This sac composed of serrous tissue encloses the heart
What is the pericardium?
100
These are the (4) components of blood.
What are erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets, and plasma?
100
This is the largest artery in the body.
What is the aorta?
100
This type of circulation delivers blood to the body.
What is systemic circulation?
100
this disorder cause red blood cells to take on a "C" shape.
What is sickle-cell anemia?
200
This major vein delivers blood from the upper body into the right atrium.
What is the superior vena cava?
200
This makes up 45% of the blood volume (HINT: not a specific component)
What is hermatocrit?
200
This type of blood vessell has only one tunic.
What is a capillary?
200
Gas exchange in body tissues occurs here.
What are capillary beds?
200
The name of this disorder literally means "white blood."
What is leukemia?
300
This small muscular projection anchors the chordae tendoneae to the heart wall.
What is the papillary muscle?
300
The liquid part of blood that lacks clotting proteins is known as this.
What is serum?
300
These are the (3) tunics from superficial to deep.
What are the tunica externa, tunica media, and tunica intima?
300
These supply the blood that nourishes the heart.
What are coronary arteries?
300
This disorder presents as chest pain, caused by oxygen deprivaion in the myocardium.
What is angina pectoralis?
400
This is the first branch (right side) of the pulmonary arch.
What is the brachiocephalic artery?
400
This chemical controls the osmotic pressure of blood.
What is albumin?
400
(3) major differences between veins and arteries
What are valves, thickness of tunica media, and type of blood (or to/away from heart)
400
Cardiac veins empty into this.
What is the coronary sinus?
400
This clotting disorder is caused by insufficient platelets
What is thrombocytopenia?
500
During prenatal life, this acts as vascualr communication between the aorta and the pulmonary trunk.
What is the ductus arteriosus?
500
These are the types of granulocytes in order by #/cubic mm.
What are neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils?
500
Pathway of blood flow through the body starting with arteries and ending with veins
What are ateries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins?
500
The pathway of cardiac circulation from the right atrium to the aorta.
What is right atrium->tricuspid valve-> right ventricle->
pulmonary semilunar valve-> pulmonary artery-> lungs->
pulmonary vein-> left atrium-> bicuspid valve-> left ventricle-> aortic semilunar valve-> aorta
500
This condition is caused by the failure of the left side of the heart, and if untreated, can lead to suffocation.