What's Blood Got to Do With It?
The universal donor
What is Type O?
A baby born before 37 weeks of gestation.
What is premature?
Carries blood away from the heart.
What are arteries?
Another name for your voice box.
What is larynx?
The structure that leads from the bladder to the outside of the body.
What is urethra?
The universal recipient
What is Type AB?
A term that means painful cramping associated with menstruation.
What is dysmenorrhea?
Another name for severe chest pain.
What is angina pectoris?
Another name for your throat.
What is pharynx?
A stone formed within an organ by accumulation of mineral salts.
What is calculus?
Blood transfusion that uses patient's own blood.
What is autologous?
The male reproductive organ that contains the seminiferous tubules.
What is testes?
The pacemaker of the heart.
What is SA node?
An instrument used to measure lung capacity.
What is spirometer?
A blood test that measures kidney function by level of nitrogenous waste in the blood.
What is BUN (blood urea nitrogen)?
The three formed elements of the blood.
Erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets
A treatment procedure that removes a core of cervical tissue.
What is conization?
A surgical procedure that dilates a vessel using a balloon.
What is angioplasty?
Infectious bacterial disease of upper respiratory system, causing you to make a whoop sound when coughing.
What is pertussis?
The three stages of urine production.
What are filtration, reabsorption, and secretion?
A hereditary condition with prolonged blood clotting time.
What is hemophilia?
What is cryptorchidism?
Names of the heart valves.
(3 out of 4)
What are mitral (bicuspid), tricuspid (right AV), aortic (left semilunar), and pulmonary (right semilunar)?
A pulmonary infection caused by a fungus, found in dust and in pigeon/chicken droppings.
What is histoplasmosis?
A procedure that uses ultrasound to break up stones.
What is extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy?