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34 Cards in this Set
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Production of red blood cells is called ___________.
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erythropoeisis
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Name the 3 groups of blood vessels
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arteries
capillaries veins |
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the smallest artery is called...
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arterioles
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Makes up 1/3 of red blood cells weight
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hemoglobin
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What is Hemosiderin?
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an iron pigment stored in liver and recycled to make new hemoglobin.
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What is Biliruben?
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a waste product that leaves the liver and becomes part of the bile-forming pigment in bile.
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What is Globin?
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a protein that is metabolized in the liver
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Where is blood pressure the highest?
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in the aorta and pulmonary trunk
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Blood pressure is always the lowest in...
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Superior Vena Cava (svc)
Inferior Vena Caca (ivc) vs and pulmonary veins |
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All blood cells form in
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red bone marrow from pleuripotent hematopoietic stem cells
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Average temperature of blood
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38 degrees celcius
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What is pH of blood
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7.35 - 7.45
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Average volume of blood
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5 liters
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Blood has 2 major components called
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Plasma (55% of blood)
Formed Elements (45% of blood) |
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Characteristics of plasma
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clear to yellowish straw color.
92% water and 8% solutes. the majority of solutes tend to be plasma proteins. |
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The 3 major groups of plasma
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albumins
globulins fibrinogens |
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Function of globulin
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to produce plasma proteins.
makes 38% |
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Fibrinogens are important for
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blood clotting
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You can find these things in plasma
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electrolytes
vitamins nutrients hormones |
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Formed elements are
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Erythrocytes *red blood cells
Leukocytes *white blood cells Thrombocytes "platelets |
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"Hemo" means
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formation of blood
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General functions of blood
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to carry oxygen, nutrients, and hormones and transport them to body tissues.
then blood brings the waste products back where its eliminated |
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Blood functions to
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transport
regulation; (controls temp., pH and water content of cells) protection; (contains clotting factors and antibodies that destroy bacteria) |
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Albumins major function
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to help maintain water balance and blood volume
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Name the arteries
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left and right common carotid
left and right subclavian brachiocephalic arch of aorta left and right coronary ascending aorta descending aorta left and right common illiac |
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know these veins
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right and left external jugular
right and left subclavian right and left internal jugular inferior vena cava, superior vena cava |
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name white blood cells
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neutrophils
eosinophils basophils monocytes |
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all blood vessels enter and exit the heart through
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the base or on top of the heart
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location of heart
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slightly to left of midline and tipped to front.
Shaped like upside-down triangle found between lungs and behind sternum |
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what is mediastinum
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mass of tissue that covers the heart
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name the 2 circulatory routes
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pulmonic and systemic
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what divides heart between right and left
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a thick muscular band called septum
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what is the route for pulmonic
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begins in right ventricle. deoxygenated blood pumped out to lungs, It dumps carbon dioxide and picks up oxygen. then oxygenated blood is returned to left atrium
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what is the route for systemic
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begins in left ventricle, pumps out oxygenated blood to all organs, tissues and cells. Dumps oxygen and picks up carbon dioxide then returns to right atrium.
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