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1. Components of the cardiovascular system: Heart, blood, blood vessels
2. Components of blood: Plasma, white and red blood cells, platelets
3. Plasma: Fluid
4. Red Blood Cells (RBCs): Made in bone marrow, supply cells with oxygen
5. Hemoglobin: Oxygen transport protein in RBCs
6. White Blood Cells (WBCs): Fight pathogens, made in bone marrow
7. Pathogens: Invaders such as and viruses
8. Platelets: Responsible for blood clotting after an injury
9. Heart: 4 chambers consisting of atria, ventricles, and valves
10. Flow of blood: vena cava to right atrium, right ventricle, lungs, left atrium, left ventricle, aorta
11. Blood vessels: Arteries and capillaries (oxygenated blood), veins (deoxygenated blood)
12. Pulmonary circulation: Blood flow between heart and lungs
13. Systemic circulation: Blood flow between heart and rest of body
14. Blood Types: A, B, AB, 0
15. Antibodies: Cause RBCs to clump
16. Universal recipient: Type AB
17. Universal donor: Type 0
18. Atherosclerosis 1: Build up of cholesterol in cardiovascular system leading to
Atherosclerosis 2 hypertension (increased blood pressure), stroke (blockage of blood flow in brain), or
Atherosclerosis 3 heart attack (heart muscle blood supply blockage)
19. Factors causing cardiovascular heart disease 1: Smoking, diet high in saturated fats and cholesterol, stress, Factors causing cardiovascular heart disease 2
20. Hemophilia: Inability to clot blood
21. Leukemia: Low WBC count known as blood cancer, susceptible to pathogens
22. Sickle Cell Disease: RBCs turn into sickles resulting in a lack of oxygen delivery
23. Respiration: O btaining oxygen through inhalation and getting rid of carbon dioxide through exhalation
24. Respiratory system: Lungs, throat (pharynx), and passageways such as bronchi and bronchioles
25. Trachea: Windpipe, splits into bronchi (one for each lung), split into bronchioles
26. Larynx: Voice box
27. Alveoli in the lungs perform the gas exchange
28. Diaphragm: Contraction results in inhalation, relaxation in exhalation
29. Cellular respiration 1: Energy from carbohydrates, fats, and proteins is released as ATP in the presence of Cellular respiration 2
Waste products of cellular respiration are water and carbon dioxide, which are exhaled.
30. Asthma: Constriction of bronchioles due to irritants
31. Bronchitis: Inflammation of the bronchioles
32. Pneumonia: Alveoli fill up with fluid due to a bacterial infection.
33. Emphysema: Alveoli erode away due to smoke exposure
34. Lung cancer: Caused by chemicals in smoke.
35. Tumor: Cancerous growth
Created by: mkoch
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