Heart
Where are the Superior and Inferior Vena Cava?
Superior is at 2
Inferior is at 1
What is the function of capillaries?
To diffuse nutrients
What is the purpose of hemoglobin?
It's a protein that carries oxygen to your organs and tissues. It also transports carbon dioxide to the lungs
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What is hemostasis?
Stopping of blood
Where are the 4 chambers and what are their names?
3, 5, 10, 12
3 is right atrium, 5 is right ventricle
10 is left atrium, 12 is left ventricle
Compare and contrast arteries and veins
Arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins carry blood back to it
What's the scientific name for white blood cells?
Leukocytes
What's the antigen body for A and B blood types?
Type B blood has B antigens
Type A has A antigens
What are the three steps of Hemostasis?
Vascular Spasms, Platelet Plug Formation and Coagulation
Where is the pulmonary trunk?
Number 7
Do arteries have oxygen rich or oxygen poor blood?
Oxygen rich besides the pulmonary
What is the percentage of plasma in blood?
55%
Why doesn't type AB have any antibodies?
It has both antigens.
Define bp and how can you increase/decrease
the pressure of blood circulating in the blood vessels.
decrease: exercise, h20, good diet, less sodium, no smoking
Increase: smoking, caffeine, stress, bad eating, sedentary
Where are the pulmonary veins?
Number 9 on both sides
Do veins have oxygen rich or oxygen poor blood?
Oxygen poor besides the pulmonary veins
What is the function of red blood cells?
They contain hemoglobin so they carry oxygen to the body's organs and tissues
What does the positive and negative stand for in a blood type?
It is dependent on the person's Rh factor
Having this protein would result in positive and vice versa.
Where is your bp measured?
Through your arteries
Where are the tricuspid and bicuspid valves?
Tricuspid is number 4
Bicuspid is number 11
What part of the heart do the pulmonary veins bring blood to?
To the left atrium
Name 3 of the 5 white blood cells.
Any are acceptable
eosinophils, basophils, neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes
Who can A+, B+ and AB+ blood types give to?
A+ can give to A+ and AB+
B+ can give to B+ and AB+
AB+ can give to AB+ ONLY