Cardiovascular System
What is the main component of the cardio vascular system?
The Heart
What kind of tissue is blood considered as?
The Fluid Connective Tissue
What is the triple layered sac that surrounds the hearts' exterior?
The Pericardium
What is like a tree that starts from the trunk and divides into into branches?
The Arteries
What collects blood from all tissues and organs then returns it back to the heart?
The Veins
What are the complex winding set of tubes?
What is the yellowish fluid accounting for 52% to 62% of the bloods volume?
The Plasma
Epicardium, Myocardium & Endocardium
What is the main trunk of the arterial system?
The Aorta
What are the two types of peripheral veins?
Peripheral Venous & Peripheral Venules
What is the Arteriole(s)?
The smallest component of the arteries
What are Erythrocytes?
What are the circuits that begin and end at the heart?
The Pulmonary circuit & Systemic circuit
What do conducting arteries do?
What is the primary function of the lymphatic system?
The production, maintenance and distribution of lymphocytes; It provides defense against infections and other environmental hazards.
What are the microscopic vessel's in the cardio vascular system?
The Capillaries
What is known as the iron-rich protein inside the blood?
The Hemoglobin
What are the two valves that make up the atrioventricular valves (AV)?
The Bicuspid & Tricuspid valves
What are the ventricles that contract and eject blood from the heart?
Elasticity
What carries lymph from the peripheral tissues to the venous system?
Lymphatic Capillaries
What carries deoxygenated blood through the system?
The Veins and Venules
What are the two types of white blood cells that are phagocytes?
The Granulocytes and Agranulocytes
What two phases occur about 72 times a minute during the cardiac cycle?
The Systole & Diastole phases
(Systole Contraction Phase)
(Diastole Relaxation Phase)
What is contractability?
What removes 99% of the antigens as lymph flows through it?
Lymph Nodes