Circulatory Anatomy
Approx. how much does a heart weigh.
What is 1lb.
What is the inferior vena cava.
Blood pressure within this range is considered normal.
What is 90/60 - 12/80.
Where red blood cells are made.
What is bone marrow.
What is the medical term for white blood cells?
What are leukocytes.
Blood vessels that bring blood back to the heart.
What is a vein.
Blood flows through this valve as it enters the right ventricle.
What is the tricuspid valve.
The artery that is used when taking blood pressure.
What is the brachial artery.
Component of blood that is important in the clotting process.
Platelet
Medical root word for muscle.
What is my/o.
The largest artery in the human body.
What is the aorta.
Where does the blood flow once it leaves the pulmonary vein?
What is the left atrium.
What is a sphygmomanometer.
What substances are transported by blood?
What are waste and nutrients.
What is the medical term for red blood cells?
What are erythrocytes.
Anatomy of the heart that keeps deoxygenated blood from mixing with oxygenated blood.
What is the blood vessel that delivers oxygen rich blood to the body's cells?
What is the aorta.
A blood pressure of 128/78 is considered.
What is elevated.
What type of tissue is blood?
What is connective tissue.
Medical prefix that means withing or inside.
What is endo.
The medical term for the heart wall that is made of muscle.
What is the myocardium.
Type of blood that flows on the left side of the heart.
What is oxygenated blood.
The force your heart exerts on the walls of your arteries each time it beats.
What is systolic pressure.
What percentage of the blood is plasma?
What is 55%.
Medical root word that means vein.