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Cardiovascular A&P

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What vessels carries oxygtenated blood from heart to body tissues?   IVC, SVC, AORTA  
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What veins and arteries carries deoxygenated blood from body tissues to the heart?   pulmonary arteries (2)pulmonary veins (4)  
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What is the pump of the systemic system?   heart  
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Heart rate is also knnown as the _______.   pulse  
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What is blood pressusre?   it is the contraction and relation of the heart as blood is pumped through  
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Systolic is the ___________ of the heart while diasstolic is the __________ of the heart.   contraction; resting  
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What two pieces of equipment are used to determione what a patients blood pressure is?   stethescope; sphygmomometer  
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Pericardium   lining membrane that covers heart  
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Visceral   lining membrane that covers the heart; also known as the epicardium  
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Parietal   lining membrane that covers outer part of pericardium  
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What are the three linings of the heart?   (begining from outside to inside)epicardium , myocardium, endocardium  
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Which side of the heart carries deoxygenated blood?   right side  
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Which side of the heart carries oxygenated blood?   left side  
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What are the four chambers of the heart?   right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, left ventricle  
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The atrium receives blood from the ______ while the ventricles send blood to the _______.   veins, arteries  
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What is the purpose of the valves found in the heart?   To prevent backflow of blood in the heart  
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Backflow of blood into heart   regurgitation  
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What valve is found between the right atrium and right ventricle?   tricuspid valve  
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The ______ valve is found between the left atrium and the left ventricle.   bicuspid or mitral valve  
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The aortic valve is found between the _______ and _______.   Left ventricle and aorta  
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The semi lunar valve is found between the ______ and the ____?   right venetricle and pulmonary arterial trunk  
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What bifurcates off if the ascending aorta and into the LAD and circumflex?   Right and left coronary arteries  
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What is the flow of blood throught the heart?   IVC & SVC - RA - tricuspid valve - RV - pulmonary valve - pulmonary arteries (2) - alveoli of lungs - pulmonary veins (4) - LA - mitral valve - LV - aortic valve - aorta  
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What is the main purpose of the cardiovascular system?   maintain homeostasis, transport oxygen from lungs to body tissues and carbon dioxide from body tissues to lungs  
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55% of blood is _____.   plasma  
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What is the function of blood?   Deliver oxygen and remove waste, transports food molecules (glucose, lipids, amino acids), transports ions (sodium, calcium), transports hormones, heat, wbc and lymphocytes  
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What is another name for a red blood cell?   erythrocyte  
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What gives blood its red color?   hemoglobin  
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Which is most radiosensitive, erythroblasts or erythrocytes?   erythroblasts (stem or immature RBC)  
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What is a normal RBC count?   4-6 million/mm3  
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What is a deficiency in RBC known as?   anemia  
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Where do erythroblasts mature?   bone marrow  
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What organ reclaims the majority of the hemoglobin after the matured RBC are ingested?   liver  
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These are germ fighting cells.   Leukocytes (white blood cells)  
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What is the normal WBC count?   4-10 million/mm3  
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Do RBC's have a nucleus?   no  
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What cell has a nucleus?   leukocytes  
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What are the two types of leukocytes?   agranulocytes and granulocytes  
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Name the two agranulocytes.   lymphocytes and monocytes  
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Name the three granulocytes.   neutrophils, eosinjophils, basophils  
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What is the most radiosensitive cell in humans?   lymphocytes  
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What are the three layers of a blood vessel?   tunica intima, tunica media (thickest layer), tunica adventitia  
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What are two things that distinguish viens from arteries?   veins have valves, you can not get a pulse from a vein  
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arterioles   smallest arteries  
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capillaries   smallest blood vessels  
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venules   smallest veins  
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State the branch or branches off of the left coronary artery.   anterior- LADposterior - circumflex  
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The 3 branches off of the aortic arch are the...   right brachiocephalic artery, left common carotid, left subclavian  
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Common hepatic artery, splenic artery, left gastric artery are branches of the ______.   celiac trunk  
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What are the branches of the common carotid?   right common carotid branches off to the right internal and right external carotidleft common carotid branches off to the left internal and left external carotid  
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The vertebral artery branches off of the _____.   subclavian artery  
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What are the arteries that come off of the abdominal aorta?   celiac trunk, superior mesenteric, middle suprarenal, renal, ovarian or testicular, common iliac, interior mesenteric, middle sacral, lumbar  
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What branches off of the internal carotid?   anterior andmiddle cerebral arteries  
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The vertebral arteries join to form the ______ artery, which braqnche3s into the _______.   basilar, right and left posterior cerebral arteries  
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What three arteries form the circle of willis?   basilar artery, right and left internal carotid  
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What are the four parts of the aorta?   ascending aorta, aortic arch, descending aorta, abdominal aorta  
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What are the five paired branches off of the descending aorta?   pericardial, esophageal, intercostal, bronchial, superior phrenic artery  
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Polycythemia   increase in the number of RBC's  
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Decrease in the number of white blood cells.   leukopenia  
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Increased white blooc cell count   leukocytosis  
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