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Anatomia-Blood

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The only fluid tissue in the human body Classified as a connective tissue Living cells = formed elements Non-living matrix = plasma   Blood  
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Oxygen-rich blood is _____ red Oxygen-poor blood is _____ red   Scarlet;dull  
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regulates osmotic pressure   Albumin  
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help to stem blood loss when a blood vessel is injured   Clotting Proteins  
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help protect the body from antigens   Antibodies  
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Erythrocytes   red blood cells  
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Leukocytes   white blood cells  
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Platelets   cell fragments  
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The main function is to carry oxygen   Erythrocytes (Red Blood Cells)  
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Iron containing protein that binds strongly, but reversibly, to oxygen   Hemoglobin  
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Crucial in the body’s defense against disease   Leukocytes (White Blood Cells)  
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These are complete cells, with a nucleus and organelles and are able to move into and out of blood vessels (diapedesis)   Leukocytes  
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Above 11,000 leukocytes/ml and Generally indicates an infection   Leukocytosis  
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Abnormally low leukocyte level and Commonly caused by certain drugs   Leukopenia  
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Granules in their cytoplasm can be stained and Include neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils   Granulocytes  
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Lack visible cytoplasmic granules and Include lymphocytes and monocytes   Agranulocytes  
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Multilobed nucleus with fine granules and Act as phagocytes at active sites of infection that act as large brick red cytoplasmic granules and are also found in repsonse to allergies and parasitic worms   Neutrophils  
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Have histamine containing granules and Initiate inflammation   Basophils  
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Nucleus fills most of the cell and Play an important role in the immune response   Lymphocytes  
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Largest of the white blood cells they Function as macrophages and are Important in fighting chronic infection   Monocytes  
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Derived from ruptured multinucleate cells (megakaryocytes) that are Needed for the clotting process that has a Normal platelet count = 300,000/mm3   Platelets  
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Blood cell formation, it Occurs in red bone marrow, and All blood cells are derived from a common stem cell (hemocytoblast)   Hematopoiesis  
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Lymphoid stem cell produces lymphocytes, Myeloid stem cell produces other formed elements   Hemocytoblast differentiation  
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Unable to divide, grow, or synthesize proteins, Wear out in 100 to 120 days, When worn out, are eliminated by phagocytes in the spleen or liver, Lost cells are replaced by division of hemocytoblasts   Fate of Erythrocytes  
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Rate is controlled by   a hormone (erythropoietin)  
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________ produce most erythropoietin as a response to reduced oxygen levels in the blood   Kidneys  
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________is maintained by negative feedback from blood oxygen levels   Homeostasis  
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Stoppage of blood flow, Result of a break in a blood vessel   Hemostasis  
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Platelet plug formation, Vascular spasms, Coagulation   Hemostasis involves three phases  
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Anchored platelets release serotonin   Vascular Spasms  
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Injured tissues release thromboplastin, PF3 (a phospholipid) interacts with thromboplastin, blood protein clotting factors, and calcium ions to trigger a clotting cascade   Coagulation  
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Fibrin forms a meshwork (the basis for a clot)   Coagulation  
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Blood usually clots within 3 to 6 minutes, The clot remains as endothelium regenerates, The clot is broken down after tissue repair   Blood Clotting  
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Undesirable Clotting   Fibrin Clot  
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A clot in an unbroken blood vessel that can be deadly in areas like the heart   Thrombus  
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A thrombus that breaks away and floats freely in the bloodstream and Can later clog vessels in critical areas such as the brain   Embolus  
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Platelet deficiency and even normal movements can cause bleeding from small blood vessels that require platelets for clotting   Thrombocytopenia  
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Hereditary bleeding disorder and Normal clotting factors are missing   Hemophilia  
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Large losses of blood have serious consequences   Loss of 15 to 30 percent causes weakness and Loss of over 30 percent causes shock, which can be fatal  
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Transfusions are the only way to replace blood quickly and Transfused blood must be of the ____ blood group   same  
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A foreign protein (antigen) may be attacked by   the immune system  
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Blood is “typed” by using antibodies that will cause blood with certain proteins to clump   agglutination  
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There are over __ common red blood cell antigens   30  
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Based on the presence or absence of two antigens   Type A or Type B  
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ABO Blood Groups   The lack of these antigens is called Type O  
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The presence of both A and B   Type AB  
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The presence of either A or B   Types A and B, respectively  
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Named because of the presence or absence of one of eight Rh antigens (agglutinogen D)   Rh Blood Groups  
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Most Americans are Rh (plus or minus)   plus + (Problems can occur in mixing Rh+ blood into a body with Rh negative blood  
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Danger   only when the mother is Rh minus and the father is Rh+, and the child inherits the Rh+ factor  
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The mismatch of an Rh– mother carrying an Rh+ baby can cause problems for the unborn child and The first pregnancy usually proceeds _____ problems   without  
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The immune system is sensitized after the first pregnancy and so in a second pregnancy, the mother’s immune system produces ______ to attack the Rh+ blood (hemolytic disease of the newborn)   antibodies  
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Blood samples are mixed with anti A and anti B serum and ________or no ________ leads to determining blood   Coagulation  
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Testing for agglutination of donor RBCs by the recipient’s serum, and vice versa   Cross matching  
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The fetal liver and spleen are early sites of blood cell formation and Bone marrow takes over hematopoiesis by the seventh month, these are   Sites of blood cell formation  
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Fetal ________ differs from _________ produced after birth   hemoglobin  
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The Heart: Valves   Allow blood to flow in only direction  
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Fourt valves are what?   Atrioventricular, Bicuspid, Tricuspid & Semilunar valves, Pulmonary semilunar valve  
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Atrioventricular valves   between atria and ventricles  
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Bicuspid valve   left  
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Tricuspid valve   right  
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Semilunar valves are between what and what?   ventricle and artery  
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Valves open as blood is ________through   pumped  
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Held in place by what?   chordae tendineae (“heart strings”)  
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True or false   True that used to close to prevent backflow  
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Ventricular Diastole   relaxed ventricles; fills with blood; loose tendineae; blood flows from Atria to Ventricles  
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Ventricular Systole   contracted ventricles; blood moves back to atria and cusps close (valve closed); tendineae prevent cusps swinging shut too far  
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Regurgitation   backflow of blood into the atria each time ventricles contract (heart murmur)  
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Semilunar Valves   Pulmonary and Aortic Semilunar valves prevent backflow of blood from pulmonary trunk and aorta into the R. and L. Ventricles; No muscular braces b/c arterial walls don’t contract, the 3 cusps support each other!  
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Aorta   Leaves left ventricle  
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Pulmonary arteries   Leave right ventricle  
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Vena cava   Enters right atrium  
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Pulmonary veins (four)   Enter left atrium  
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Epicardium   Outside layer-This layer is the parietal pericardium  
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Connective tissue layer   Myocardium  
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Middle layer   Mostly cardiac muscle and Endocardium  
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Inner layer   Endothelium  
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Coronary Circulation   Blood in the heart chambers does not nourish the myocardium  
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Blood empties into the ¬¬right or left atrium via the sinus?   Right  
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Intrinsic conduction system   ( nodal system-nodes-pacemaker-contract-shock)  
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Fibrous Skeleton   4 dense bands of elastic tissue that go around the base of the pulmonary trunk and aorta and the heart valves  
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Coronary Circulation   blood…heart muscles; provides oxygen and nutrients; increased exertion, increased oxygen demand, increased blood flow  
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Right Coronary Artery   follows coronary sulcus around the heart; supplied blood to R.Atrium, part of both ventricles, SA/AV nodes (conducting system); several artery branches across the ventricular surface  
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Left Coronary Artery   supplies blood to L.Ventricle, L.Atrium, and the Interventricular septum; branches on the anterior surface  
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Anastomoses   interconnections between arteries to provide constant blood supply to heart  
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Cardiac Veins   great cardiac vein (anterior surface of ventricles)  
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Empties into what?   Coronary Sinus (on posterior side)  
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All other veins empty into what?   Great Cardiac Vein  
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2 types of cardiac muscle cells   Contractile Cells and Conducting System Muscle Cells  
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Sinoatrial node   Pacemaker, Atrioventricular node, Atrioventricular bundle  
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Bundle Branches, Purkinje fibers    
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Heart Contractions   Contraction is initiated by the sinoatrial node  
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Sequential stimulation occurs at other   autorhythmic cells  
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Contractile Cells   Atrial and ventricular walls  
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Action potential produces what?   Ca²+  
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Resting ventricular contractile cell   -09mV (Volts-electrical current)  
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Atrial contractile cell   -80mV  
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Action potential lasts   250-300 msec  
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Rapid depolarization   fast channels open and a rush of Na+ enter the membrane +30mV sodium channel closes; calcium channels opens (slow channels) “plateau”  
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Repolarizaiton   calcium channels slowly closes and slow potassium channels open (restores resting potential)  
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Action Potential in Cardiac Muscle Cell Membranes Produce what?   CONTRACTIONS! (caused by concentration of Ca²+)  
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Refractory Period   “wait time” before response from heart  
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Cardiac muscle tissue contracts w/out help: true or false?   False, on its own (no neural or hormonal stimulation)  
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Conducting System   network of specialized cardiac muscle cells that initiates and distributes electrical impulses  
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Includes   Sinoatrial (SA) Node- wall of R.Atria; Atrioventricular (AV) node-b/w atrial and ventricles  
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Ventricular Conducting Cells   AV bundle, Bundle Branches, Purkinje Fibers  
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Conducting cells are what?   smaller than contractile cells, can’t maintain a stable resting potential (each time repolarization occurs, gradual drift toward threshold…“prepotential”)  
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Contains pacemaker cells which does what?   establishes heart rate  
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Atrials must _____ before ventricles   contract  
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Heart Contractions   Filling of Heart Chambers – the Cardiac Cycle  
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