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Numerous tiny bits of cytoplasm
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platelets
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large cells in the bone marrow
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megakaryocytes
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major artery of the heart through which all other arteries arise
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aorta
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Fluid composed of blood plasma minus certain macroproteins?
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lymph
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name the three types of granular leukocytes
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neutrophils
eosinophils basophils |
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An agent that causes dilation of the blood vessels
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vasodilator
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A common way to measure heart function. A graphic tracing of the variations of electrical potential caused by excitation. Attaches leads
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electrocardiogram
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Affixed to sites on the body in order to pick up electrical activity underneath?
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electrodes
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leukocytes are also called
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white blood cells
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examination of the segments along the left and right mediastinal borders
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silhouette
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radionuclide procedure which evaluates ventricular function and wall motion?
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ventriculography
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Obtained by dividing stroke volume by the end-diastolic volume?
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ejection fraction
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Deep structures are examined by x-ray using a fluoroscope?
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fluoroscopy
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Two categories of radionuclide?
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Perfusion and ventriculography
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Name the two types of agranular leukocytes
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lymphocytes and monocytes
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Name the major valves of the heart.
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tricuspid
right atrioventricular aortic mitral bicuspid |
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What does SPECT stand for?
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single photon emission computed tomography
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dipyridamole
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A coronary vasodilator
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Use of ultrasound to view and evaluate heart function?
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echocardiography
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studies which use a signal to stimulate the passage of an electronic circuit?
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gated
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A commonly used echocardiogram?
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Doppler (capitalized)
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what is the difference between the atria and the ventricles?
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ventricles pump blood into the arteries. Atria receive venous blood from the veins.
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Where all veins eventually come together
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superior vena cava
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Two major blood vessels which empty into right atrium?
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superior vena cava and
inferior vena cava |
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another word for deep?
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profunda or profundus
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"curved like a bow"
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circumflex
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Structure found close or closer to the surface of the body?
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superficial
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Carry blood to the heart?
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veins
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Radionuclide procedure which show the myocardium or myocardial infarcts.
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Perfusion
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leukocytes can be divided into two basic categories
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granular and agranular
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pumps blood into the aorta and into the systemic arteries
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left ventricle
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cellular portion of blood is composed of these
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erythrocytes
leukocytes thrombocytes |
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pumps blood through the pulmonary trunk into the lungs
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right ventricle
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Fluid portion of blood
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Plasma
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Act of striking a part with short, sharp blows and listening to the sound which this produces?
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percussion
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relaxation of the heart chamber
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diastole
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Name the four chambers of the heart
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right ventricle
left ventricle right atrium left atrium |
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Name the three different layers of the heart
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epicardium
myocardium endocardium |
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actual contraction of the heart chamber
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systole
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Where is the heart located?
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in the chest (thoracic) cavity between the lungs in the mediastinum
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oxygen-carrying pigment of the erythrocytes
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hemoglobin
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Constitute of 45% of total blood volumn
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red blood cells or erythrocytes
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Name the most common lymph nodes?
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popliteal
inguinal (groin) lumbar (pelvic) cubital axillary (upper extremity) cervical |
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Act of listening for sounds within the body?
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auscultation
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arteries and veins feed into these. It is where the exchange of gases, nutrients, electrolytes, hormones and other components occur
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capillaries
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Small, oval bodies composed of reticular tissue which is adapted specifically to filter lymph?
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lymph nodes
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Site of lymphocyte production within the node?
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germinal centers
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