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Organ Systems I
Cardio Sys
Question | Answer |
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What system carries blood throughout the body? | Cardiovascular system |
What makes up the cardiovascular system? | Arteries, Capillaries, and the veins |
Arter- | Artery |
angi-/vas(cu) | vessel |
Stenosis | narrowing |
What are erythrocytes? | Red blood cells, that transport oxygen from lungs to the body and carbon dioxide from the cells to the lungs |
What are leukocytes? | white blood cells, responsible for your immune system, they produce antibodies that fight infection. |
What are Platelets | Responsible for clotting and sticking together upon response to and injury to a vessel. |
What is plasma? | liquid part of the blood; Yellow; and carries everything along~nutrients, toxins, protiens, etc. |
Thromb- | clot |
Oxy- | oxygen |
Lipid | fat |
What makes up the heart? | Atrium, ventricles, valves, and conductive tissue. |
Atrium | small, top part of the heart; takes blood away from body or lungs; pumps to ventricles. |
Ventricles | large, bottom part of the heart, pumps blood to body or lungs. |
Valves | Keeps blood flowing in one direction between the atrium and ventricles and vents to vessels. |
Conductive tissue | tissue in the heart that coordinates the heart beating. |
Card- | heart |
my- | muscle |
tachy-/brady- | fast/slow |
aort- | aorta |
pector- | chest |
What is Systolic? | "maximum pressure" or increased pressure, pressure when blood is being forced out of heart. |
What is Diastolic? | Relaxed pressure, pressure of heart at rest. |
What instrument is used to measure blood pressure? | Sphygmomanometer |