Fluid Defense
A connective tissue that encloses a lymph node
What is a capsule?
Transport, regulation, protection
what are the three main functions of blood?
The two circuits of the heart
What is pulmonary and systemic?
The external layer of a blood vessel
What is Tunica Externa?
another word for breathing
What is respiration?
Makes up the wall of a lymphatic capillary
What is Squamous Epithelial Tissue?
A+ A- B+ B- AB+ AB- O+ O-
What are the number of different blood types seen in our lab
the mechanical events in the heart that follow electrical events
What is systole, diastole, and cardiac cycle?
The elastic artery in the abdomen/chest
What is the aorta?
The contraction of these muscles are responsible for the raising of the ribs when breathing
What is External Intercostal Muscles?
Blockage, backup of lymph system, and surgical disruption
What are the causes of Lyphedema?
This makes up 55% of blood and transports nutrients, hormones, and waste products
What is Plasma?
This sequence of excitation initiates the pumping of the heart
What is SA node to AV node to AV Bundle toR&L bundle branches to Purkinje fibers
Blood pressure is most commonly used to refer to this
What is systemic arterial pressure?
the tendency of tissues, especially lung tissue and arteries, to return to their original shape after being stretched or compressed
What is elastic recoil?
The indented region where blood vessels and nerves join a lymph node.
What is hilum?
Common pathology found in Southern Africa caused by an error in coding for ONE amino acid in a chain of 146 amino acids
What is Sickle-Cell Anemia?
Distinguishing characteristic of muscle cells found in the heart
What is intercalated discs?
The blood pressure that is audible when palpating and counting a pulse
what is Systolic?
a measure of lung function that indicates the maximum amount of air a person can exhale after taking a deep breath
What is Vital Capacity?
The name of the biggest lymph node that receives lymph from the intestine pelvis and lower limbs
What is cisterna chyli?
Hormone produced primarily in renal cortex stimulating production of RBCs in the bone marrow.
What is Erythropoietian?
Small opening found in fetuses where blood bypasses the repository system before birth
What is foramen ovale?
This process is obscured by the ventricular depolarization signal
What is atrial repolarization?
a complex mixture of lipids and proteins that lines the alveoli, reduces surface tension, and prevents lung collapse during breathing; ensures efficient gas exchange
What is pulmonary surfactant?