The apex is on which area of the heart
What is inferior to the aorta and other vessels of the heart?
The chamber receives deoxygenated blood from the body?
What is right atrium?
The general function of the cardiovascular system?
What is transporting blood/oxygen + nutrients to body’s organs and tissues while removing waste products such as carbon dioxide?
The four chambers of the heart
What is right atrium, left atrium, right ventricle, left ventricle?
The regions of the body drain into the superior vena cava?
What is the head, neck, arms, and chest?
Is blood a connective tissue, and what are its components?
What is yes, it has a ECM + fibers. It is composed of 50% plasma 49% red blood cells 1% white blood cells and platelets?
The name of a flap-like extension that provides extra capacity when the amount of blood returning to the heart increases
What is the auricle?
The anatomy and function of a portal system
What is a circulatory pathway that connects two sets of capillaries with a vein or a series of veins, to transfer of substances between two distinct circulatory systems, It maintains homeostasis and carries out specialized bodily functions?
The features and function of erythrocytes?
What is the smallest cardiovascular cell that is anuclear, flexible and flat for maximum diffusion as they transport gasses and nutrients in the body, including hemoglobin?
The amount and names of valves in the heart
What is 4 (right AV valve, left AV valve, pulmonary semilunar valve, aortic semilunar valve)?
The three types of capillaries
What is Continuous: have small gaps in endothelial layer, but maintain basement membrane in tact
Fenestrated: have larger pores in the endothelial layer but complete basement membrane, for exchange
Sinusoidal: the rarest, has incomplete basement membrane, with large holes in the endothelial layer for large molecule exchange ?
The three granulocytes and their functions
What is Neutrophil: most common type of granulocyte, they are attracted to sites of infection and inflammation, where they engulf and destroy invading pathogens.
Eosinophils: respond to parasites and allergic reactions, where they regulate inflammation to limit damage
Basophils: also respond to allergies and parasitic infection, cause inflammation and attrack other wbc?
The name of the inner membrane of the serous pericardium?
What is visceral pericardium?
The path of blood flow to and from the right hip
What is aorta→ thoracic aorta→ abdominal aorta→ right common iliac—> arteriole—> capillary in hip (loose O2)—> venule—> right iliac vein—> Inferior vena cava—> right atrium?
The microscopic anatomy of the myocardium, including the location and function of the intercalated discs.
What is uninuclear, forked striated tissue, with many mitochondria which are connected with interccalated discs, which coordinate cells to form a contraction or heart beat