A cell that fragments to form platelets
What is a megakaryocyte?
A transport protein is needed to transport this type of hormone molecule in the blood
What is a lipid soluble hormone molecule?
Two sources in the body to obtain red blood stem cells
What is red bone marrow, spongy bone, placenta, or cord blood?
The inner layer of heart tissue
What is endocardium?
Needed to make T3 and T4.
What is Iodine?
The reason insulin can’t be taken orally.
Why proteins are broken down in the stomach?
Two major components that form after the death and phagocytosis of a RBC
What is heme and globin?
The heart chamber that forces blood through the pulmonary semilunar valve
What is the right ventricle?
Two agranulocytes.
What is monocyte and lymphocyte?
The endocrine gland that produces MSH.
What is the anterior pituitary?
The effect of an aspirin on the cardiovascular system
What inhibits platelet aggregation and vasoconstriction?
The function of the chordae tendinae
What prevents backflow of blood into the previous chamber?
A hormone that raises blood Calcium levels.
What is PTH?
Too much GH later in life
What is acromegaly?
A person with B Rh- blood can receive blood from
What is O Rh- and B Rh-?
The QRS wave represents this
What is ventricular systole, contraction or depolarization?
A hormone from the kidneys that stimulates erythrocyte production in response to hypoxia.
What is EPO?
The result of too little ADH produced (disease)
What is diabetes insipidus?
A vital substance necessary for clotting that is produced by bacteria in the large intestine
What is Vitamin K?
The primary pacemaker of the heart
What is the SA node?
The two functions of angiotension II in the RAA pathway
What is a vasoconstrictor and cause release of aldosterone?