CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
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| WHAT DOES THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM TRANSPORT TO THE BODY'S CELLS? | OXYGEN & NUTRIENTS | ||||
| WHAT DOES THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM PICK UP FROM THE BODY'S CELLS TO BE ELIMINATED FROM THE BODY? | CARBON DIOXIDE & OTHER WASTE | ||||
| WHAT ARE THE 4 MAIN PARTS OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM? | THE HEARTBLOOD VESSELSBLOODLYMPHATIC SYSTEM | ||||
| WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE HEART? | ITS A PUMP | ||||
| WHAT DOES THE HEART PUMP? | BLOOD NUTRIENTSOXYGEN | ||||
| WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE BLOOD VESSELS? | THEY ARE THE PIPES IN A PLUMBING SYSTEMTHEY TRANSPORT WHAT IS BEING PUMPED BY THE HEART THROUGH THE BODY | ||||
| WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE BLOOD? | IT CIRCULATES FLUID | ||||
| WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM? | IT FOLLOWS THE BLOOD VESSELS WITH WHITE BLOOD CELLS AS A FORM OF DEFENSE PROTECTION | ||||
| WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM? | AUXILIARY FLUID SYSTEM | ||||
| WHAT IS THE SIZE OF THE HEART? | A CLENCHED FIST | ||||
| ARE ALL HEARTS THE SAME SIZE? | NO YOUR OWN HEART IS THE SIZE OF YOUR CLENCHED FIST | ||||
| WHERE IS THE HEART LOCATED? | BETWEEN THE LUNGS WITH 2/3 OF IT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CHEST | ||||
| WHAT IS THE GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE HEART? | SEVERAL MUSCLES ARRANGED IN CIRCULAR & SPIRAL FASHION | ||||
| WHAT IS THE PERICARDIAL FLUID? | IT PREVENTS FRICTION OF THE HEART AGAINST OTHER STRUCTURES AS THE HEART BEATS | ||||
| WHAT IS ANOTHER WAY TO REMEMBER WHAT THE PERICARDIUM & THE PERICARDIAL FLUID STRUCTURES LOOK LIKE? | A WATER BALLOON AROUND YOUR HEART | ||||
| WHERE ARE THE PERICARDIUM, PERICARDIAL FLUID, & CORONARY ARTERIES FOUND? | ON THE EXTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE HEART | ||||
| WHAT TYPE OF PUMP IS THE HEART? | DOUBLE | ||||
| WHAT IS THE HEART DIVIDED INTO? | RIGHT & LEFT SIDES BY A MUSCULAR WALL | ||||
| THE SIDES ARE DIVIDED INTO UPPER & LOWER CHAMBERS CALLED WHAT? | ATRIAVENTRICLES | ||||
| WHAT ARE THE CHAMBERS SEPERATED BY? | VALVES | ||||
| WHAT DO CLOSED VALVES DO? | PREVENT BLOOD FROM REENTERING THE ATRIA WHEN THE VENTRICLES CONTRACT | ||||
| WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE BLOOD GOING IN ONE DIRECTION? | TO KEEP THE RICH OXYGENATED BLOOD FROM MIXING WITH THE POOR OXYGENATED BLOOD | ||||
| WHERE IS THE THICKEST WALL OF THE HEART FOUND? | IN THE LEFT VENTRICLE | ||||
| WHY IS THIS PORTION OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE SO THICK? | TO ENSURE THAT THE BLOOD THAT IS PUMPED OUT CAN MAKE IT BACK | ||||
