IMPORTANT VALUES
Normal pulse rate
What is 72 bpm
The pacemaker of the heart
What is the SA node or sinoatrial node
Vessels that carry blood away from the heart
What are Arteries
Results from abnormal or decreased amounts of hemoglobin or RBC's
What is anemia
The liquid part of blood
What is plasma
Normal hemoglobin value for males and females
What is 12-18 g
Double layered serous membrane sack enclosing the heart
What is the pericardium
Artery in the wrist, just under the thumb that is a common site to take a pulse
What is the radial artery
Narrowing of an artery due to fatty plaque buildup
What is atherosclerosis
The scientific name for a red blood cell
What is an erythrocyte
Normal blood pressure reading
What is 120/80
Where the right side of the heart pumps blood to
What is the lungs
Artery behind the knee
What is popliteal
Heart rate ↑100 bpm
What is tachycardia
This component of blood is responsible for clotting openings within the blood vessels.
Platelets
Normal White blood cell value
What is 5000-10,000 mm³
Valve located between the right ventricle and pulmonary arteries
What is the pulmonary semilunar valve
Three vessels that empty into the right atrium of the heart
What are the Superior Vena Cava, Inferior Vena Cava, and Coronary sinus
In angina pectoris, this layer of the heart is not receiving an adequate blood/oxygen supply
What is the myocardium
This group of blood cells is responsible for fighting off infection, producing antibodies, and phagocytize foreign particles.
What are white blood cells
Normal red blood cell reading
What is 4.2-6.2 million mm³
Valve located between the left ventricle and the aorta
What is the aortic semilunar valve
Artery on the top of the foot
What is dorsalis pedis
Problems in the rhythm of the heartbeat, often diagnosed with an ECG/EKG
What is an Arrhythmia
The protein inside a RBC that carries oxygen.
What is hemoglobin
Normal Hematocrit reading
What is 45%
The atrioventricular valves are located between the atria and ventricles. Name the valve located between the RA and RV and between the LA and LV
What are the tricuspid valve and bicuspid or mitral valve
Artery in the bend of the elbow; a common site to measure blood pressure
What is brachial
Sac like formation in the walls of an artery due to a weakness in the arterial wall
What is an aneurysm
People with this blood type are known as "universal donors"
Type O
The top number of blood pressure reading represents
What is ventricular contraction or systole
The A-V valves open when the atria _____ and the ventricles _____. The semilunar valves open when the atria _____ and the ventricles _____.
What is contact - relax and relax - contract
Blood moves through blood vessels in the following sequence
What is through arteries - arterioles - capillaries - venules - veins
Blood clot circulating in the bloodstream.
What is an embolus
People with this blood type as known as "universal recipients"
Type AB