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It's a Bloody Mess
Take another little piece of my heart
Follow Your Path
Be Immune to It
It's No Joke
100
55%
Plasma makes up what percentage of blood?
100
What is the body organ that pumps blood
Heart
100
What part of the heart does blood enter first?
Right Atrium
100
What is the specialized lymph tissue embedded in the mucous membranes around the throat?
Tonsils
100
What is a reduction of the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood
anemia
200
Red Bone Marrow
Where are Red Blood Cells formed primarily?
200
What is an excessively rapid heart beat
Tachycardia
200
What is the double layered sac that surrounds and protects the heart?
Pericardium
200
Lymph nodes
What produces lymphocytes? They are arranged in clusters.
200
Lymphedema What is swelling of extremities due to excessive lymph fluid?
Lymphedema
300
What is the mineral found in the hemoglobin of blood and that carries oxygen to body cells
iron
300
What separates the atria from the ventricles
Atrioventricular valves
300
The pulmonary veins carry ________ blood from the lungs to the heart?
Oxygenated
300
What is the most important element to combat infection?
White Blood Cells
300
Phlebitis What is inflammation of the walls of the vein?
Phlebitis
400
Which blood cells are mature only in red bone marrow?
B Cells
400
What lies within the right atrium and initiates the cardiac impulse
SinoAtrial node
400
What carries deoxygenated bllod to the lungs?
Pulmonary Arteries
400
What drains the left quadrants and the lower body into the left subclavian vein?
Thoracic duct
400
What is the disease characterized by painful joints, fever, fatigue, enlarged lymph nodes and sensitivity to li
lupus
500
What are genetically determined proteins on the surfaces of Red Blood Cells?
Antigens
500
Which part of the brain is also known as the cardiovascular center
medulla oblongata
500
Which heart cahmber has the thickest wall?
Left Ventricle
500
What is the lymphatic organ that stores blood cells and destroys old red bllod cells and platelets?
spleen
500
What is the narrowing and hardening of arteries caused by accumulation of lipid plaques in their walls?
Atherosclerosis