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Pulmomary circulation |
Carries blood from the right ventricle to the lungs to the left atrium |
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Systemic circulation |
Provides blood supply to rest of the body Carries oxygen and nutrients to the cell |
Larger circulation |
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Arteries |
Carrys blood away from the heart |
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Veins |
Carry blood back to the heart |
Are blue from unoxygenated blood |
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Capillaries |
Thinnest walls Close to the cells Most numerous Exchanges vessels |
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Arterioles |
Smallest arteries Resistance vessels |
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Tunica intima |
Inner most wall Continuous with endocardium |
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Tunica media |
Middle coat of vessel wall |
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Tunica adventitia |
Outer coat of vessel wall Support and protect blood vessels |
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The aorta |
Major artery Originates in the hearts left ventricle Ends in pelvic cavity |
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Ascending artery |
Rises from left ventricle |
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Right and left coronary arteries |
Branch from myocardium |
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What comws off of the Aortic arch |
Brachinocephalic Left common carotid Left subclavian
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Brachinocephalic |
Supplies right side of body Neck shoulder and upper head |
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Left common cartoid |
Highest part of the aorta arch Left side of neck and head
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Left subclavian |
Supplys to left shoulder and upper arm Rises from aortic arch |
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Right subclavian artery |
Right extension of brachinocephalic artery |
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Right common cartoid |
Arises from brachinocephalic |
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Thoracic aorta |
Extends from aortic arch to diaphragm |
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Abdominal aorta |
Extends from thoracic to abd |
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Distal abdominal aorta |
Splits into right and left common iliac arteries |
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Internal iliac artery |
Goes to Pelvic organs and external reproductive extremites |
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External iliac artery |
Provides blood to lower extremites |
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Celiac trunk |
Short artery that divides into gastric, splenic and hepatic |
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Descending artery |
Abd area Celiac trunk 2 mesenteric arterys Renal arteries |
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Vena cava |
Largest vein in body |
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Svc and ivc goes where |
Right atrium |
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Saphenous |
Longest vein in body Begins in foot and goes to external iliac |
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Tibial veins |
Drains calf and foot |
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Popliteal vein |
Behind knee Goes to femoral vein |
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Blood pressure lowering medicines are |
Dilating blood system |
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Vasodilation |
Dilating blood system |
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Thymus glad |
Gland that goes away after puberty |
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Lympth looks like |
Plasma clear fluid |
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Which lymphoid organ is a reservoir for blood |
Spleen |
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Vibration traveling through veins |
Pulse |
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Do you need your spleen |
No |
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Lymphoids in the groin are called |
Inguinal Trap and destroy bacteria |
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Lymph nodes under armpit are called |
Axillary |
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Cervical lymph nodes are found where |
Neck |
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Jugular |
Main vein that drains blood from the brain |
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Which is the only artery that carrys unorxygenized blood? |
Pulmonary artery |
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Largest vein in the body |
Aorta |
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Which branch of artery serves stomach spleen and liver |
Celiac trunk |
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Basilic vein, median, ulnar and radial artery are located where |
Forearm |
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Blood pressure What/what |
Systolic/diastolic |
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Common place to measure blood pressure |
Brachial |
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Subclavian vein |
Gets lymph from large lymphatic vessels/ducts an returns to circulation Is where lymph goes then back into circulation |
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Spleen is located where |
LUQ |
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What else does the spleen do |
Filters blood, gets rid of worn out red blood cells Resivor of blood |
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Edema |
Swollen |
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When lymph muscles arent draining so well its called |
Edema |
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Inflammation of veins |
Phlebitis Thrombophlebitis |
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Lymph nodes does what |
Filter and trap pathogens |
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Ascending artery |
Comes up from left ventricle Right and ledr coronary arteries branch from myocardium |
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Descending artery |
Foes to abdominal aorta |
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Hepatic portal circulation |
Carrys blood to digestive end products from organs of digestion to liver |
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Portal vein |
Carries blood from the organs of digestion to the liver |
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Radial |
Head pulse site |
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Femoral |
Groin pulse point |
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Common cartoid artery |
Shoulder pulse point |
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Posterior tibal artery |
Pulse point in crotch |
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Dorsalis pedis artery |
Foot pulse point |
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3 sets of tonsils |
Palatine Pharyngeal Lingual |
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White pulp |
Lymphoid tissue consisting of lymphocytes Spleen tissue |
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Red pulp |
Filled with blood and disease preventing cells Spleen tissue |
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