Blood/Blood Vessels
The blood cell that can become an antibody-secreting cell
What is a lymphocyte?
Hint for quiz if you haven't taken it yet:
Study layers heart walls and energy
To return interstitial fluid and leaked plasma proteins back to the blood
What is the function of the lymphatic system?
Produce nonhormonal substances and have ducts to carry secretion to membrane surface
What are exocrine glands?
Nose & nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, pharynx
What are the organs of the upper respiratory system?
Condition where blood vessels inadequately fill and cannot circulate blood normally
What is circulatory shock?
The amount of blood pumped out by the each ventricle in one minute
What is cardiac output?
Specialized lymph capillaries present in intestinal mucosa
What are lacteals?
ADH (anti-diuretic hormone) deficiency due to damage to hypothalamus or posterior pituitary
What is diabetes insipidus?
Larynx, trachea, bronchi & branches, lungs & alveoli
What are the organs of the lower respiratory system?
Condition where inefficient heart cannot sustain adequate circulation
What is cardiogenic shock?
Has two layers that reduce friction
What is the function of the serous pericardium?
A condition where lymphatic vessels appear as painful red lines under the skin
What is lymphangitis?
This includes: Pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, and pineal glands
What organs make up the endocrine glands?
Funnel shaped muscular tube that runs from base of skull to C6 vertebra
What is the pharynx?
Which gonadocorticoid hormone enhances certain individuals' EPO production?
What is testosterone?
*Because of this, males have higher RBC count than females*
Back pressure exerted by arterial blood
What is afterload?
Found in central arteries; appear as islands of white in a sea of red
What is white pulp?
Hyposecretion of hormones from adrenal cortex. Causes weight loss, severe dehydration, and hypotension
What is Addison's disease?
Known as voicebox, runs extends from C3 to C6 vertebra and attaches to hyoid bone
What is the larynx?
This provides RBC's with the ability to be flexible
What is spectrin?
These prevent the AV flaps from everting
What are the chordae tendinae?
Makes up the structural framework of the lymphoid organs
What is reticular tissue?
This deficient secretion of this gland causes a child to develop dwarfism but normal body proportions
What is the anterior pituitary gland?
Oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged in the lungs and through all cell membranes by this process
What is diffusion?