| WHERE DOES THE RIGHT VENTRICLE SEND BLOOD? | THROUGH THE PULMONARY SEMILUNAR VALVE TO THE PULMONARY ARTERY ON ITS WAY THROUGH THE PULMONARY CIRCULATION | ||||
| WHY DOES THE RIGHT VENTRICLE SEND BLOOD THROUGH THE PULMONARY CIRCULATION? | TO GET A SUPPLY OF OXYGEN IN THE LUNGS | ||||
| WHERE DOES THE LEFT VENTRICLE FORCE BLOOD? | PAST THE AORTIC SEMILUNAR VALVE INTO THE AORTA | ||||
| WHY DOES THE LEFT VENTRICLE SEND BLOOD THROUGH THE AORTA? | TO BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION | ||||
| WHAT ARE THE MAIN INTERNAL STRUCTURES OF THE HEART? | ATRIAVENTRICLESVALVES | ||||
| HOW MANY SOUNDS DOES THE HEART MAKE? | 2 | ||||
| WHAT ARE THE SOUNDS OF THE HEART | LUBBDUPP | ||||
| WHAT IS THE FIRST SOUND HEARD BY THE HEART? | LUBB | ||||
| WHAT CAUSES THE LUBB SOUND? | THE VALVES SLAMMING SHUT BETWEEN THE ATRIA & VENTRICLES | ||||
| WHAT VALVES ARE INVOLVED IN THE LUBB SOUND? | BICUSPID TRICUSPID | ||||
| WHAT IS THE SECOND SOUND HEARD BY THE HEART? | DUPP | ||||
| WHAT IS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DUPP SOUND HEARD BY THE HEART? | SHORTER HIGH PITCH | ||||
| WHAT CAUSES THE DUPP SOUND? | THE SEMILUNAR VLAVES CLOSING IN THE AORTA & PULMONARY ARTERIES | ||||
| THE HEART MUST FORCEFULLY CONTRACT TO DO WHAT? | SQUEEZE OUT BLOOD | ||||
| WHAT IS THE AVERAGE RATE PER MINUTE THAT THE HEART BEATS? | 72/MIN | ||||
| WHAT IS THE AVERAGE RATE PER DAY THAT THE HEART BEATS? | 100,000/DAY | ||||
| THE NORMAL HEART BEATS RHYTHMICALLY AS LONG AS WHAT HAPPENS? | THE CELLS RECIEVE THE CORRECT BALANCE OF ELECTROLYTES | ||||
| WHAT ARE THE ELECTROLYTES? | OXYGENNUTRIENTSSODIUMCALCIUMPOTASSIUM | ||||
| WHAT IS THE "SPARK"? | ELECTRICITY SENT FROM THE GROUP OF NERVES IN THE RIGHT ATRIUM | ||||
| WHAT ARE SOME OTHER NAMES FOR THE "SPARK"? | SINOATRIALS-A NODEPACEMAKER | ||||
| IS THE PACEMAKER OF THE HEART ARTIFICIAL? | NO | ||||
| WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE ELECTRICITY OF THE S-A NODE? | STARTS EACH WAVE OF MUSCLE CONTRACTION IN THE HEART | ||||
| WHAT CONTROLS THE RATE OF YOUR HEART BEAT? | 2 NERVES | ||||
| WHAT 2 NERVES CONTROL THE RATE OF YOUR HEART BEAT? | VAGUS & ACCELERATOR | ||||
| HOW DO THE VAGUS & ACCELERATOR CONTROL THE RATE OF YOUR BEAT? | THEY HAVE FIBERS IN THE HEART MUSCLE | ||||
| A HEART RATE THAT IS CONSISTENTLY RAPID IS KNOWN AS WHAT? | TACHYCARDIA | ||||
| WHAT IS CONSIDERED A RAPID HEART BEAT? | OVER 100 BEATS/MIN | ||||
| A HEART RATE THAT IS CONSISTENTLY LOW IS KNOWN AS WHAT? | BRADYCARDIA | ||||
| WHAT IS CONSIDERED A LOW HEART RATE? | LESS THAN 60 BEATS/MIN | ||||
| BLOOD VESSELS ARE DIVIDED INTO HOW MANY MAIN TYPES? | 3 | ||||
| WHAT IS THE EXCEPTION TO THE DEFINITION OF AN ARTERY? | THE PULMONARY ARTERY | ||||
