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Cardiovascular quiz
second quiz on cardiovascular system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| Capillaries | permit gas exchange between the blood and tissue cells |
| erythrocyte | red blood cell |
| femoral vein | deep vein of thigh |
| hepatic vein | vein that drains the liver |
| gonadal vein | vein that drains the ovaries and testies |
| cardiac vein | vein that drains the heart |
| systolic pressure | top number of blood pressure, represents pressure on the arteries when your heart contracts |
| diastolic pressure | bottom number of blood pressure, represents the pressure on the wall of arteries when your heart relaxes |
| angina pectoris | check pain resulting from ischemia of the myocardium (lack of oxygen to the heart? |
| bradycardia | abnormally slow heart beat less than 50 bpm |
| tachycarida | abnormally fast heart beat greater than 100 bpm |