Conditions, Injuries, and Imbalances
This term is for the rapid loss of blood supply to the brain usually due to a blockage of hemorrhage.
What is a stroke?
This chamber of the heart connects the aorta, which provides oxygenated blood to the whole body.
What is the left-ventricle?
The first part of blood pressure, the force of the ventricles contracting.
What is systolic?
Type of tissue that blood is considered.
What is connective tissue?
The O2 and CO2 exchange begins in these blood vessels.
What are capillaries?
The most common type of heart failure, this scary event is caused by blood flow, which carries needed oxygen, is blocked from reaching the heart muscle, usually due to a blood clot.
What is a heart attack?
This is the innermost layer of the heart that lines the heart chambers and valves, acting as a barrier for the myocardium, protecting it from blood clotting.
What is the endocardium?
The second part of blood pressure, this is the pressure during the ventricles refilling, or relaxation.
What is diastolic?
The component of blood that makes it liquid.
What is plasma?
Our largest artery, this originates in the left ventricle of the heart and transports oxygenated blood through the entire body.
What is the aorta?
This condition is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow caused by an abnormal production of weak, irregular white blood cells.
What is Leukemia?
The tough, thin sac that surrounds the heart.
What is the pericardium?
The blood pressure pushing against the arterial walls is consistently too high, which can lead to heart disease, kidney failure, and other imbalances.
What is hypertension?
The PH level of blood.
What is 7.35-7.45?
This major vein returns deoxygenated blood from the lower body to the heart.
What is the inferior vena cava?
A condition of the liver, this condition is caused by a yellowing of the skin and eyes.
What is jaundice?
Also known as “heart strings,” these are strong fibers that handle tension in the heart, anchoring the mitral and tricuspid valves, ensuring one-way blood flow.
What are chordae tendineae?
The maximum healthy blood pressure for adults.
What is 120 over 80?
The hemoglobin disorder caused by abnormally shaped erythrocytes.
What is sickle cell anemia?
The expansion of blood vessels.
What is vasodilation?
A common condition of those with an unhealthy diet, this disorder is characterized by a hardening of the arteries often due to a build-up of fat, cholesterol and other substances that collect on the arterial walls.
What is atherosclorosis?
This is an essential, three-leaflet valve positioned between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery, ensuring one-way blood flow.
What is the pulmonary valve?
The pressure cuff that is able to measure blood pressure.
What is a sphygmomanometer?
The three “formed elements” of blood.
What are platelets, leukocytes, and erythrocytes?
The largest continuous section of the aortic artery.
What is the descending aorta?