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19 Cards in this Set
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System where blood is confined to vessels and is distinct from the interstitial fluid (What humans have)
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Closed circulatory sysem
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Three major elements of the cardiovascular system
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The heart, blood and blood vessels
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The heart
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Cardiac muscle tissue
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Four chambers of the heart
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Left atrium Right atrium
Left ventricle Left ventricle |
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Pulmonary circuit
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The blood pathway betwwen the right side oft he heart and the lungs (and back to the left side)
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Systemic circuit
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The pathway between the left side of the heart and the body tissues (and back to the right side)
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Blood vessels
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Network of tubes
- Arteries - Capilaries - Veins |
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Move away from the heart
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Arteries
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Move towards the heart
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Veinss
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Where gas and nutrient waste takes place
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Capilaries
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Blood plasma (liquid part of blood) contains
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Hormones, antibodies, nutrients, dissolved gas, wastes, water and clotting factors
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Erythrocytes
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Red blood cells
- Carry hemoglobin and oxygen - No nucleus - Cannot repair themselves |
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Leukocytes
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White blood cells
- Formed in the bone marrow - Fight infection - Five types: neutrophilis, lymphocytes, eosinophilis, basophils and monocytes |
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Thrombocytes
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Platelets
- Cell fragments - Formed in bone marrow - Clot blood by sticking together (via protein fibers called fibrosin) |
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Anemia
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Lack of iron in the blood
Low red blood cell count |
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Leukemeia
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White blood cells proliferate widely (causing anemia)
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Hemophilia
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Lack of fibrinogen in thrombocypes
"Bleeder's disease" |
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Heart murmur
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Abnormal heart beat caused by valve problems
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Heart attack
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Myocardial Infarction
Blood vessels aroung the heart become blocked with plaque |
