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Hondros Bio111
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| T wave | Repolarization of the ventricles |
| Normal volume of blood for an adult | 4 to 6 liters |
| What is pernicious anemia caused by? | Lack of B12 |
| Platelets are also known as... | thrombocytes |
| White Blood Cells | Leukocytes |
| Abnormally high WBC | Leukocytosis |
| Condition of a circulating blood clot | Embolism |
| If there is no nucleus and it is shaped biconcave... | Its an erythrocyte |
| The buffy layer in a hematocrit contains: | WBC's and platelets |
| Unusually low white blood cell count | Leukopenia |
| Neutrophils | Immune defense by phagocytosis |
| Eosinophils | Defense against parasites |
| Basophils | Inflammatory response (creates histamine and heparin) |
| Blood type A creates which Antibodies? | Anti-B |
| If a baby is born to RH negative mother and RH positive father, it may develop... | Erythroblastosis fetalis |
| Universal blood recipient | Type AB |
| Serum | Plasma minus clotting factors |
| Divides the heart into right and left sides of atria | interatrial septum |
| Cardiac muscle tissue | myocardium |
| Tunica Media | 2nd layer of veins and artery walls; thickest in the arties. Made of smooth muscle tissue. |
| Angina Pectoris | Severe chest pain |
| When heart muscle cells are deprived of oxygen and get damaged/die: | Myocardial Infarction |
| P wave | depolarization of the atria |
| Receiving chambers of the heart | ventricles |
| Pacemaker of the heart | SA node |
| Tunica Intima | Interior layer of veins and arties Made of a single layer of simple squamous endothelium |
| QRS complex | deplorization of the ventricles |