| Question |
Answer |
| What are the three preferred veins of the arm for phlebotomy? |
Cephalic, Medial, Brachial |
| What artery is to be avoided for venepuncture? |
Brachial |
| The Integumentary system is |
Skin, hair, nails |
| The outermost layer of the skin is? |
Epidermis |
| The layer that contains the touch receptor |
Dermis |
| The fat layer is called? |
Subcutaneous Tissue |
| What is the function of the outermost layer? |
Epidermis is dead cells that protect the body. |
| What dermal layer regulates body heat? |
The subcutaneous fat layer. |
| Which layer holds the capillaries? |
Dermis |
| The cardiovascular system comprises? |
The heart, vessels, the blood. |
| What color is plasma? |
light yellow |
| 91% of plasma is what? |
water |
| Less than 9% of plasma is mostly made up of what? |
Proteins |
| The function of Albumin is to |
provide cells nutrients |
| The function of fibrinogen is to |
stop bleeding |
| The main function of globulins are to provide |
immunity |
| What are the formed elements of blood? |
RBCs, WBCs, & Plateletts |
| The main function of the RBC is to |
Cary O2 and CO2 |
| The white blood cells provide for what |
immunity |
| Platelets are in the blood system to do what? |
stop bleeding |
| What is a Thrombocyt? |
A platelete |
| Which cells move through the body on their own? |
WBCs |
| What is a leukocyte? |
WBC |
| What action does a leukocyte use eliminate an infection? |
Phagocytosis |
| The heart has how many chambers? |
4 |
| The top chambers are called |
Atria |
| The bottom chambers are called |
Ventricles |
| The left chambers of the heart pump blood to where |
Lungs |
| The right chambers of the heart pump blood to the |
Body |
| The veins carry blood to where |
To the left atria of the heart |
| The arteries are responsible for pumping blood to where |
Away from the heart to the body |
| What vessel caries blood to the lungs? |
Pulmonary Artery |
| Which vessel caries blood from the lungs to the heart? |
Pulmonary Artery |
| The three kinds of blood vessels |
Veins, Arteries, capillaries |
| Capillaries are made up of only one kind of vessel tissue called? |
Tunica intima |
| The blood vessel outer layer is called what |
Tunica adventia |
| The middle layer of the blood vessel is called the |
Tunica media.
|
| What are veniols and arteriols? |
The small veins and arteries that branch into capillaries. |
| What percentage of blood is plasma and formed elements? |
45% plasma, 55% formed elements |
| What should you do if a vein collapses when drawing a standard vacutainer tube? |
Change to a smaller tube like a pediatric size. |