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what are the two components of the internal environment?

Blood and intersticial plasma

100

what are the three types of blood cells?

erythrocytes, leukocytes, thrombocytes

100

What are the two chambers of the heart?

Atrium and ventricle

100

Which is a decrease in the number of red blood cells?

Anaemia or hemophilia?               

                                                       


    

anaemia

100

who has thinner walls: arteries or veins?

veins

200

what fills the existing spaces between cells?

intersticial plasma

200

what are the 3 functions of blood?

1. transport of nutrients, oxygen, waste products

2. defence against infections

3. regulation of body temperature

200

_______ carry blood AWAY from the heart.

Arteries

200

what is a hereditary disease that is charasterised by the absence of certain proteins from the blood plasma that are needed for blood coagulation?

Hemophilia

200

What is a varicose vein?

                              

abnormal dilatations of veins.

                       

                                                       


    

300

what is the function of the capillaries?

allows the exchange of molecules between blood and cells.

300

what does the blood in the capillaries do?

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provides cells with nutrients and oxygen and removes waste products and carbon dioxide.

300

What is inflammation of the endocardium caused by a bacterial infection?                

                            


                                                       


    

                                                       

Endocarditis    

300

What is thrombosis?

                            

the formation of a blood clot inside an artery                      

                                                       


    

300

What is double blood circulation

                                                                       Blood has to travel twice through the heart in order to complete the whole circuit.

                                                       


    

400

true or false: an aneurism is an abnormal dilatation of an artery

                                                    


    

false; blood vessel

400

what is the function of thrombocytes?

allow blood to coagulate (blood clotting).

400

what type of circulation is this:                                   The blood never leaves the blood vessels.

                                                       


    

closed

400

What is the difference between a heart attack and heart failure?

Heart failure is when the heart is unable to provide adequate blood flow for the body’s needs and a heart attack is lack of blood in the myocardium due to an

obstruction of one of the heart’s coronary arteries

                

                                                       


    

400

                                                                       

what stops blood from going backwards?
                        

                                                       


    

valves

500

describe the diastole step of a heartbeat

The heart relaxes and sucks blood coming from the cava and pulmonary veins into the atriums.

500

what makes up plasma?

water with minerals (90%), nutrients (glucose, amino acids, vitamins...), waste products (urea, uric acid, CO2 ), proteins and dissolved hormones.

500

describe the order of the pulmonary circuit

right ventricle, pulmonary artery, lungs, pulmonary veins, left atrium, left ventricle

500

What is leukaemia?

                           

an excesive increase in the number of abnormal white blood cells, as well as a decrease in the number of normal blood cells.

                    

                                                       


    

500

true or false: in a complete circulation, Oxygenated blood proceeding from the lungs mixes with deoxygenated blood coming from the rest of the body.

                                                       


    

false. it never mixes

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