Cardiovascular System
This organ pumps blood through the body
What is the heart?
Blood flows from the right atrium to this valve
What is the tricuspid valve?
These cells carry oxygen
what is red blood cell (RBC)?
Smallest blood vessels
What are capillaries?
What is lymph?
The phase of the heartbeat when the heart relaxes?
What is diastole?
This vessel carries blood from the lungs to heart
What are the pulmonary veins?
The liquid portion of blood.
What is plasma?
These receptors sense blood pressure
What are baroreceptors?
What are lymph nodes?
The vessel that carries oxygenated blood away from the heart
What is an artery?
What is the mitral (bicuspid) valve?
Blood cells responsible for clotting
What are platelets?
Valves in the the heart are used to prevent this
This organ produces lymphocytes
What is the bone marrow?
This chamber pumps blood to the lungs
What is the right ventricle?
Correct order: artery --> __________ -->
capillaries --> veins
What are arterioles?
A low RBC count is called this
What is anemia?
This is the formula for cardiac output
What is heart rate x stroke volume?
HR x SV = CO
Swelling due to lymph blockages is known as this.
lymphedema
The electrical node is the heart's natural pacemaker?
What is the sinoatrial (SA) node?
What are 2 pulmonary arteries, and 4 pulmonary veins?
This protein in RBCs binds oxygen
What is hemoglobin?
These vessels carry oxygenated blood to the heart.
What are the pulmonary veins?
This cell is engages in cell to cell combat