·         There are 4 chambers in the heart.                                                    

·         The chambers are called right and left atriums, and right and left ventricle.      

·         The biggest artery is the aorta. 

·         There are two sides in the heart the right side and the left sides. 

·         Arteries carry oxygenated blood. 

·         Capillaries connect veins and arteries. 

·         Veins carry deoxygenated blood.  

·         If you eat a lot of junk food a layer of fat will cover your heart.  

·         If you eat a lot of junk food your arteries will clog.  

·         The left side of your heart has oxygenated blood.  

·         The right side of your heart has deoxygenated blood.  

·         The left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the lungs.  

·         The left atrium contracts sending the blood to the left ventricle.  

·         The left ventricle contracts sending the blood to the aorta and all over the body.  

·         You can put a machine in your body that will help your heart pump blood.  

·         There are 3 types of blood vessels.   

·         The names of the blood vessel are arteries, veins, and capillaries.           

·         The good cholesterol is called HDL. 

·         The bad cholesterol is called LDL.  

·         The cardiovascular system has three names.   

                              Facts we learned from the Dietician    

·         Sugar free gum is bad for you. 

·         Fish has antioxidants.

·         Antioxidants raise you’re HDL level.

·         Sugar is barley recommended in the food premed.

                           Facts we learned from the cardiologist  

·         Your heart is the size of your fist. 

·         You can’t replace your heart with a machine. 

·         You can’t replace a kid’s heart with an adult’s heart.  

·         If you eat a lot of cholesterol your arties will clog.