QUESTION | ANSWER |
CARDIA ? | Relating to the HEART |
VASO ? | From a Vessel. Esp. Blood Vessel. |
VASODILATION is ? | The DILATION of the Blood Vessel. |
VASOMOTOR ? | Causing Constriction or Dilation of Blood Vessels. |
VASCULAR ? | Made up of,or containg Vessels for conveying Blood. |
LEUCO CYTES, What is their function ? | Protect from INFECTION, ingest BACTERIA, produce ANTIBODIES. |
CORPUSCLE, What is it ? | A Minute Body or Cell in an Organism, esp. RED or WHITE Blood Cells. |
AORTA ? | Main ARTERY of the body. |
AORTA, Function ? | Supplying OXYGENATED Blood to the Cirulatory System. |
ARTERY ? | Any of the MUSCULAR walled tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body. |
ATRIUM or ATRIAL ? | A CAVITY in the body. E.s.p. One of the 2 upper cavities of the HEART. |
CAROTID ? | Each of the TWO main ARTERIES carrying blood to the head & neck. |
CAPILLARY ? | One of the thin hair like delicate ramified Blood Vessels intervening between Arteries & Veins. |
CORONARY ? | Denoting or involving the ARTERIES of the HEART. |
MYOCARDIUM ? | The Muscular TISSUE of the HEART. |
VENTRICLE ? | CAVITY in the body, BRAIn or HEART. |
VENULE ? | A SMALL vein. Esp one collecting blood from capilliaries. |
VENA CAVA ? | The SUPERIOR and INFERIOR Venae Cavae are the Veins that return the blood from the body into the Heart. |
VENA CAVA, Empties into ? | The Superior & Inferior Vena Cava both empty into the RIGHT ATRIUM of the Heart |
What is the largest Artery in the Body ? | The AORTA. |
(Q) Describe the SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION System ? | Oxygenated Blood to Tissues, from LEFT VENTRICLE, via ARTERIAL Networks to ARTERIOLES, Arterioles to CAPILLARIES. DEOXYGENATED Blood from Tissues, CAPILLARIES to VENULES, To RIGHT ATRIUM via VENUS RETURN. |
(Q) Describe the PULMONARY CIRCULATION System? | DEOXYGENATED Blood, From RIGHT VENTRICLE to LUNG, Via PULMONRY ARTERIES, OXYGENATED blood to Left ATRIUM Via PULMONARY Veins. |
(Q) Heart, Describe the Structure of the Electrical Conduction System ? (1 to 5) | 1. SA Node in Right Atrium (Pacemaker),
2. AV Node in Septum near Triscuspid Valve,
3. Impulse pass through of HIS in Interventrichlar Septum,
4. Right & Left Bundle Branches in Septum,
5. Purkinjie Fibres Radiating through Myocardium. |
(Q) Describe the Nervous Control of the Heart Rate ? (1 to 4 of 7) | 1. Sympathetic & Para-Sympathetic Stimulation Anagonistic to each other, 2. From Cardia centre in Medula Olbongata, 3. Part of Autonomic Nervous System, 4.Para Sympatetic via Vagus Nerve acts upon SA & AV Nodes & Atrial Muscle. |
(Q) Describe the Nervous Control of the Heart Rate ? (5 to 7 0f 7) | 5. Sym Pathetic acts upon SA & AV Nodes & Myocardium of Atria & Ventricles, 6. Para Sympathetic Slows Heart Rate & Force, 7. Sympathetic Speeds Rate & Force of Heart. |
Blood Cells are also a part of which other systems ? | Respiratory, Digestive & Immune. |
ARTERIES ? | Arteries are Muscular Blood Vessels that carry Blood away from the Heart. |
VEINS ? | In the Circulatory System, a Vein is a Blood Vessel that Carries Deoxygenated Blood Towards the Heart. |
On Average how many times a minute does the Heart Contract ? | 70 Times. |
The point of the Heart rest by ? | The Left Nipple (In Men). |
AORTA - Ascending, How long & where does it Starts from ? | About 5cm long and starts from Upper part of the Left VENTRICLE, Lies just behind the Sternum. |
AORTA - Ascending, How many branches ? | Just 2, The Coronary Arteries which rise just abvove the Aortic valve, They supply the Myocardium. |
AORTA - Arch, Located ? | Just Behind the Manubrium of the Sternum. |
AORTA - Arch, How many Branches ? | 3, The Brachiocephalic Artery (or trunk), Left Common Carotid Artery & the Left Subclavian Artery. |
AORTA - Arch, Brachiocephalic Artery branches into which Arteries ? | Common Carotid (Head & Neck) & the Right - Subclavian Artery (Arm)(which also branches of into the Vertebral Artery (Brain)). |
AORTA - Descending, Starts & Ends ? | Begins at the level of the 4th to the 12th Thoracic Vertebrae |
AORTA - Descending, Branches ? | Paired BRONCHIAL Arteries (Lungs & Lymph Nodes), OESOPHAGEAL Arteries (Oesphagus) & the Paired INTERCOSTAL Arteries (Ribs, Skin, Muscles etc of the Thorax) |
AORTA - Abdominal, Starts & Ends ? | At the 12th Thoracic Vertebrae passing the Diaphram, Extends to the 4th Lumbar Vertebra. |
AORTA - Abdominal, Paired Branches ? | Inferior Phrenic Arteries (Diaphram), Renal Arteries (kidneys & Adrenal glands), Testicular/Ovarien Arteries. |
AORTA - Abdominal, Unpaired Branches ? | Coeliac Artery (Stomach, Liver, Spleen & Pancreas), Superior Mesenteric Artery (Small Intestine + Proiximal Large Intestine) & the Inferior Mesenteric Artery (Distal Large Intestine & part of the Rectum). |
AORTA - Ends ? | With the left & Right Common Iliac Artery (which splits into the Internal & External Iliac Arteries). |