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25 Cards in this Set
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What is the cardiovascular system? |
A closed system of the heart and blood vessels |
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What is the function of the cardiovascular system |
Is to deliver oxygen and nutrients and to remove carbon dioxide and other waste products |
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What is the pericardium? |
A double walled sac |
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What are the three layers of the heart wall |
Epicardium Myocardium Endocardium |
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Which vein drains the thorax |
The Azygous vein |
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Where do the L and R brachiocephalic veins receive venous blood from |
Subclavian veins Vertebral veins Inter jugular veins |
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What are the final branches of the aorta |
The L and R common iliac arteries |
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Which veins drain the legs |
Anterior and posterior tibial veins |
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Which veins are the longest of the body |
Great sapherous veins |
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Which vein drains the right ovary in females and right testicle in males |
The right gonadal vein |
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Which vein drains into the kidneys |
Left and right renal veins |
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What does the hepatic portal vein do |
Drains the digestive organs and travels through the liver before it enters systemic circulation |
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Which veins drain the liver |
Left and right hepatic veins |
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Which artery serves the brain stem and cerebellum |
The basilar artery |
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How are the anterior and posterior blood supplies United |
By a small communicating arterial branches |
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What does the placenta do for the baby |
Through this, the baby is able to receive gases, nutrients and waste |
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What three vessels does the umbilical cord contain |
The umbilical vein And the umbilical arteries (2) |
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What does the liver help maintain |
Proper glucose Fat And protein concentrations in blood |
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What is your pulse |
The pressure wave of your blood |
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What percentage does your pulse average |
70-76 beats per minute at rest |
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Which pressure do you write first when taking blood pressure |
Systolic and then diastolic |
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What do the letters CO and PR stand for |
CO- is the amount of blood pumped out of the left ventricle PR- is peripheral resistance |
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What is stroke volume? |
The volume of blood pumped per heart beat |
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What are the three layers of the micro anatomy |
Tunic intima Tunic media Tunic externa |
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What is the first branch of the abdominal aorta |
The celiac trunk |
