? _________________________________________
Circulatory System Exhibition Lab
5 types of white blood cells (see picture): _____% of our blood is composed of
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white blood
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• _____________________ What might cause a person’s WBC count
• _____________________ to increase?
• _____________________

Station 20- Clots Station 21- Clots

Where are platelet plugs formed? Explain how the build up of plaque in
the arteries can lead to a blockage:
Hemophilia is a genetic disorder in which excessive
bleeding can occur. Why does this happen?

Station 22 Heart Attack and Stroke

How can blockages lead to heart attack? _______________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________

How can blockages lead to stroke? ____________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________.

Station 23- Heart Valves What is the function of heart

List the 4 heart valves: valves? <3
1. ___________________________ 3. _______________________
2. ____________________________4._______________________
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Station 24- Angioplasty and Bypass Surgery © 2014 Vanessa Jason (“Biology
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Angioplasty is used to treat ____________ heart attacks, while bypass surgery is designed to treat
_____________ heart attacks.

In angioplasty, how does the balloon catheter help to increase blood flow through the clogged artery?

In bypass surgery, what is typically used to bypass the coronary artery?

What is meant by “quadruple bypass” surgery?

Station 25- Arrhythmia and Murmurs Station 27- Cardiac Muscle

Arrhythmia= Cardiac muscle is (circle one)

[voluntary | involuntary]

What is the myocardium?

Pacemaker= Circulatory System Exhibition Lab
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Heart murmur=
What is the SA node and why is it
important?

Station 26- Blood pressure

A higher blood pressure is created as the heart ____________,
called ______________ blood pressure.
Station 28- Microscope
As the heart _____________, there is less pressure on the
arteries, known as _____________ blood pressure.

A nurse writes down a

patient’s blood pressure. 110
Indicate which number is the 80
systolic pressure and which
number is diastolic pressure.

What is this instrument called and what is it used for?

Station 29- Pulse

Your pulse=_____ beats per
minute
How does your heart rate compare
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