Blood disorders
This is when the hemoglobin is an abnormal crescent shape.
What is sickle cell anemia
This is the conducting pathway of the heart.
What is the SA node -> AV node -> Bundle of his -> Bundle branches -> Purkinje fibers
This factor is included in both intrinsic and extrinsic pathways in order to create a clot.
What is factor 10a
This tunic has vasomotor function and contains smooth muscle.
What is tunica media
Fluid flows in this direction.
What is an area from high pressure to low pressure
Occurs in mediterranean ancestry where one of the globulin chains is missing.
What is thalassemia
A traveling blood clot is called this.
What is an embolism
This substance dissolves/breaks down clots
Plasmin
To get blood back to the heart, through the veins, they have this to help prevent the back flow of the blood.
What are valves
When there is a decrease in volume of space, it does this to pressure.
What is increase pressure
There is an abnormally low white blood cell count.
What is leukopenia
What are lymphocytes
In the extrinsic pathway this is released from the damaged tissues to initiate clot formation.
What is tissue factor III
This type of capillary has pores, but proteins and whole cells cannot pass through them.
What is a fenestrated capillary.
To alter cardiac output, using extrinsic regulation, you can increase heart rate by using this agent.
What is positive chronotropic agents
This is an autoimmune disease in which prevents the body from absorbing vitamin B12.
What is pernicious anemia
This type of WBC reacts during parasitic infection or allergic reactions.
What are eosinophils
This enhances calcium's binding ability to clotting factors
What is vitamin K
This type of artery expands during systole and recoils during diastole.
What are elastic arteries
When blood is flowing abnormally in the heart due to scar tissue build up.
What is stenosis
Wendy does a blood test that shows that she has an excessive amount of erythrocytes which has increased her blood viscosity. Wendy is then diagnosed with this.
What is polycythemia
The process by which WBC’s squeeze through the walls of blood vessels and go out into the tissues.
What is diapedesis
What is thrombin
These are the primary controllers of blood flow because they create the greatest amount of resistance.
What are arterioles.
The more blood returned to the heart (the more EDV), the more blood will be ejected with each beat (the more SV). This defines what?
The Frank-Starling law of the heart