What is transport Oxygen & nutrients throughout the body to tissue and organs
100
small arteries and small veins
What is arterioles and venules
200
These carry blood to the heart
What are veins
200
capillaries
What is smallest vessels bridging the gap between venules and arterioles
200
where is the tricuspid valve
What is right ventricle
200
where is the bicuspid valve
What is left ventricle
200
Interventricular septum
What is wall between the ventricles
300
function of nitroglycerin
What is vasodilation of vessels to improve perfusion of oxygen, particularly with vessels of the coronary system
300
Leukocytosis
What is high than normal or larger than the normal number of WBCs
300
a clot that has moved and a clot that is stationary
What is embolus and thrombus
300
endocarditis
What is inflammation of the inner lining of the heart. Can be caused by an infection or the inflammatory process
300
returns blood from head, neck, chest, upper extremities
What is superior vena cava
400
aneurysm
What is weakened, ballooned arterial wall that can burst causing hemorrhage. Can be caused by HTN, injury/trauma.
400
pump blood to lower chambers of the heart
What is atria
400
pumps blood through aorta to rest of body
What is left ventricle
400
pumps blood to the lungs
What is right ventricle
400
returns blood from pelvic, trunk, organs, abdomen, lower extremities
What is inferior vena cava
500
how does heart muscle receive oxygen and nutrients
What is left ventricle pumps blood through the aortic valve into the aorta and a small portion of that blood is pushed from the aorta into the coronary arteries
500
the only vein and artery in which the carrying of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood is opposite
What is pulmonary
500
Myocardial Infarction/Heart Attack
What is blockage of coronary artery preventing blood flow to heart muscle
500
Anemia
What is decreased amount of RBCs in the blood
500
Leukemia
What is bone marrow cancer that causes a large number of immature WBCs to form, therefore causing the Pt to have a higher than normal white blood count