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MA 2 UNIT 1
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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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