Blood Pressure & Circulation
Which measurement is currently used to evaluate a patient’s blood pressure risk?
What is mean arterial pressure?
Which vein empties blood into the right atrium?
Superior vena cava
What is a temporary, localized lack of oxygen caused by poor blood flow?
Ischemia
What is angiogenesis?
Formation of new blood vessels
Which blood vessels carry oxygen-poor blood?
Pulmonary arteries
Which circuit delivers oxygenated blood to the body?
Systemic circuit
T/F hemoglobin can carry carbon dioxide?
True
Name two structures that are included in the lymphatic system?
Tonsils, lymph nodes, spleen, and lymphatic vessels
Which chamber delivers blood to the pulmonary trunk?
Right ventricle
Which wave hides atrial repolarization?
QRS complex
An unmoving clot in a blood vessel is called a...?
Thrombus
Which vessels are found in the coronary sulcus?
Circumflex artery and great cardiac vein
During fetal development, the ductus arteriosus connects the aorta with?
Pulmonary trunk
Which hormone is antagonistic to insulin?
Glucagon
Which wave represents ventricular repolarization?
T wave
Which heart blood vessel is also known as the "widow maker"?
Anterior interventricular artery
This term means to narrow
Stenosis
Which layer of the heart is continuous with the lining of the blood vessels and lines the heart interior?
Endocardium
diabetes is thought to be caused by...
Autoimmune attack on the beta cells of the pancreas
During which interval are the atria contracting?
P-Q interval
Name two illness that a person with chronic hypertension might suffer from?
Renal failure, Heart failure, Vascular disease
What is the purpose of venuous valves
To prevent backflow
Which painful condition involves inflammation of the outer linings of the heart?
Pericarditis
Blood leaves which chamber through the mitral (bicuspid) valve?
Left atrium
What is another name for the bundle of His?
Atrioventricular bundle (AV bundle)