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20 Cards in this Set
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What cell type in the blood are responsible for blood clothing?
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Platelets
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What are the only cells in human blood that have a nucleus?
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White blood cell
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What blood cells are responsible for fighting infections?
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White blood cells
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What is the fluid portion of the blood called?
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Plasma
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What is the name of the protein in your blood that picks up oxygen?
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hemoglobin
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What blood vessels contain valves that prevent the backflow of blood?
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Veins
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Gas exchange occurs through the membranes of what type of blood vessel?
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Capillaries
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What is the circulation of blood to the lungs called?
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Pulmonary
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What is the circulation of the blood to the heart called?
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Cardiac
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What is the name of the membrane surrounding the heart?
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Pericardium
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What is the name of the muscular wall that separates the two sides of the heart>
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Septum
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What is the name of the type of valve that is found in the aorta and pulmonary artery
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Semi-lunar valve
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What is the name of the largest and most muscular chamber of the heart?
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Left Ventricle
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What chamber of the heart contains the SA node?
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Right Atrium
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What is the name of the type of valve in the heart that separates each atrium and ventricle?
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Atrioventricular
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What is the name of the largest artery in the body?
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Aorta
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What is the name of the vein that delivers blood to the right atrium?
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Vena Cava
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What is the name of the blood vessel that carries de-oxygented blood from the heart to lung?
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Pulmonary Artery
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What is the name of the two veins that bring blood from the body into the heart?
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Vena cava
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order of electrical system:
Atrial contraction, AV node, Bundle of His, Purkinje fibres, SA node, ventricle contraction |
SA node, atrial contraction, AV node, bundle of His, purkinje fibres, ventricle contraction
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