| WHY IS THE PULMONARY ARTERY THE EXCEPTION TO THE DEFINITION OF AN ARTERY? | IT LEAVES THE RIGHT VENTRICLE OF THE HEART ON ITS WAY TO PICK UP OXYGEN | ||||
| ARTERIES ARE CONSTRUCTED WITH A LAYER OF WHAT? | ELASTIC FIBERS | ||||
| WHY DO ARTERIES HAVE A LAYER OF ELASTIC? | TO EXPAND & RECOIL WITH BLOOD FLOW | ||||
| IF THE ARTERIES DID NOT HAVE THIS LAYER ELASTIC WHAT COULD HAPPEN? | THEY COULD BECOME CLOGGED | ||||
| IF THE ARTERIES BECOME CLOGGED WHAT COULD HAPPEN? | YOU COULD GET HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE | ||||
| ARETERIOLES JOIN WHAT? | CAPILLARIES | ||||
| CAN CAPILLARIES BE SEEN BY THE NAKED EYE? | NO | ||||
| WHY CAN CAPILLARIES NOT BE SEEN BY THE NAKED EYE? | THEY ARE MICROSCOPIC | ||||
| WHAT VEIN DOES NOT HAVE VALVES? | PULMONARY VEIN | ||||
| IF A VEIN IS ENTERING THE HEART FROM THE UPPER BODY, WHERE IS IT COMING IN FROM? | SUPERIOR VENA CAVA | ||||
| IF A VEIN IS ENTERING THE HEART FROM THE LOWER BODY, WHERE IS IT COMING IN FROM? | INFERIOR VENA CAVA | ||||
| VEINS CARRY WHAT BACK TO THE HEART? | DEOXYGENATED BLOOD | ||||
| AFTER THE DEOXYGENATED BLOOD IS CARRIED TO THE HEART BY THE VEINS, WHERE DOES IT GO? | TO THE LUNGS | ||||
| WHY DOES THE DEOXYGENATED BLOOD NEED TO GO THE LUNGS? | TO EXHALE CARBON DIOXIDE & PICK UP OXYGEN | ||||
| WHAT DO VENULES CONNECT? | CAPILLARIES TO LARGER VEINS | ||||
| DO CAPILLARIES HAVE THIN OR THICK WALLS? | THIN | ||||
| HOW MANY CELLS MAKE UP A CAPILLARY? | ONE | ||||
| WHAT DO CAPILLARIES ALLOW TO PASS THROUGH THEM? | MOLECULES | ||||
| WHERE DO CAPILLARIES ALLOW THESE MOLECULES TO GO? | INTO THE FLUID-FILLED TISSUE SPACES SURROUNDING THE CELLS | ||||
| WHAT IS A CAPILLARY BED? | VAST NETWORK OF CAPILLARIES | ||||
| WHAT IS THE RATE OF FLOW THROUGH CAPILLARY BEDS? | A SLOW TRICKLE | ||||
| WHY IS THE RATE OF FLOW REDUCED TO A TRICKLE? | TO MAKE TIME FOR OXYGEN & NUTRIENTS TO ENTER THE CELLS IN EXCHANGE FOR CARBON DIOXIDE & OTHER WASTE | ||||
| WHAT DOES BLOOD LEAVING A CAPILLARY BED CARRY? | CARBON DIOXIDE & WASTE PRODUCTS | ||||
| WHY DOES BLOOD LEAVING A CAPILLARY BED CARRY WASTE & CARBON DIOXIDE? | TO BE CIRCULATED TO THE PROPER ORGANS FOR ELIMINATION | ||||
| WHAT TYPE OF BLOOD DOES THE PULMONARY CIRCULATION CARRY? | OXYGEN POOR BLOOD | ||||
| WHAT TYPE OF BLOOD DOES THE SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION CARRY? | OXYGEN RICH BLOOD | ||||
| WHAT IS PORTAL CIRCULATION? | THE ROUTE OF BLOOD FLOW THROUGH THE LIVER? | ||||
| WHAT IS THE LIVER? | A FILTER | ||||
| WHAT DOES THE LIVER FILTER? | IMPURITIES | ||||
| WHAT DOES THE LIVER STORE? | NUTRIENTS LIKE GLUCOSE | ||||
| WHAT DOES THE LIVER DETOXIFY? | POISONOUS SUBSTANCES | ||||
| WHY DOES THE LIVER FILTER ALL OF THESE THINGS? | SO BLOOD LEAVING THE LIVER HAS NORMAL CONCENTRATIONS | ||||
| HOW DOES BLOOD LEAVE THE LIVER? | THROUGH THE HEPATIC VEIN | ||||
