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25 Cards in this Set
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right side of heart
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receives used blood from body tissues-pumps to lungs to become oxygenated
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left side of heart
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receives oxygenated blood and pumps to body
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how blood flows:
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vena cava>right heart>pulmonary trunk>lungs>left heart>aorta>body>...
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left and right atria (reversed)
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chambers at top
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left and right ventricles (reversed)
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under atria
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arteries
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blood flows away from heart
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veins
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blood flows back to heart
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pulmonary arteries
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runs across top of heart
blood from heart to lung |
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pulmonary veins
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blood from lung to heart
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tricuspid valve
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between right atrium and ventricle
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bicuspid valve
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between left atrium and ventricle
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pulmonary semilunar valve
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valve on exit of right ventricle in PA
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aortic semilunar valve
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valve on exit of left ventricle in aorta
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auricle
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above atrium
dark flap of tissue that protects atria |
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heart rate
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count: beats/10secs(x6)
increases right after exercise: same in both genders |
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kidney
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major filtering unit of mammalian body
removes waste, restores blood components, regulates hydration |
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nephrons
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filter waste from blood to form urine
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glomerulus
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where blood enters nephron
network of capillaries w/porous epithelium |
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Bowman's capsule
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surrounds glomerulus
collecting chamber for water and solutes the fit through capillary pores |
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after Bowman's capsule, urine enters
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renal tubule (divided into proximal & distal convoluted tubule & loop of Henle) filters urine further before going to collecting duct
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glucose in urine
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function of pancreas
high glucose: diabetes |
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protein in urine
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excreted through urine
excess caused by caffeine or excessive exercise |
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ketone bodies in urine
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breakdown products of fat-acidic
excess=starvation or diabetes or excessive exercise |
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bilirubin in urine
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breakdown product of heme in hemoglobin
gives urine color excess=poor liver function |
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leukocytes in urine
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white blood cells
presence=UTI |
