Blood Vessels

Blood Vessels

100

This type of blood vessel transports blood away from the heart and branches into smaller vessels

Arteries

200

This is a thicker blood vessel that brings blood toward the heart

Vein

300

This is a microscopic thin-walled blood vessel that supplies blood to tissues directly

Capillary

400

Name the three layers of the arteries and veins

Tunica intima, tunica media, tunica externa

500

Name 3 functions of the blood vessels

Supplies nutrients and oxygen to tissues in the body, absorbs nutrients from the digestive system, transports waste products to lungs and kidneys, transports hormones, provides immune system functions, produces cerebral spinal fluid

Pulse, Formed Elements, & Blood Types

100

This blood type is commonly called the "universal donor" blood type due to its ability to be given to anyone with any blood type

O-

200

These cell fragments in the blood adhere to vessel walls to stop bleeding

Platelets

300

These proteins are utilized by the immune system to neutralize foreign substances in the body

Antibodies

400

Red blood cells are considered to be this type of tissue because they contain a matrix known as plasma

Connective

500

Name at least five of the nine locations one can check their pulse with

Temporal, facial, common carotid, brachial, radial, femoral, popliteal, posterior tibial, dorsalis pedis

Diseases & Disorders

100

This is a group of genetic disorders in which the blood can't clot well or at all

Hemophilia

200

This condition is when there is uncontrollable blood loss

Hemorrhage

300

This condition is when blood is unable to be maintained due to bleeding out or severe fluid loss

Hypovolemic shock

400

This condition is when there is an elevated number of platelets in the blood, which increasing the chance of clotting

Thrombocytosis

500

This disease is when the blood of a pregnant mother carrying her second baby starts to attack her baby's blood due to her blood being Rh- and her baby's being Rh+

Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn

Suffixes and Combining Forms l

100

Combining form: blood

hemat/o or hem/o

200

Combining form: vein

ven/o or phleb/o

300

Suffix: immature cell, embryonic

-blast

400

Combining form: clotting

coagul/o

500

Combining form: red, dawn, rosy

eosin/o

Suffixes and Combining Forms ll

100

Suffix: condition of blood

-emia

200

Suffix: protein

-globin

300

Suffix: abnormal reduction in number

-penia

400

Suffix: taking away, removal, seperation of blood cells

-apheresis

500

Combining form: varied, irregular

poikil/o