| WHERE DOES THE HEPATIC VEIN DRAIN? | INTO THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA | ||||
| WHERE IS THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM? | IT IS PART OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM | ||||
| WHAT IS LYMPH? | A MOVING FLUID | ||||
| WHERE DOES LYMPH COME FROM? | BLOOD | ||||
| HOW DOES LYMPH RETURN THE BLOOD? | THE LYMPHATIC VESSELS | ||||
| THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM CONSISTS OF WHAT? | LYMPH LYMPHATIC VESSELS LYMPHATIC NODES SPLEEN TONSILLS THYMUS | ||||
| WHEN DOES LYMPH FORM? | WHEN BLOOD PLASMA FILTERS OUT OF CAPILLARIES INTO FLUID BETWEEN THE CELLS | ||||
| WHAT IS FLUID BETWEEN THE CELLS CALLED? | INTERSTITIAL FLUID | ||||
| DOES THE FLUID GO BACK INTO THE BLOOD OR NOT? | A LITTLE OF BOTH HAPPENS | ||||
| HOW DOES INTERSTITIAL FLUID BECOME LYMPH? | AFTER LEAKING OUT IT ENTERS TINY LYMPHATIC CAPILAARIES | ||||
| WHERE DO THE LYMPHATIC CAPILLARIES TRAVEL? | TO LARGER LYMPHATICS | ||||
| WHAT IS THE LARGEST VESSEL? | THORACIC DUCT | ||||
| WHERE DOES THE LYMPH GO AFTER THE THORACIC DUCT? | BACK INTO THE BLOOD | ||||
| WHERE DOES THE LYMPH ENTER BACK INTO THE BLOOD THROUGH? | THE LEFT SUBCLAVIAN VEIN | ||||
| WHERE DOES THE LYMPH GO AFTER THE LEFT SUBCLAVIAN VEIN? | THE VENA CAVA | ||||
| WHAT DOES LYMPH DO TO TISSUES? | BATHES THEM | ||||
| IS THE LYMPH UNDER HIGH OR LOW PRESSU? | LOW | ||||
| WHAT DOES THE LYMPH RETURN TO GENERAL CIRCULATION? | TISSUE FLUIDPROTEINSFATS | ||||
| DO LYMPHATIC VESSELS FORM CLOSED RING LYMPHATIC VESSELS? | NO | ||||
| HOW MANY TIMES DOES LYMPH FLOW THROUGH THE BODY BEFORE DRAINING INTO THE BLOOD? | ONCE | ||||
| WHAT ARE LYMPH NODES? | CLUSTERS OF OVAL-SHAPED LYMPHATIC TISSUE | ||||
| WHAT IS THE SIZE OF A LYMPH NODE? | THEY RANGE FROM VERY TINY TO THE SIZE OF A LIMA BEAN | ||||
| HOW MANY FUNCTIONS DO THE LYMPH NODES HAVE? | 2 | ||||
| WHAT IS ONE FUNCTION OF THE LYMPH NODES? | DEFENSE | ||||
| HOW DO THE LYMPH NODES HELP US IN DEFENSE? | FILTERS LYMPH FLUID BY THE NODE | ||||
| HOW MANY HARMFUL SUBSTANCES ARE REMOVED BY THE LYMPH NODES? | MANY | ||||
| ARE THE LYMPH NODES ENCAPSULATED? | YES | ||||
| WHAT IS THE SECOND FUNCION OF THE LYMPH NODES? | WHITE BLOOD CELL FORMATION | ||||
| WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT THE LYMPH NODES ARE INVOLVED WITH WHITE BLOOD CELL FORMATION? | THEY PRODUCE NONGRANULAR WHITE BLOOD CELLS | ||||
| WHAT TYPES OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS ARE PRODUCED BY THE LYMPH NODES? | MONOCYTESLYMPHOCYTES | ||||
| CAN CERTAIN CANCER CELLS USE THE LYMPH SYSTEM TO METASTASIZE? | YES | ||||
| HOW BIG IS THE SPLEEN? | BIGGEST ORGAN IN LYMPHATIC SYSTEM | ||||
| WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SPLEEN IF THERE IS AN INFECTION? | ENLARGES | ||||
