Blood
Blood type O
What is the universal donor?
most common type of anemia
What is iron-deficient anemia?
covering of the heart
What is the pericardium?
one contraction (systole) + one relaxation (diastole)
What is a cardiac cycle?
when bloodflow from the brain stops, depriving it of oxygen
What is a stroke?
Made of 90% water and 8% proteins
What is plasma?
results from the absence of clot factor
What is hemophilia?
divides the heart chambers
What is the septum?
the cardiac center where the heart is controlled
What is the medulla oblongata?
another way of saying heart attack
What is a myocardial infarction?
the process of the blood clotting
What is hemostasis?
caused by excess bilirubin from immature liver
What is jaundice?
carries oxygenated blood from left ventricle to all of body
What is the aorta?
these monitor blood pressure and send info back to cardiac center
What are baroreceptors?
abnormal swelling of a blood vessel due to wall weakness
What is an aneurysm?
the two types are granulocytes and agranulocytes
What are leukocytes?
cancer of blood
What is leukemia?
heart muscle and thicker on left side than right
What is myocardium?
nerve fibers found in the septum
What is the bundle of His?
most common cause of coronary artery disease
What is cardiomyopathy?
erythrocytes, leukocytes and thrombocytes
What are the 3 main components of blood?
cancer of plasma in bone marrow
What is multiple myeloma?
located between the ventricles and prevents blood backflow into the atria
What is the atrioventricular valve?
a hormone that affects heart rate
What is epinephrine?
hardened plaque buildup that hardens one or more coronary arteries
What is atherosclerosis?