Blood Pathway
Blood returning from the body enters the heart at this chamber
What is the Right Atrium?
Two large Veins that feed into the heart
What is Vena Cava (inferior and superior)?
Systolic BP over 130 and diastolic above 80
What is hypertension?
A thin, watery fluid composed of intercellular fluid, forms when plasma diffuses into tissue spaces
Lymph
The function of the Lymphatic System
Removes wastes, excess fluids, fights infection, provides immunity
Right Ventricle pushes blood into this artery before going to the lungs for oxygen
What is the pulmonary artery?
Receives blood from the right atrium
What is the right ventricle?
2 risk factors for circulatory diseases that are controllable
What are Smoking, diet, exercise, and reducing stress?
This part of the lymphatic system is very similar to how blood flows through your body
Lymph vessels
An example of active immunity
Vaccines
Left ventricle pushes blood into this large vessel before sending blood to the rest of the body
What is the aorta?
Receives blood from the left atrium, pumps blood into aorta to go to the rest of the body
What is the left ventricle?
2 risk factors that are uncontrollable
Family Hx, genetics, Race, and aging
Located in groups or clusters in your axillary, groin area, neck
Lymph nodes
An example of passive immunity
mother to newborn
Oxygenated blood comes from the lungs to these veins before flowing to the left atrium
What are the pulmonary veins?
Valve between the Right atrium and right ventricle
What is Tricupsid Valve?
A ballooning out of, or sac-like formation on, wall of a blood vessel
Aneurysm
This mass of lymphatic tissue is the back of your throat and filters fluids
Tonsils
Enlargement of this gland can be caused by infection, and, if it ruptures, you can bleed to death bc it stores red blood cells and destroys old red blood cells
Spleen
Systole begins as these atria are filling and these chambers contract
What are the ventricles?
Valve located between Left atrium and Left Ventricle
What is the mitral valve?
Fatty plaques (cholesterol) deposited on the walls of the arteries
Atherosclerosis
This mass of lymph tissue, located in the upper chest, atrophies (wastes away) after puberty
Thymus
Immune deficiency disease, body lacks resistance to infection, weight loss, appetite loss, night sweats, rashes, swollen lymph nodes, fatigue, etc.
AIDS