| WHERE IS THE SPLEEN LOCATED? | UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY JUST UNDER THE DIAPHRAGM | ||||
| WHAT DOES THE SPLEEN CONNECT TO? | BLOOD VESSELSNERVES | ||||
| DOES THE SPLEEN CONNECT TO ANY OTHER ORGANS? | NO | ||||
| WHAT IS ONE FUNCTION OF THE SPLEEN? | FORMATION OF MONOCYTES & LYMPHOCYTES | ||||
| WHAT IS ANOTHER FUNCTION OF THE SPLEEN? | BODY'S BLOOD BANK | ||||
| HOW MUCH BLOOD DOES THE SPLEEN STORE? | ALMOST 1 PINT | ||||
| WHEN DOES THE SPLEEN RELEASE ITS BLOOD STORE? | DURING STRENUOUS EXERCISEAFTER HEMORRHAGE | ||||
| WHAT IS ANOTHER FUNCTION OF THE SPLEEN? | FILTERS THE BLOOD BY DESTROYING OLD RED BLOOD CELLS | ||||
| WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SPLEEN IN OLD AGE? | IT SHRINKS | ||||
| CAN YOU LIVE IF YOUR SPLEEN IS REMOVED? | YES | ||||
| WHAT ARE TONSILLS? | SMALL MASSES OF LYMPHOID TISSUE | ||||
| WHERE ARE YOUR TONSILLS LOCATED (THE ONES WE ARE MOST FAMILIAR WITH)? | THE BACK OF THE THROAT | ||||
| WHERE ARE ANOTHER GROUP OF TONSILLS LOCATED? | AT THE BACK OF THE ROOF OF THE PHARYNX | ||||
| WHAT ARE THESE TONSILLS KNOWN AS? | ADENOIDS | ||||
| WHAT DO TONSILLS DO? | FILTER OUT THE BACTERIA & FOREIGN MATERIAL | ||||
| WHAT IS ANOTHER ROLE OF THE TONSILLS? | FORMATION OF LYMPHATICS | ||||
| WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE THYMUS? | FLAT, 2-LOBED ORGAN | ||||
| WHERE IS THE THYMUS LOCATED? | POSTERIOR TO THE STERNUM | ||||
| WHAT IS THE THYMUS' ROLE? | THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM | ||||
| WHAT IS ANOTHER ROLE OF THE THYMUS? | TO DEVELOP LYMPHOCYTES FOR IMMUNITY | ||||
| WHAT SYSTEMS DOES THE THYMUS BELONG TO? | EITHER ENDOCRINE OR LYMPHATIC | ||||
| WHAT IS ARRHYTHMIA? | ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHM | ||||
| WHAT IS ARTERIOSCLEROSIS? | DEGENERATION & HARDENING OF THE WALLS OF THE ARTERIES | ||||
| WHAT IS ATHEROSCLEROSIS? | FATTY DEGENERATION OF THE WALLS OF THE ARTERIES | ||||
| WHAT IS A CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (CVA)? | STROKE | ||||
| WHAT CAUSES A STROKE? | DECREASE IN OXYGEN SUPPLY TO THE BRAIN CAUSING DESTRUCTION OF BRAIN TISSUE | ||||
| WHAT IS CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (CHF)? | COMPLEX CONDITION OF INADEQUATE HEART ACTION WITH RETENTION OF TISSUE FLUIDS | ||||
| WHAT IS CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE? | DISEASE OF THE ARTERIES SURROUNDING THE HEART | ||||
| WHAT IS HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE? | HIGHBLOOD PRESSURE AFFECTING THE HEART | ||||
| WHAT IS THROMBOPLEBITIS? | INFLAMMATION OF A VEIN WITH A CLOT | ||||
| WHAT ARE VERICOSE VEINS? | DISTENDED SWOLLEN VEINS COMMONLY FOUND IN LEGS |
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Created by:
momogallegos
on 2010-01-07