The Engine and the Tubes
This organ has 4 chambers and is responsible for pumping blood to all parts of the body.
What is the Heart?
This liquid component makes up 55% of the blood mixture, distinct from the blood cells, and is mostly water.
What is Plasma?
This federal agency (abbreviation) regulates workplace safety and published the Bloodborne Pathogens standard.
What is OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)?
The normal resting heart rate for an adult is between these two numbers.
What is 60 and 100 bpm?
This condition involves the hardening or narrowing of arteries due to plaque buildup.
What is Atherosclerosis?
These strong, elastic blood vessels always carry blood away from the heart.
What are Arteries?
Also known as Leukocytes, these cells fight off infections in the body.
What are White Blood Cells (WBCs)?
Gloves, masks, goggles, and gowns are all examples of this 3-letter acronym.
What is PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)?
In a blood pressure reading of 120/80, the top number (120) represents this type of pressure.
What is Systolic?
A bleeding disorder where the blood does not clot properly, often due to a lack of platelets.
What is Hemophilia?
This specific valve is located between the Left Atrium and the Left Ventricle.
What is the Mitral (or Bicuspid) Valve?
A person with this specific blood type is considered a "Universal Donor."
What is O Negative (O-)?
Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C primarily cause inflammation and damage to this internal organ.
What is the Liver?
This concept in healthcare means treating everyone as if they are infectious to prevent disease transmission.
What are Universal Precautions?
This condition is caused by a lack of iron, meaning the blood cannot carry enough oxygen to the body.
What is Anemia?
These tiny vessels form a network connecting arteries and veins, where the exchange of materials occurs.
What are Capillaries?
These Y-shaped proteins are produced by the body to "fight for you" against foreign substances.
What are Antibodies?
According to standard precautions, sweat, tears, and saliva do not transmit disease unless they contain this.
What is Blood?
Blood pressure is measured using a stethoscope and this device (often called a blood pressure cuff).
What is a Sphygmomanometer?
This blood cancer causes white blood cells to multiply at an alarming rate in the bone marrow.
What is Leukemia?
While arteries usually carry oxygenated blood, this specific artery carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs.
What is the Pulmonary Artery?
This is the approximate volume of blood in a human adult.
What is 4-6 Liters?
This written document details a workplace's risk of exposure and the actions needed if an exposure event occurs.
What is an Exposure Control Plan (ECP)?
This side of the heart is responsible for driving Systemic Circulation (sending blood to the rest of the body).
What is the Left Side?
Responsible for 25% of sudden deaths in athletes, this condition involves the enlargement of the heart wall between the ventricles.
What is Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)?