Starts with A
Tiny air sacs in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place.
What are alveoli/ alveoli sacs
Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
What are arteries
The source of an infectious agent
What is reservoir
A swelling or mass of blood, caused by blood leaking out from a blood vessel during or following venipuncture
What is hematoma
Another term for winged infusion set
What is butterfly needle
Pertaining to or referring to the front of the body; also called ventral
What is anterior
The upper receiving chambers on each side of the heart
What is atria/atrium (singular)
Person with decreased ability to resist infection
Process by which the body stops the leakage of blood from the vascular system after injury, also known as the coagulation process
What is hemostasis
The point of a needle that is cot on a slant for ease of skin entry
What is the bevel
Tissue that means fat
What is adipose
The largest artery in the body, arising from the left ventricle of the heart
What is the aorta
The pathogen responsible for causing an infection.
Infectious/causative agent
Production and development of blood cells and other formed elements, normally in the bone marrow
What is hemopoiesis/hematopoiesis
Large vein on the inner side of the antecubital area that is the last choice vein for venipuncture in either venous distribution pattern
What is the basilic vein
The area of the arm that is anterior to (in front of) and below the bend of the elbow, where the major veins for venipuncture are located.
What is antecubital fossa
What is Electrocardiogram/ECG/EKG
The way for an infectious agent to leave a resorvior host
What is Exit Pathway
A high concentration of potassium in the blood
The second-choice antecubital vein for venipuncture in the H-shaped vein pattern, located in the later aspect of the antecubital fossa
What is the cephalic vein
Protein substance manufactured by the body in response to a foreign protein or antigen and directed against it.
What is antibody
Irregularity in the heart's rate, rhythm or beat
What is arrhythmia
The degree to which the microbe is capable of causing disease
What is virulence
A low level of oxygen in the blood
What is hypoxemia
What is the median vein