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51 Cards in this Set
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Name the two divisions of the circulatory system |
Lymphatic and blood vascular |
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Vessels which Transformer are called what |
Lymphatic |
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Name the three vessels of the blood vascular system |
Arteries, calculators and veins |
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What is called filter blood |
Lymph |
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Lymph enters the lymphatic by what process |
Osmosis |
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Body cells outside the blood stream are served food and oxygen by what |
Lymph |
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What percentage of the body weight is blood |
5% |
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What is the average amount of blood in the body |
4 quarts |
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How much more lymph does the body have them blood |
3 times |
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What is the source of nourishment in the blood |
Food we eat |
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How does nourishment into the bloodstream |
Walls of small intestines |
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What is the name of the waste matter relieved from the blood by the lungs |
Carbon dioxide |
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The process of burning of food by cells is called what |
Oxidation |
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What is the name of the tiny air sacs in the bronchial tubes and lungs which purify blood |
Alveoli |
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What is the composition of blood |
Red and white corpuscles, plasma and platelets |
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What carries oxygen to tissues |
Red corpuscles |
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What part of the blood helps to protect the body from disease germs |
White corpuscles |
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What part of the blood carries |
Plasma |
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Blood cells are called what |
Corpuscles |
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What is the fluid part of the blood |
Plasma |
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What is another name for red corpuscles |
Leucosytes |
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What is another name for white corpuscles |
Leucosytes |
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What are known as the policeman of the body |
White corpuscles |
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Which blood vessel operates between the arteries and veins |
Capillaries |
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Which vessels carry blood from the heart |
Arteries |
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Which vessels carry blood to the heart |
Veins |
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Which nervous system controls circulation |
Sympathetic |
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Name 4 ways to promote artificial circulation. |
Massaging, heat applications, hi frequency, and alcohol solutions |
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What part of the body has the highest point from the heart |
Scalp |
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Name the two systems of the blood circulation |
General and Pulmonary |
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The pulmonary system, arteries transport their kind of blood |
Impure |
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Can the general system, veins transport what kind of blood |
Pure |
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What color is period blood |
Bright red |
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What part of the body does the external carotid arteries serve |
Scout, face and neck |
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What is the coloring matter of the red corpuscle |
Hemoglobin |
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What is the ratio of red to White corpuscle |
700/1 |
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What is the name of the vein that returns blood from the lower part of the body to the heart |
Inferior vena cava |
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Which vein carries blood from the stone, face and neck |
Jugular |
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Which is the purpose of the valve in the blood vessel hand heart |
To prevent the backflow of blood |
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How many cavities does the heart have |
4 |
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How many times per minute does the heartbeat |
72 - 80 |
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What is the name of the membrane enclosing the heart |
Pericardium |
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Name the two largest arteries in the body |
Aorta and pulmonary |
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How long does it take the blood to circulate throughout the entire body |
23 seconds |
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What is the study of the circulatory system |
Angiology |
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What is the normal temperature of the body |
98.6 degrees Fahrenheit |
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What is erythroblast |
Forerunner of red corpuscles |
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What is the name of the white corpuscles found in the lymph glands |
Phagocytes |
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Ate there any capillaries in the cuticle of the skin |
No |
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Where in the heart is the tricuspid valve |
Between the right auricle and the right ventricle |
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What is the name of the heart valve located between the left ventricle and the orta artery |
Aortic valve |
