Drains blood from the head to the Right atrium
What is the superior vena cava
Another name for the visceral layer of the heart.
What is the epicardium.
The pulse pressure if systolic pressure is 110 mmHg, and diastolic pressure is 80 mmHg.
What is 30 mmHg.
The effect of blood colloid concentration on hemodynamics.
What is reabsorption.
A percentage of a person’s red blood cells as a ratio to the whole blood:
What is hematocrit.
The pacemaker of the heart
What is the Sinoatrial Node
The first major blood vessel branching from the aortic arch.
What is the brachiocephalic artery.
The vertebral artery branches from this blood vessel.
What is the subclavian artery.
The structure into which most veins of the brain drain.
What are the dural sinuses.
The WBC in greatest concentration in the blood.
What are neutrophils.
Prevents AV valves from everting into the atria.
What is chordae tendinae.
Prevents blood flow back into the left atrium
What is the bicuspid/mitral valve
Blood flow to which body area will be affected by a blockage in the second blood vessel to branch from the aortic arch.
What is the head.
The hormone from the anterior pituitary affected by an increase in plasma osmolarity.
What is antidiuretic hormone.
Indication of parasitic infection through a blood test.
What is high level of eosinophils.
Drains blood from cardiac tissue into the right atrium
What is the coronary sinus
What is the LA - bicuspid - LV - aortic SL valve - aorta - systemic circulation- SVC + IVC - RA - tricuspid - RV - Pulm. SL valve - pulmonary trunk - pulmonary arteries - lungs - pulm veins - LA
A remnant of the fetal bypass from the pulmonary trunk to the aorta.
What is the ligamentum arteriosum.
The blood vessel carrying oxygen rich blood to the liver from the small intestine.
What is the hepatic portal vein.
Site of erythropoietin production.
What is the kidney.
Effect of congestive heart failure of the left ventricle.
What is pulmonary edema.
The stroke volume of the left ventricle of a heart with an EDV=100mL, and ESV=50 mL, and a cardiac output of 2,400 mL/min.
What is the 50 ml/beat.
Vessels that drain into the superior vena cavae.
What are the right and left brachiocephalic veins.
Organs involved in renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
What are kidneys, lungs, and liver.
A high packed cell volume as found in athletes who train in high altitude areas.
What is polycythemia.