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transport oxygen to all cells in body
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RBC's
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aka red blood cells
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erythrocytes
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lack a nucleus
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anucleate
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iron protein
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hemoglobin
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small biconcave disks
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RBC
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~ ______ RBC's / cubic mm
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5 million
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decrease in O carrying ability
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anemia
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abnormal hemaglobin becomes spikey and clogs up the blood flow
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sickle cell anemia
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disease common in african americans
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sickle cell anemia
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excesive RBC's
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polycythemia
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bone marrow cancer
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polycythemia vera
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aka WBC's
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leukicytes
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~___-___ WBC's / cub. mm
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4000-11000
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only complete cell in blood with neuclei and organnelles
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WBC
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can move in and out of blood vessels
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diapedesis
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respond to chemicals to locate damage
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positive chemotaxis
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> 11,000 WBC per cubic mm
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leukocytosis
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low WBC
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leukopenia
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White Blood
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leukemia
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bone marrow is cancerous
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leukemia
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massive amount of WBC but they are immature and wont work
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leukemia
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granular with a lobed neuclei
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granulocyte WBC
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phagocyte with multi lobed nuclei and cytoplasm
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neutrophil
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has a blue red nuclei
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eosinophil
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the # increase druing pollen/allergy season
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eosinophil
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rarest WBC
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basophil
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lack granules
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agranulocytes
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has a normal shaped nuclei
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agranulocytes
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WBC tht help with immune response
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lymphocytes
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largest WBC
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monocytes
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fighting infections
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microphage
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fragments of multinucleate cells
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platelets
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used for clotting
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platelets
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platelets- __ /cubic mm
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300,000
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blood cell formation
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hematopoiesis
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stoppage of blood flow
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hemostasis
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3 phases of hemostasis
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(1) vascular spasms
(2) platelet plug forms (3) blood clotting |
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clot that forms and persists in an unbroken vessel
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thrombus
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thrombus that breaks away from the vessel wall and floats in blood
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embolus
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not enough platelets; normal movements cause spontanious bleeding from sm. bv's
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thrombocytopenia
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hereditary bleeding disorder with a lack of clotting
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hemophilia
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loss of __-__% of blood results in paleness and weakness
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15-30
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loss of >__% of blood results in shock and can be fatal
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30
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genetic protein found on plasma membrane of RBC's
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antigen
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tell immune system to give off antibodies to fight foreign objects
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antigen
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binding of antibodies that causes RBC's to clump
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agglutination
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shuts down kidneys
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agglutination
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identified in the Rhesus monkey and later found in humans
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RH antigens
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fetal hemoglobin
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HbF
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fetal RBC's are destroyed to fast and liver cant filter waste
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jaundice
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bile mixes with blood
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jaundice
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carries oxygen and nutrients
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cardiovascular system
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rids cells of wastes
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cardiovascular system
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pumps blood
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heart
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network of tubes to carry blood
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blood vessels
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~ size of a fist
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heart
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pointed end toward right hip
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apex
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double sac of serous membrane
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pericardium
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hugs heart surface
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visceral pericardium
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imflammed pericardium
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pericarditis
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outer layer of heart
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erpocardium
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thick cardiac muscle
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myocardium
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inner layer; lines chambers
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endocardium
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recieving chambers for blood
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atria
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discharge chambers for blood
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venticles
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there are ___ ventricles
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2
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divides heart longitudinally through ventricles
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interventricular septum
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to carry blood to lungs for gas exchange and back to heart
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pulmonary circulation
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blood goes to left sided of heart through 4 pulm. veins
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pulmonary circulation
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blood from left side of heart goes to body tissues and back to right of heart
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systemic circulation
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bicuspid mitral valve
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left atrioventricular valves
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tricuspid mitral valve
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right atrioventricular valves
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guard arteries
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semilunar valves
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myocardium is lacking Oxy. and you get a crushing chest pain
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angina pectoris
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heart attck
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myocardial infarction
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heart pumps ~___ of blood/day
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6000 qts.
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give strength to muscular walls of ventricles
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purkinje fibers
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pacemaker that starts each new heart beat
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SA node
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recording that traces the heart flow
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electrocardiogram (ECG)
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ventricles beat at own rate
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heartblock
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lack of blood to heart
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ischemia
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rapid shudder of heart
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fibrillation
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major causes of death from heart attack
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fibrillation
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fast heart beat; over __ per min.
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tachycardia;100
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slow heart beat
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bradycardia
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heart ventricles contract
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systole
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heart ventricles relax
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diastole
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complete heart beat
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cardiac cycle
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one cardiac cycle takes ~__ seconds
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0.8
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heart beats ~ __ times/min.
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75
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used to hear heart
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stethoscope
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AV valves close (longer and louder)
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lub
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emilunar valve closes
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dup
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abnormal heart sound
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murmur
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blood isn't smooth as it runs through veins
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murmur
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narrowed veins
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stenosed
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progressive condition
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congestive heart failure
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weakening of the heart by coronary atherosclerosis
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congestive heart failure
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a closed transpot system how blood circulates inside the blood vessels
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vascular system
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english physician who illustrated that blood flows in circles
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William Harvey
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take blood away from heart
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arteries
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smaller arteries
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arterioles
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minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules
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capillaries
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drain the capillaries
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venules
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drain venules and empty into heart
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veins
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largest artery of body
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aorta
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as the aorta arches and moves down
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ascending aorta
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where aortic arch moves through the thorax along spine
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thoracic aorta
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thoracic aorta moves through diaphram
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abdominal aorta
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drains head and arms
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superior vena cava
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drains lower body
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inferior vena cava
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supplies neck, into skull and cranium
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internal carotid artery
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complete cirlce of blood vessels that surrounds the base of the brain
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circle of willis
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drain digestive oragns and deliver blood to liver
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hepatic portal
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in umbilical cord
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fetal circulation
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_ blood vessesl, _ umbilical vein, _ umbilical arteries
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3;1;2
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include arterial pulse, BP, respiratory rate, and body temp
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vital signs
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expand and recoil of an artery with each beat of left ventricle
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arterial pulse
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preassure the blood exerts against inner walls of blood vessles
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BP
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low BP, usually below 100
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hypotension
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high BP above 140/90
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hypertension
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input and outpt of air into lungs
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respiratory rate
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body temp. normal at __ deg.
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98.6
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tube heats and pumps blood by 4th week
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embryo
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4 chambers formed by 7th week
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embryo
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___ heart defects caues 50% of infant deaths
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congenital
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3 causes of birth defects/deaths
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(1)maternal (2)environmental (3)drugs during first 3 months
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occur when older
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varicose veins
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happens when you stand on feet a lot
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varicose vains
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aka purple snake lines
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varicose veins
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serous condtion of varicose veins
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thrombophlebitis
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veins swell and form clots
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thrombophlebitis
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when vessels fill with fatty calcified deposits
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coronary artery disease
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