Anatomy
Blood vessels
Cardiac cycle
Cardiovascular Disorders
Blood Components
100

Right upper chamber of the heart that receives deoxygenated blood.

What is the right atrium?

100

These blood vessels carry blood AWAY from the heart. 

What are arteries?

100

The contraction phase of the cardiac cycle.

What is systole?

100

The condition is characterized by high blood pressure.

What is hypertension?

100

This component of blood is responsible for carrying oxygen.

What are red blood cells (erythrocytes)?
200

These structures prevent the backflow of blood in the heart.

What are heart valves?

200

These are the SMALLEST blood vessels in the body.

What are capillaries?

200

The node in the heart that initiates electrical impulses.

What is the sinoatrial (SA) node?

200

The medical term for heart attack.

What is myocardial infarction?

200

These cells are responsible for CLOTTING blood.

What are platelets?

300

The heart is located in this body cavity?

What is thoracic cavity?

300

The LARGEST artery in the body.

What is the aorta?

300

The relaxation phase of the cardiac cycle. 

What is diastole?

300

The condition is characterized by the accumulation of fatty deposits in the arteries.

What is atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries?

300

The LIQUID portion of blood is called this.

What is plasma?

400

This particular artery supplies oxygenated blood to the heart muscle itself.

What is the coronary artery?

400

These vessels carry blood back to the heart.

What are veins?

400

The medical term for RAPID heartbeat. 

What is tachycardia?

400

This condition is characterized by an irregular heartbeat.

What is arrhythmia?

400

These cells are responsible for fighting infection.

What are white blood cells (leukocytes)?

500

The term for the OUTER layer of the heart muscle.

What is the epicardium?

500

These TINY vessels connect arterioles to venules.

What are capillaries?

500

The volume of blood pumped out by each ventricle per minute.

What is cardiac output?

500

This procedure is used to examine the inside of blood vessels.

What is an angiography?

500

This iron-containing protein in red blood cells that binds with oxygen.

What is hemoglobin?

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