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Final Test Review(Circulatory & Lymph System)
Question | Answer |
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The outer protective layer of the heart is called what? | epicardium |
Double concave disk-shaped cells that function to carry oxygen from the lungs to the body cells is called what? | leukocytes |
Approximately how many pints of blood does an average adult male have? | 11 |
The actual cardiac muscle responsible for the muscular pumping action of the heart is called what? | myocardium |
What divides the heart into right and left halves? | septum |
In what process does substances move from one area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration? | diffusion |
A number of conditions where there is a rapid loss of inadequate production of reed blood cells is referred to what? | anemia |
What are the components of blood? | red corpuscles, white corpuscles and platelets |
What is the fluid component of blood? | plasma |
The blood circulation from the lungs and back to the heart again is what circulation? | pulmonary circulation |
Lymph from legs, abdomen, left arm, left side of the head, neck and chest flows into what? | thoracic duct |
What is characterized by protruding, bulbous, distended superficial veins particularly i the lower legs? | varicose veins |
The heart is enclosed in a double layered membrane called the what? | pericardium |
What valve is located between the right atrium and the right ventricle? | tricuspid |
A cancer in which there is an uncontrolled production of white blood cells, which do not fully mature. | Leukimia |
An inherited condition where the hemoglobin molecules changes the shape of the red blood cell to a rod-like shape after delivering its oxygen to the cell, these cells are prone to getting stuck in small capillaries and causes clots to form. | sickele cell anemia |
Where is red blood cells produced? | spleen, lymph nodes,and red bone marrow |
A disorder of blood vessels that is characterized by an accumulation of fatty deposits the inner walls of the arteries. | atherosclerosis |
Certain white cells are associated with the immune system neutralizes antibody-antigen complexes and organisms by what process? | phagocytosis |