Circulatory System
This system is responsible for taking nutrient rich blood from the small intestine and sending it to the liver for detoxification
What is the hepatic portal system
One of the two components of whole blood
I am clear and have many important functions like fighting infection, maintaining fluid balance and making sure out blood clots.
What is plasma?
These are pea shaped organs of varying sizes found throughout the body responsible for draining and cleaning lymphatic fluid
What are lymph nodes
Two classification systems for blood typing
What is ABO and RH
This is the flow of blood to and from the tissues of the heart
The blood is brought to the heart by these structures
What is coronary circulation?
What are the coronary arteries
These type of cells contains hemoglobin which carry oxygen and carbon dioxide
I am categorized as a formed element
What are erythrocytes
Excess Fluid is collected from the body tissues and returned to the blood by this system
What is the lymphatic system?
the blood volume the heart pumps through the systemic circulation over a minute
HR x SV
what is cardiac output
I carry primarily deoxygenated blood throughout the body. What am I?
There is one great vessel to this statement--what is the vessel?
veins
Pulmonary vein
These type of cells fight infections and viruses
I am categorized as a formed element
What are leukocytes
Lower extremity infection may cause enlargement of this lymph node group
What are inguinal lymph nodes?
Stretch of heart muscle, ventricular filling
Amount of blood in the ventricles at the end of diastole
What is preload
Deoxygenated blood moves from the heart to the lungs through this circulatory system
What is pulmonary circulation
I am the name of the blood clotting process within the body
What are the 3 things required for this process to occur?
What is hemostasis?
Blood vessel injury
Blood vessel vascular spasms
Formation of the platelet plug--what plasma proteins are involved in this process?
These cells may be deficient if you notice symptoms of bleeding gums, petechiae, or easy bruising
What are thrombocytes.
This is the largest lymphatic organ, and it filters blood not lymph
What are 4 jobs of the spleen
What am I more at risk for if I don't have one
What is the spleen?
Blood reservoir
store platelets
Store WBC
Store erythrocytes
Resistance the heart muscle must overcome to eject the blood from the left ventricle
What is afterload?
These microscopic blood vessels connecting arterioles and venules
Often referred to as the exchange center
What are capillaries?
I am the cell responsible for hemopoiesis
what is stem cell?
I am responsible for draining and cleaning tissue fluid from the throat and mouth.
What are tonsils?
What are the 3 sets of tonsils?
Palatine, Lingual, Pharyngeal
Largest artery in the body
What are the sections of this artery
Aorta
ascending, arch, descending, abdominal