Heart
Blood
Cardiovascular System 1
Cardiovascular System 2
Cardiovascular System 3
100

Cavity in which the heart resides

Thoracic Cavity

100

What is the liquid portion of blood?

plasma

100

Sites of gas exchange

Capillaries

100
These blood vessels carry blood to the heart.
Veins
100
What blood vessels carries blood away from the heart?
Arteries
200

Where deoxygenated blood enters the heart

right atrium

200

What protein carries the highest portion of O2 in the blood?

Hemoglobin

200

Largest artery in the body

Aorta

200

The name of the artery that branches off into the brachial artery. 

Axillary Artery 
200

Artery that runs deep to the patella

Popliteal Artery

300

Heart chamber that supplies oxygenated blood to the body

Left Ventricle

300

What is the function of the cells known as leukocytes? (general function)

Immune response (fight infection)

300

Veins that drain the head

Jugular Veins

300

Arteries that supply blood to the brain

Carotid Arteries

300

Blood vessel that carries blood from the lower body into the right atrium

Inferior vena cava

400

Blood vessel carrying oxygenated blood to the left atrium

pulmonary vein

400

Where do red blood cells form?

Red bone marrow

400

Genetic blood disorder that changes the shape of red blood cells into crescent shapes

Sickle Cell Anemia

400

cardiac muscle cells are striated, have intercalated discs, and are highly ___________. 

Branched
400

What does the Rh factor determine in blood?

Positive and negative 
500

Anatomical term for the pacemaker

Sinoatrial node

500

A patient has type AB blood. What donors could they receive blood from?

Types A, B, AB, or O
500

Blood type that present no antigens

Type O

500

Arterial blood structure at the base of the brain which connects to the internal carotid arteries. 

Circle of Willis

500

What are the tendons that connect the valves to the cardiac muscle to prevent backflow muscles?

chordae tendinea

600

What part of the EKG pattern  is caused by the contraction of the right and left atria?

P wave

600

What is the term for the blood condition caused by a cancerous overproduction of white blood cells?

Leukemia

600

Abnormally increased heart rate

Tachycardia 

600

When you feel your pulse on your wrist, which blood vessel is that?

Radial Artery

600

The friction of the blood and the walls of blood vessels produces this force which hinders blood flow. 

Peripheral resistance

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