| Question | Answer |
| The cardiovascular system is made up of? | The heart and blood vessels |
| What do the arteries carry from the heart to the tissues and organs? | Blood |
| Deoxygenated blood takes on what colour? | Purple |
| What is the sac the heart found in? | Pericardium |
| What is the muscle layer of the heart? | Myocardium |
| What does the pulmonary semilunar valve prevent? | Regurgitation (back flow) |
| What do the right and left pulmonary veins carry back to the heart? | Oxygenated blood |
| What does aortic semilunar valve permit? | Blood flow in one direction |
| The arterial system composed of the coronary arteries branches from? And provide what with its own blood supply? | Aorta. Myocardium |
| What is the specialized cardiac tissue within the heart? | Conduction tissue |
| What is the sa node known as? | The pacemaker |
| Electrical impulses are recorded on what instrument? | Echocardiogram |
| Blood pressure is measured with what? | Sphygmomanometer |
| What is the contraction phase of the hear called? | Systole |
| The relaxation phase of the heart is called? | Diastole |
| Hypertension is called what? | High blood pressure |
| Hypotension is what? | Low blood pressure |
| Cad means ? | Coronary artery disease |
| Irregular heart beats are called what? | Arrhythmia |
| Infarction refers to what ? | Necrosis of localized tissue |
| Ischemia means? | A temporary lack of blood to an organ or tissue |
| Infusion means? | Administering of blood intravenously |
| Biopsy? | The removal of a piece for diagnosis |
| Respiratory system includes? | The upper and lower systems |
| The entire breathing process involves? | Internal and external respiration |
| When breathing the air is drawn into what cavity? | Nasal Cavity |
| The pharynx tube does what? | Serves as a passageway for food and air |
| What is posterior to the mouth | Oropharynx |
| Air passes through the nasal cavity to? | The pharynx |
| Palatine tonsils are also know as? | Tonsils |
| The tonsils protect? | The opening of the respiratory tract |
| Larynx is also known as? | Voice box |
| What it responsible for? | Makes vocal sounds possible |
| Trachea is also known as? | Wind pipe |
| What is the trachea composed of? | Smooth muscle embedded with c shaped cartilage |
| How many lobes does the right lung have? | 3 |
| The left lung has how many lobes? | 2 |
| What is the space between the lungs called ? | Mediastinum |
| What does the mediastinum include? | The heart, aorta, esophagus, bronchi |
| The pleura envelopes what? | The Lungs |
| What is the large muscular partition that lies between the. He's and the abdominal? | Diaphragm |
| COPD means | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| 3 disease that are considered COPD? | Asthma, bronchitis, and emphysema. |
| Asthma produces what in the bronchial airway ? | Bronchospasms |
| What causes asthma? | Irritants, allergens, pollution, stress, and exercise |
| Chronic bronchitis is caused by? | Smoking, pollution |
| What medication removes mucus? | Expectorants |
| Emphysema is a disease that causes alveoli to lose what? | Elasticity |
| What is influenza? | Viral respiratory infection |
| What are symptoms of the flu? | Fever, chills, headache, general myalgia |
| What should children avoid taking when they have the flu? | Aspirin |
| What is aspirin linked to in children? | Reyes disease |
| TB means? | Tuberculosis |
| Bronchopneumonia may be caused by? | Bacteria, virus's, fungi, and chemicals |
| Cystic fibrosis is what kind of disorder? | Hereditary |
| What is produced when someone who has cystic fibrosis? | Viscous mucus |
| What leads to lung cancer? | Smoking, air pollution |
| Acidosis is? | High acidity body fluids |
| Epistaxis means? | Nasal hemorrhages or nose bleeds |
| Phlegm is? | Thick substance secreted by the mucus membrane |
