Cardio-terms
Blood Elements
Lungs Stuff
Digest This
Water Balance
100
Prevents blood from flowing back into the right atrium & allows blood to enter the right ventricle
Tricuspid Valve
100
The name of the type of cell pictured
White blood cells
100
The sudden onset of severe lung dysfunction affecting both lungs. Fluid builds in the alveoli due to a severe injury (head or chest) or illness (e.g. Pneumonia, COVID-19, Sepsis etc.) so the onset is sudden.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
100
First major section of the large intestine. It connects to the cecum (connector to the small intestine) on the starting end
ascending colon
100
blood vessel that carries blood away from the kidney and toward the heart
Renal Vein
200
carries blood from the right ventricle to the left lung
Left Pulmonary Artery
200
A person with this type of blood can donate to types B+ and AB+
B+ blood type
200
Air gets into the pleural cavity caused by a puncture of the lung or chest wall. This compresses the lung so that the patient has decreased or no breath sounds. Doctors must vent the air out
Pneumothorax
200
First section of small intestine which absorbs iron.
duodenum
200
The inner layer of kidney. Location of nephron loops as well as the collecting ducts
renal medulla
300
arrow indicates structure
Pulmonary vein
300
A person with no antigens at all has an O- blood type which is called a ...
Universal donor
300
Blood in the pleural cavity preventing one or both lungs from expanding
Hemothorax
300
An organ that stores bile and releases it into the small intestine as it is needed
Gallbladder
300
Kidneys have millions of these blood-filtering structures which reside primarily in the renal cortex of the kidney
nephron
400
Small blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
Arterioles
400
small, membrane bound cell fragments. Important to clotting
Platelets
400
A high-pitched whistle-like sound during expiration, typically with asthma, as air moves through a narrow or obstructed airway (bronchi & larger bronchioles)
Wheezing
400
The small intestine is lined with __________ which increase surface area to help with the absorption of nutrients.
Villi
400
Duct through which urine is discharged from the body.
urethra
500
Pulmonary Artery
500
cells that transport O2. (aka. Red Blood Cells) very numerous
Erythrocytes
500
The exchange of O2 & CO2 with the outside environment
External respiration
500
Food moves through your digestive system by waves of muscle contractions called __________.
peristalsis
500
The control of water balance, and the primary purpose of the excretory system. This in turn affects blood pressure and pH level
osmoregulation