Heart
Cavity in which the heart resides
Thoracic Cavity
What is the liquid portion of blood?
plasma
gas and nutrient exchange occurs through the thin walls of these tiny blood vessels
Capillaries
Where deoxygenated blood enters the heart
right atrium
What protein carries the highest portion of O2 in the blood?
Hemoglobin
Largest artery in the body
Aorta
Blood vessel that drains all digestive venous blood into the liver
Hepatic Portal Vein
medical term for inflammation of the muscular layer of the heart
myocarditis
Heart chamber that supplies oxygenated blood to the body
Left Ventricle
What is the function of the cells known as leukocytes? (general function)
Immune response (fight infection)
Veins that drain the head
Jugular Veins
Arteries that supply blood to the brain
Carotid Arteries
Blood vessel that carries blood from the lower body into the right atrium
Inferior vena cava
Blood vessel carrying oxygenated blood to the left atrium
pulmonary vein
Where does hematopoiesis take place?
Red bone marrow
Genetic blood disorder that changes the shape of red blood cells into crescent shapes
Sickle Cell Anemia
When you feel your pulse on your wrist, which blood vessel is that?
Radial Artery
medical term for a blood clot traveling through the blood
embolus
Anatomical term for the pacemaker
Sinoatrial node
A patient has type AB blood. What donors could they receive blood from?
Blood type that presents no antigens
Type O
Arterial blood structure in the brain that is a natural preventative to strokes
Circle of Willis
Abnormal heart rate / beating pattern
Arrhythmia
What part of the EKG pattern is caused by the contraction of the right and left atria?
P wave
What is the term for the blood condition caused by a cancerous overproduction of white blood cells?
Leukemia
What are the tendons that connect the valves to the cardiac muscle to prevent backflow muscles?
chordae tendinea
Cell junctions between heart cells that assist with simultaneous contraction and can be seen with high magnification histology
Intercalated discs
Artery that runs deep to the patella
Popliteal Artery