Balancing Act
The body’s ability to maintain a stable internal environment
What is homeostasis?
The cells known for fighting infection
What are white blood cells?
Blood pressure that is consistently too high
What is hypertension?
A heart procedure done by inflating a balloon in a blood vessel
What is an angioplasty?
The term referring to the state of contraction
What is systole?
The organ that helps to maintain fluid and electrolyte balance
What is the kidney?
The cells used for respiratory gas transport
What are red blood cells?
The condition causing an abnormal heart rate of over 100 bpm at rest
What is tachycardia?
A common practice after an angioplasty to hold the blood vessels open
What is stenting?
A protein in red blood cells that delivers oxygen to tissues
What is hemoglobin?
Receptors that sense changes in blood pressure
What are baroreceptors?
Fragments of cells that stop bleeding by forming a plug
What are platelets?
A typically fatal condition causing the ventricles to quiver
What is ventricular fibrillation?
Heart surgery requiring a graft of a vein to reroute blood around a blockage
What is bypass surgery?
The gas exchange between the blood and the lungs
What is external respiration?
Receptors that sense changes in the CO2 and pH of the blood
What are chemoreceptors?
Immune cells known for cell-mediated immunity
What are T-cells?
A parasitic disease that blocks lymph and causes swelling, primarily of the legs
What is elephantiasis?
A kidney failure treatment filtering blood in a dialysis machine outside of the body
What is hemodialysis?
A hormone secreted by platelets that causes vasospasm
What is serotonin?
A hormone that helps regulate blood pressure by managing sodium levels
What is aldosterone?
The primary cells in producing antibodies to fight infection
What are B-cells?
The condition that increases heart action due to abnormally high blood calcium levels
What is hypercalcemia?
A surgical procedure done to reduce the size of the stomach
What is a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy?
The hormonal system that regulates blood pressure and fluid balance
What is the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS)?