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Another name for a white blood cell |
LEUKOCYTE
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Another name for a red blood cell
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Erythrocyte |
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Another name for a platelet |
Thrombocyte |
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A lymphocyte that shows antibody production |
Suppressor T-cell |
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A lymphocyte that matures in the thymus and stimulated antibody production |
Helper T-cell |
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What is the name of the protein that carries oxygen in the blood? |
Hemoglobin |
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What do you call the amount of oxygen carrying protein in the RBCs of whole blood? |
Hemoglobin |
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Which kind of leukocytes is/are not an agranulocyte? |
Granulocytes |
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________ are examples of granulocytes. |
Basophils, neutrophils, esoinphils |
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_______ are examples of agranulocytes. |
Lymphocytes, monocytes |
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The clear, watery fluid that remains after a blood clot has been removed from the blood is called |
Serum |
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The golden straw colored fluid left after the formed elements are removed from blood is called |
plasma |
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Your patient has type B blood. Can you give him type A blood? |
No |
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Your patient had type AB blood. Can you give her type O blood? |
Yes |
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Is there any type of blood you cannot give to someone who has type AB+ blood? |
No |
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What type(s) of blood can you give someone who type O- blood? |
O- |
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The outer most layer of the heart |
Epicardium |
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The middle layer of the heart |
Myocardium |
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An upper chamber of the heart |
Atrium |
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A lower chamber of the heart |
Ventricle |
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The valves of the heart are formed from _______ (layer) of the heart. |
Endocardium |
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Infections (i.e. rheumatic fever) of the ________ can cause a heart murmur. |
Value |
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The area of tissue damaged by lack of blood supply |
infraction |
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Inflammation of heart muscle |
myocarditis |
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Inflammation of the outer layer of the heart |
pericarditis |
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Inflammation of the inner layer of the heart |
endocarditis |
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An instrument for recording the electrical activity of the heart |
EKG, ECG |
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A procedure for measuring the pressure developed in each chamber as the heart contracts |
cardiac cathederization |
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Clot formation in the coronary arteries results in a |
myocardial infraction |
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The scientific name for a blood clot is |
Thrombus |
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A heart rate of 30 (in an adult) of 150 beats per minute is described as |
Tachycardiac |
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A heart rate of 30(in an adult) bpm is described as |
Bradycardic |
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The small vessel where exchange take place (the only vessel where exchange takes place) |
Capillary |
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The vessels that deliver blood too the capillaries |
Arteriole |
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The group of vessels that carries blood to and from the lungs for gas exchange is called the ________ circulation. |
Pulmonic |
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The group of vessels that carries blood to and from the body (except lungs) is called the ______ circulation. |
Systemic |
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The branches of the abdominal aorta that supply blood to the kidneys |
Renal Arteries |
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A region of the medulla oblongata that controls blood vessel diameter |
Vasomotor Sensor |
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Poison produced by a pathogen |
Toxin |
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Any foreign substance introduced into the blood that provokes an immune response |
Antigen |
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A fraction (part) of the blood plasma that contains antibodies |
Serum |
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Manufacture of antibodies against one's own tissue |
Antoimmune |
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Which is the only specific defense against an infection? |
Immunity |
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Another name for a thrombocyte |
Clot |
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Another name for erythrocytes |
RBC- Red blood cell |
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Another name for leukocytes |
WBC- White blood cell |
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A substance that often accumulates when leukocytes are actively destroying bacteria |
Pus |
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Death of tissue in the muscle layer of the heart is called |
Myocardial Infraction |
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The term for a circuit that carries venous blood to a second capillary bed before it returns to the heart |
Portal vein |
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The large vein that drains blood from the parts of the body below the diaphragm |
Inferior Vena Cava |
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The large vein that drains blood from the parts of the body above the diaphragm |
Superior Vena Cava |
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The mean by which a pathogenic organism invades the body |
Portal of entry |
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The lymphocyte that turn into plasma cells |
B-cells |
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The lymphocyte that starts the Antigen - Antibody reaction |
Helper T-cell
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The cells that actually produce the antibodies |
Plasma Cells |
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The cell that ingests pathogens |
Macrophages |
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The cell that interleukins stimulate |
B-Cells |
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The vessel that carries food form the digestive tract to the liver |
Hepatic Portal Vein |
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The vein that drains the area supplied by the carotid artery |
Jugular Vein |
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What change in blood vessel diameter is caused by smooth muscle contractions? |
Vasoconstriction |
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What change in blood vessel diameter is caused by smooth muscle relaxation? |
Vasodialation |
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The value between the right atrium and right ventricle |
Tricuspid |
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The value between the left atrium and left ventricle |
Mitral, Bicuspid |
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The value between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery |
Pulmonary |
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The value between the left ventricle and the aorta |
Aortic |
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A protein produced by the body to destroy a foreign substance introduced into the body |
Antibody |
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Blood serum contains immunity proteins called |
Immunoglobulin |
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The manufacture of antibodies to substances that normally do not harm the body |
Allergy |
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How many specific defenses against disease are there |
One, immunity |
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Cells become clumped when mixed with a specific antiserum (wrong type of blood). This clumping is called ____________. |
Agolutination |
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The volume percentage of red blood cells in whole blood |
Hematocrit |
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Another name for the epicardium is visceral ___________. |
Pericardium |
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The contraction phase of the cardiac cycle |
systole |
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The relaxation phase of the cardiac cycle |
Diastole |
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A sound that may result from a heart defect, such as abnormal closing of a heart value |
Mumor |
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Aspirin is an example of this type of drug |
Anticoagulant |
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Clot Busters are a group of drugs medically referred to as |
Thrombolitics |
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Capillaries combine to form the smallest veins, called |
Venules |
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The large vessels that supplies blood to the head |
Carotid Artery |
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The vessel supplying oxygenated blood to the liver |
Hepatic Artery |
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An example of a nonspecific defense is |
Sough, sneeze, intact skin |
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Cells that combine with foreign antigens and present them to T-cells |
Macrophage |
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Which of the following will result in active immunity |
Immunization |
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A lymphocyte that produces antibodies |
Plasma cells |
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The wave of pressure from each ventricular contraction |
Pulse |
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A large vessel which carries blood from the lungs to the heart |
Pulmonary Veins |
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The largest vessel that carries blood from the heart to the lungs |
Pulmonary Arteries |
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The large vessel that carries blood from the liver to the heart |
Inferior Vena Cava |
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Term for blood pressure measured during heart muscle contraction |
Systolic |
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Term for the blood pressure measured during the heart muscle "relaxation" |
Diastolic |
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Scientific name for a disease causing organism |
Pathogen |
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When blood returns from the lungs it enter the _________ (a chamber) |
L Atrium |
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When blood passes through the bicuspid valve it enters the |
L ventricle |
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When blood leaves the left ventricle it passes through the ______valve. |
aorta |
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When blood passes through the aortic valve it enters the _________ (a vessel) |
Lungs |
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The aorta takes blood to the entire body except the |
Lungs |
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The blood returns to the heart (from everywhere but the lungs) by the ______________ and ______________(vessels). |
Inferior & Superior Vena Cava |
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When blood returns to the heart from the superior and inferior vena cava it enters the __________( a chamber) |
R atrium |
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When blood passes through the tricuspid valve it enter the __________ (a chamber) |
R ventricle
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When blood leaves the right ventricle it goes through the ________ valve. |
Pulmonary |