Blood
Immature form of a red blood cell
What is a reticulocyte.
Name for the broadest part of the heart
What is the base.
A fibrous connective tissue that encircles each valve
What is the heart skeleton.
These vessels carry oxygenated blood to the left atrium
What are the pulmonary veins.
The first stage of hemostasis
What is vascular spasm.
These cells deliver oxygen and remove carbon dioxide
What is a RBC or erythrocyte.
This chamber receives deoxygenated blood from the body.
What is the right atrium.
A double-walled sac that surrounds the heart
What is the pericardium.
True or false: It is important for the tuna intima to be smooth to help prevent blood clots.
What is true.
The role of prothrombin activator in the clotting process
What is to converts prothrombin into thrombin.
Most abundant of all the WBCs
What is a neutrophil.
This chamber pumps blood to the lungs
What is the right ventricle.
The lining of the chamber of the heart
What is the endocardium.
These arteries provide most of the brains blood supply
What is the right and left carotid arteries.
What determines a persons blood type
What is the type of antigen present on the RBC.
These cells are involved in allergic reactions
What is an eosinophil.
This chamber pumps blood to the body
What is the left ventricle.
The cardiac muscle that performs the work of the heart
What is the myocardium.
Heart rate is routinely assessed at this artery
What is the radial artery.
True or False: Persistent tachycardia would cause decreased cardiac output.
What is true
These cells are responsible for long-term immunity
What is a lymphocyte.
This valve is located between the right atrium and right ventricle
What is the tricuspid valve.
The point of maximum impulse can be found here
What is the apex.
The mesenteric arteries supply blood to this organ
What is the intestines.
The series of events from the beginning of one heart beat to the beginning of the next
What is the cardiac cycle.