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20 Cards in this Set
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The central nervous system is made up of what 2 things
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Brain and Spinal Cord
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Nerves originating in the brain and spinal cord and traveling to the peripheral parts of the body form this?
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Peripheral Nervous System
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The peripheral nervous system is made up of what 3 things?
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Cranial Nerves
Spinal Nerves Sympthetic Nervous System |
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The circulatory system consists of? (4)
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Heart
Arteries Veins Capillaries |
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The interior of the heart is divided lengthwise into halfs, separated by a wall of tissue called?
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Septum
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The upper chambers are called?
and the lower chambers are called? |
Upper = Atrium
Lower = Ventricle |
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The average human body contains approximately ____ liters of blood?
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5 Liters
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Oxygen is carried by red blood cell and there are approximately ___ million (RBC) in a drop of blood.
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300 Million
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Hemoglobin is a complex chemical compound containing ____? It also takes up about ____% of oxygen it can carry at normal partial pressure.
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Iron
98% |
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The processes of breathing and the exchange of gases in the lungs are referred to as? (2)
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Ventilation
Pulmonary Gas Exchange |
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An adult at rest normally has a respiratory rate of approximately?
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12 to 16 breaths per min
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This is the volume of air moved in or out of the lungs during a single normal respiratory cycle.
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Tidal Volume
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Tidal Volume usually gives about ____ liter for an adult at rest and ____ liters for working.
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1 1/2 liter
3 liters |
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This is an abnormal deficiency of oxygen in the arterial blood?
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Hypoxia
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Which organ is the most vulnerable by the effects of Hypoxia
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Brain
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A drop in ppO2 below ___ata causes the onset of hypoxic symptoms. ____ ata helplessness, and ___ata is unconsicous.
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0.16 ata hypoxic starts
0.11 ata helplessness 0.10 ata unconsicous |
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General blueness of the lips, nail beds, and skin is called
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Cyanosis
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This is abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the blood and body tissues
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Hypercapnia
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This is excessive breathing resistance my cause shortness of breath and a sensation of labored breathing withOUT any increase in blood carbon dioxide level
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Dyspnea
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Hypercapnia will intensify the symptoms of narcosis T/F?
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True both are addictive
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