| Term |
Meaning |
| Arteries | blood moves faster, oxygen, bright color |
| Veins | slow move blood, less oxygen, dark color |
| Blood System | sytemic circulation |
| Functions of the blood | transport nutrients, regulate ph of body, protect against pathogens |
| Plasma | liquid part of blood, 55% of blood |
| Serum | plasma that lacks clotting factors |
| Platelets | clot blood, manufactured in the bone marrow |
| oxyhemoglobin | combo of oxygen and hemoglobin |
| coagulation | to clot |
| anti coagulation | no clotting |
| 2 types of clots | thrombus, embolus |
| thrombus | clot in place |
| embolus | clot which move around |
| common areas for thrombus | cerebral-neck ; varicose veins |
| hematopoiesis | the process of new cell formation in red marrow |
| places for red bone marrow | sternum, hip, rib |
| Red Blood Cell | non-granular; live 6 months |
| another name for RBC | Erythrocytes |
| RBC function | oxygen and cardon dioxicle transport |
| RBC shape | concave; disck shape without a nuclei |
| White Blood Cell | granular; live few days |
| another name for WBC | leukocytes |
| WBC Function | Neutrophil, Eosinophil, Basophil |
| Neutrophil | immune(neutral handle everything) |
| Eosinophil | parasite; release chemicals during inflammation |
| Basophil | inflammatory reponse |
| WBC Defense | B cell, T cell. clot, vitamin k, e coli |
| T cell | tell B what to do |
| B cell | action first |
| Clot | prothrombin activator |
| Vitamin K | clot |
| E Coli | lives in intestines, produces K |
| Blood Types | [A] [B] [AB] [O] |
| Universal donor | O; can only receive O |
| Universal recipent | AB |
| Blood Type A | antigens A, Rh; antibodies B |
| Blood Type B | antigens B, Rh; antibodies A |
| Blood Type O+ | antigens Rh, antibodies A,B |
| Blood Type O - | antigens none; antibodies A, B, Rh |
| Rh factor | positive or negative |
| Rhogam | (blank) |
| Rhesus Monkeys | (blank) |
| Arteriosclerosis | hardening of the arteries |
| Atherosclerosis | deposit of fathy palques in arteries |
| Most common cause of Arteriosclerosis | Atherosclerosis |
| Arrhythmias | conditions that affect the heart rate |
| Anemia | decrease in # of RBC or iron in the blood |
| Occlusion | blockage in vessels |
| Ischemia | temporary deficency, supply of blood |
| Arterial Inflammation | imflammation of any artery |
| Aneurysm | dilation of vessel because of weakness or damage to its structure |
| Angina Pectaris | chest pain that results when the amount of oxygen supplied to the heart declines |
| congestive heart failure | muscle of the heart weakness; can't pump enough blood |
| Normal BP | 120/80 |
| High Bp | 140/90 |
| mitral valve dysfunction | valve seperatesand blood will leak thru |
| where does mitral valve dysfunction happen | tricuspid valve area |
| normal heart beat | 70 per min |
| Bradycardia | slow heart beat |
| Tachycardis | fast heart beat |
| Myocardial Infection | heart attack |
| hepatic portal system | begins in the capillaries of the digestive organs and ends in the portal vein |
| Sickcle Cell Anemia | RBC destruction- gentic order- adnornal shape, do flow smoothly thru the vessels- can block them |
| endema | swelling - accumlation of fluid |
| shock | lack adequate blood to vital organs |
| Apex | pointed end of heart |
| mediastinum | the space between the lungs |
| pericardium | sac that surrounds the heart and secretes lubricating fluid; maintain heart location |
| epicardium | outer membrane of the heart |
| myocardium | middle, thickest part of the heart and generates the contractions |
| endocardium | inner lining of the heart |
| parts of myocardium | contractions= systole ; relaxtion= diastole |
| parts of pericardium | outside=parietal ; inside=visceral |
| atrium | top chambers of the heart |
| ventricles | bottom chambers ofthe heart |
| Interventricular Septum | divides heart right to left |
| pulmonary artery | takes blood to lungs |
| pulmonary veins | takes blood from lungs - largest vein |
| sinoatrial (SA) node | pacemaker |
| Atrioventrialar valve | allows blood to leave upstairs thur tricuspid and bicuspid |
| Semilunar valve | pulmonary (heart) and aortic (body); prevents backflow of blood |
| Superior and Inferior vena cava | 1 - largest veins |
| Right Atrium | 2 |
| Tricuspid Valve | 3 |
| Right Ventricle | 4 |
| Pulmonary Artery | 5 |
| Both Lungs | 6 |
| Pulmonary Veins | 7 |
| Left Atrium | 8 |
| Bicuspid Valve | 9 |
| Left Ventricle | 10 |
| Aortic Valve | 11 |
| Body | 12 |
| Aorta | largest artery |
| coronary arteries | feeds oxygen to the heart |
| If either coronary arteries not suppling sufficient blood | heart attack occurs |
