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anatomy

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carries some oxygen through blood   plasma  
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these are red blood cells   erythrocytes  
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not having enough red blood cells means you are this..   anemic  
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iron in your blood is called this   hemoglobin  
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platelets that help blood clot when you get an injury   thrombocytes  
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another name for white blood cells that fight infections   leukocytes  
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this type of circulation pumps blood to the left side of the heart to the body tissue   systemic circulation  
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this type of circulation pumps blood to the right side of the heart and lungs   pulmonary circulation  
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this blood is mixed and largely oxygenated   capillary blood  
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why do arteries need to be thicker   to take the force of the pumping of the blood from the heart.  
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another name for small arteries   arterioles  
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another name for small veins   venules  
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smallest veins   capillaries  
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how big the largest arteries are   size of fingers or thumb  
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these have thicker walls then veins carry blood away from the heart   arteries  
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these have thicker walls then capillaries carries blood to the heart   veins  
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these are in veins that help blood go in and out of the arteries like (lift stations)   valves  
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older veins that collect blood because the valves aren't opening and closing as well most of feet can be found on runners   varicose veins  
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area between lungs   mediastinum  
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this nerve goes to the heart and effects heart rate, increasing and decreasing like when working out   vagus nerve  
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this nerve stretches across your diaphragm and contracts involuntarily   phrenic nerve  
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inner lining of the heart   endocardium  
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heart muscle   myocardium  
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3 pericardium's   visceral, cavity, fibrous pericardium  
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refers to organs such as the heart   visceral  
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hole space, that goes around the heart with fluids   cavity  
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fibrous and fatty and strongly attached to the sternum and keeps twisting contracting and squeezing the heart.   fibrous pericardium  
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infections of the layers of the heart   pericarditis  
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sends out pulse to the heart   SAS (sinal atrial node)  
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travels to the ventricle   AV (atrioventricular node)  
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ECG   electrocardiogram  
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120 or normal blood pressure that is always higher and in top( during ventricular contraction)   systole  
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80 or when your relaxed is lower.(during ventricular relaxation)   diastole  
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high blood pressure   hypertension  
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chest pain   angina  
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angina is cured with   nitroglycerin  
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when your heart stops   cardiac arrest  
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blockage of arteries   myocardial infraction  
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quiver heart beat electrical activity   v-fibrillations  
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stops all unorganized electrical activity , stops heart   d-fibrillations  
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atrioles quiver   atrial-fibrillations  
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causes atrium to compact   P-wave  
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big spike causes ventricles to contract   QRS  
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repolarization "resetting"   T-wave  
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how long and short they are can help tell if you will go into cardiac arrest   P-Q and S-T segments  
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heart beat is know as this   sinus rhythm  
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route of blood supply being blocked you can get this surgery   bypass surgery  
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looks strait back into the pharynx   oral cavity  
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air and food goes through this   pharynx  
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breaks down and digests food   stomach  
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tree parts of the small intestine   duodenum, jejunum, ileum  
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what does the small intestine do   absorption  
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2 parts of the large intestine   cecum, vermiform appendix  
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what the large intestine does   removes absorbed water  
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carries stuff up through the large intestine   ascending colon  
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carries stuff across the large intestine   transverse colon  
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carries stuff down the large intestine   descending colon  
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carries stuff to the bottom of the large intestine   sigmoid colon  
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temporary storage for waste   rectum  
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composed of sphincter muscles   anal canal  
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help break down food to go through mouth   teeth  
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pushes saliva and food down the esophagus   tongue  
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produces saliva to digest food centrally located   sublingual  
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produces saliva to digest food under tongue   submandibular  
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produces saliva to digest food located on top of mouth   parotid  
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takes out parasites, produces bile, filters blood(largest internal organ)   liver  
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under liver, stress and concentrates bile   gallbladder  
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collects bile and spreads it around the body where needed   bile ducts  
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deep to stomach, produces insulin for digestive material.   pancreas  
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connects pharynx to stomach   esophagus  
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