Heart
Blood Vessels
Blood
Lymphatics
Pathology
100
The two inferior chambers of the heart
What is ventricles
100
The vessel that is the smallest and where the exchange of gases, nutrients and wastes
What is capillaries
100
Liquid connective tissue made up of formed elements and plasma
What is blood
100
The fluid that leaves the interstitial spaces and is transported back to the bloodstream via lymphatic vessels
What is lymph
100
disease causing organisms; i.e. bacteria, virus, fungi, parasites to name a few
What is pathogens
200
The layer of the heart that acts as the actual pumping mechanism
What is myocardium
200
The largest vein that transports blood into the heart
What is vena cava
200
Medical terminology for red blood cell
What is erythrocyte
200
Small, encapsulated bean shaped structures that are located along lymphatic vessels and provide a filtering function.
What is lymph nodes
200
A temporary deficiency or decreased blood supply to tissues
What is ischemia
300
The part of the brainstem that regulates the heart rate, blood pressure, as well as respiration
What is medulla oblongata
300
Vessels that transports oxygenated blood from the heart to body tissues and deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs.
What is arteries
300
The component of the RBC that binds to oxygen
What is hemoglobin
300
The amount of pressure necessary to provide lymphatic drainage
What is very light
300
Decrease in systolic and diastolic pressure
What is hypotension
400
The two types of mechanisms that move blood through the venous systems
What is skeletal and respiratory
400
Veins that transports deoxygenated blood from the heart muscle to the right atrium
What is coronary/cardiac
400
The thick straw colored fluid that is the majority component of blood
What is plasma
400
The lymphocytes that are destined to become T cells go here to mature
What is thymus gland
400
The type of disease that occurs when the body is unable to determine self cells from non-self cells
What is autoimmune disease.
500
The heart tends to guide the other body rhythms with its own rhythm. This synchronization phenomenon is known as
What is entrainment
500
Force exerted on the walls of the blood vessels due to the pumping action of the heart
What is blood pressure
500
A type of white blood cell that is responsible for protecting the body from pathogens
What is lymphocytes
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