The Heart
The double-walled membranous sac that encloses the heart.
What is the Pericardium?
The smallest blood vessels in the body.
What is Capillaries?
What is Tachycardia?
A pounding or racing heartbeat.
What is Palpitation?
The two upper chambers of the heart.
What is the Atria?
Blood vessel in which the walls are thinner and less elastic than those of the arteries.
What is Veins?
A potentially life-threatening infection that results from bacteria entering the blood stream.
What is Sepsis?
A localized weak spot or a balloon-like enlargement of the wall of an artery.
What is an Aneurysm?
The two lower chambers of the heart.
What is the Ventricles?
Also known as white blood cells.
what is leukocytes?
A thrombus attached to the interior wall of a deep vein.
What is a Deep Vein Thrombosis?
A foreign object, such as a blood clot, that is circulating in the blood.
What is Embolus?
Carry deoxygenated blood out of the right ventricle and into the lungs.
What is Pulmonary Arteries?
the blood component that transports oxygen.
What is Hemoglobin?
The loss of a large amount of blood in a short time.
What is a Hemorrage?
Means to stop bleeding.
what is Hemostasis?
Supply oxygen-rich blood to the myocardium.
What is Coronary Arteries?
Also known as platelets, they play an important role in the clotting of blood.
What is Thrombocytes?
A type of anemia caused by the failure of blood cell production in the bone marrow.
What is Aplastic Anemia?
A type of anemia that is a genetic disorder and causes abnormal hemoglobin.
What is Sickle Cell Anemia?