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