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Another name for a white blood cell

LEUKOCYTE
Another name for a red blood cell

Erythrocyte

Another name for a platelet

Thrombocyte

A lymphocyte that shows antibody production

Suppressor T-cell

A lymphocyte that matures in the thymus and stimulated antibody production

Helper T-cell

What is the name of the protein that carries oxygen in the blood?

Hemoglobin

What do you call the amount of oxygen carrying protein in the RBCs of whole blood?

Hemoglobin

Which kind of leukocytes is/are not an agranulocyte?

Granulocytes

________ are examples of granulocytes.

Basophils, neutrophils, esoinphils

_______ are examples of agranulocytes.

Lymphocytes, monocytes

The clear, watery fluid that remains after a blood clot has been removed from the blood is called

Serum

The golden straw colored fluid left after the formed elements are removed from blood is called

plasma

Your patient has type B blood. Can you give him type A blood?

No

Your patient had type AB blood. Can you give her type O blood?

Yes

Is there any type of blood you cannot give to someone who has type AB+ blood?

No

What type(s) of blood can you give someone who type O- blood?

O-

The outer most layer of the heart

Epicardium

The middle layer of the heart

Myocardium

An upper chamber of the heart

Atrium

A lower chamber of the heart

Ventricle

The valves of the heart are formed from _______ (layer) of the heart.

Endocardium

Infections (i.e. rheumatic fever) of the ________ can cause a heart murmur.

Value

The area of tissue damaged by lack of blood supply

infraction

Inflammation of heart muscle

myocarditis

Inflammation of the outer layer of the heart

pericarditis

Inflammation of the inner layer of the heart

endocarditis

An instrument for recording the electrical activity of the heart

EKG, ECG

A procedure for measuring the pressure developed in each chamber as the heart contracts

cardiac cathederization

Clot formation in the coronary arteries results in a

myocardial infraction

The scientific name for a blood clot is

Thrombus

A heart rate of 30 (in an adult) of 150 beats per minute is described as

Tachycardiac

A heart rate of 30(in an adult) bpm is described as

Bradycardic

The small vessel where exchange take place (the only vessel where exchange takes place)

Capillary

The vessels that deliver blood too the capillaries

Arteriole

The group of vessels that carries blood to and from the lungs for gas exchange is called the ________ circulation.

Pulmonic

The group of vessels that carries blood to and from the body (except lungs) is called the ______ circulation.

Systemic

The branches of the abdominal aorta that supply blood to the kidneys

Renal Arteries

A region of the medulla oblongata that controls blood vessel diameter

Vasomotor Sensor

Poison produced by a pathogen

Toxin

Any foreign substance introduced into the blood that provokes an immune response

Antigen

A fraction (part) of the blood plasma that contains antibodies

Serum

Manufacture of antibodies against one's own tissue

Antoimmune

Which is the only specific defense against an infection?

Immunity

Another name for a thrombocyte

Clot

Another name for erythrocytes

RBC- Red blood cell

Another name for leukocytes

WBC- White blood cell

A substance that often accumulates when leukocytes are actively destroying bacteria

Pus

Death of tissue in the muscle layer of the heart is called

Myocardial Infraction

The term for a circuit that carries venous blood to a second capillary bed before it returns to the heart

Portal vein

The large vein that drains blood from the parts of the body below the diaphragm

Inferior Vena Cava

The large vein that drains blood from the parts of the body above the diaphragm

Superior Vena Cava

The mean by which a pathogenic organism invades the body

Portal of entry

The lymphocyte that turn into plasma cells

B-cells

The lymphocyte that starts the Antigen - Antibody reaction

Helper T-cell

The cells that actually produce the antibodies

Plasma Cells

The cell that ingests pathogens

Macrophages

The cell that interleukins stimulate

B-Cells

The vessel that carries food form the digestive tract to the liver

Hepatic Portal Vein

The vein that drains the area supplied by the carotid artery

Jugular Vein

What change in blood vessel diameter is caused by smooth muscle contractions?

Vasoconstriction

What change in blood vessel diameter is caused by smooth muscle relaxation?

Vasodialation

The value between the right atrium and right ventricle

Tricuspid

The value between the left atrium and left ventricle

Mitral, Bicuspid

The value between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery

Pulmonary

The value between the left ventricle and the aorta

Aortic

A protein produced by the body to destroy a foreign substance introduced into the body

Antibody

Blood serum contains immunity proteins called

Immunoglobulin

The manufacture of antibodies to substances that normally do not harm the body

Allergy

How many specific defenses against disease are there

One, immunity

Cells become clumped when mixed with a specific antiserum (wrong type of blood). This clumping is called ____________.

Agolutination

The volume percentage of red blood cells in whole blood

Hematocrit

Another name for the epicardium is visceral ___________.

Pericardium

The contraction phase of the cardiac cycle

systole

The relaxation phase of the cardiac cycle

Diastole

A sound that may result from a heart defect, such as abnormal closing of a heart value

Mumor

Aspirin is an example of this type of drug

Anticoagulant

Clot Busters are a group of drugs medically referred to as

Thrombolitics

Capillaries combine to form the smallest veins, called

Venules

The large vessels that supplies blood to the head

Carotid Artery

The vessel supplying oxygenated blood to the liver

Hepatic Artery

An example of a nonspecific defense is

Sough, sneeze, intact skin

Cells that combine with foreign antigens and present them to T-cells

Macrophage

Which of the following will result in active immunity

Immunization

A lymphocyte that produces antibodies

Plasma cells

The wave of pressure from each ventricular contraction

Pulse

A large vessel which carries blood from the lungs to the heart

Pulmonary Veins

The largest vessel that carries blood from the heart to the lungs

Pulmonary Arteries

The large vessel that carries blood from the liver to the heart

Inferior Vena Cava

Term for blood pressure measured during heart muscle contraction

Systolic

Term for the blood pressure measured during the heart muscle "relaxation"

Diastolic

Scientific name for a disease causing organism

Pathogen

When blood returns from the lungs it enter the _________ (a chamber)

L Atrium

When blood passes through the bicuspid valve it enters the

L ventricle

When blood leaves the left ventricle it passes through the ______valve.

aorta

When blood passes through the aortic valve it enters the _________ (a vessel)

Lungs

The aorta takes blood to the entire body except the

Lungs

The blood returns to the heart (from everywhere but the lungs) by the ______________ and ______________(vessels).

Inferior & Superior Vena Cava

When blood returns to the heart from the superior and inferior vena cava it enters the __________( a chamber)

R atrium

When blood passes through the tricuspid valve it enter the __________ (a chamber)

R ventricle


When blood leaves the right ventricle it goes through the ________ valve.

Pulmonary