Blood
This area is where all blood cells form
The apex is the bottom, and the _____ is the top.
What is the base?
The terms diastolic and systolic are used when measuring this.
What is blood pressure?
Blood flows here first in the heart.
What is the right atrium?
It is in the center of your body and delivers blood to the heart
What is vena cava?
This water substance makes up the majority of our blood.
What is plasma?
The formal name for "heartstrings".
These can be fenestrated, continuous, or sinusoidal.
What is a capillary?
The last place blood goes before going out of the aorta.
What is the left ventricle?
Found near your clavicle, this vein connects with the lymphatic system to receive fats from the digestive tract.
What is the (left) subclavian vein?
This type of blood has no surface A or B antigens.
What is type O?
This is the fibrous membrane surrounding the heart.
What is the pericardium?
What are the veins?
Oxygenated blood reenters the heart through here.
What is the left atrium?
Carries blood to your kidney.
What is the renal artery?
This is the formal name for a red blood cell.
What is an erythrocyte?
Starts the heartbeat when enough sodium leaks in and depolarizes the cells.
What is the SA node?
The innermost tunic in all of our arteries.
What is the tunica intima?
Separates the right atrium and the right ventricle.
What is the tricuspid valve?
Carries blood to your pelvis, legs, and feet.
What is the iliac artery?
The liver produces fibrinogen, which is converted to ____ for helping form blood clots
What is fibrin?
The tallest wave in an EKG.
What is the R wave?
Lines the outside of blood vessels to provide scaffolding for clots.
What is collagen?
Oxygenated blood is returned to the heart via this vessel.
What is the pulmonary vein?
A system that transports deoxygenated blood with nutrients and wastes through the liver.
What is the hepatic portal system?