Blood
What is the study of blood called?
Hematology
What carries blood towards the heart?
Veins
What are the components of the cardiovascular system?
Blood vessels and heart
What is the medical term for a heart attack?
Acute myocardial infarction
What structure replaces red bone marrow?
Yellow bone marrow
What are the 4 components of blood?
Plasma, RBC, WBC, Platelets
What carries blood away from the heart?
Artieries
How many chambers are in the heart?
4
How can we manually get blood to pump from the heart?
CPR
What blood type contains Anti-B and Anti-A Antibodies?
Type O
What type of tissue is blood?
Connective (liquid)
Where does oxygen-depleted blood go?
Right heart
During a sprint, why do muscles need more blood flow?
More oxygen is required to produce more ATP
What might happen if a persons arteries become narrowed by plaque?
heart attack
How many liters of blood do adults have?
4-6 liters
What are the 3 core functions of blood?
Transport, Regulation, and Protection
Where does oxygenated blood arrive from?
The lungs
What are the core functions of the cardiovascular system?
Transportation, regulation, and protection
When there is an electrical malfunction of the heart, what occurs?
Sudden cardiac arrest
What happens to volume and pressue when there is high osmolarity?
The volume and blood pressure increase
What percent of blood is made up of plasma?
~55%
After systemic circulation, is the blood that arrives at the right heart oxygenated or oxygen-depleted?
Oxygen-depleted
What is the difference between the cardiovascular system and the circulatory system?
The circulatory system includes blood, but the cardiovascular system only contains blood vessels and the heart
When someone is experiencing an acute myocardial infarction, why might they feel pain in their left arm?
Referred pain (the neural pathways converge in the CNS)
What is the deficiency of plasma proteins?
Hypoproteinemia