Blood
These are the primary functions of the three major components of blood.
What are red blood cells carry oxygen, white blood cells fight disease/infection, and platelets for clotting.
The cause and symptoms of left sided heart failure.
What is shortness of breath, wheezing, coughing- left side of heart is not functioning well.
These are the 4 chambers of the heart.
What are the Rt Atria, R ventricle, L atria, L ventricle?
This is cardiac output.
What is the amount of blood the heart pumps each minute?
This is an abnormally rapid heart rate.
What is tachycardia?
Describes how oxygen is carried from the lungs to body tissues.
What is oxygen is carried via hemoglobin in the rbc's and is exchanged in the tissues via diffusion
Cause of Angina.
What is chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart muscle.
These are the layers of the heart.
What are pericardia, myocardia, endocardia.
This disease, if left untreated can lead to hypertension.
What is arteriosclerosis?
This is an abnormally slow heart rate.
What is bradycardia?
The flow of blood starting at the superior vena cava and ending at the aorta.
What is R atria, R ventricle, Pulmonary artery, lungs, pulmonary vein, left atria, left ventricle
Symptoms and causes of Myocardial infarction.
These are three major arteries that branch off the aorta.
What are the carotid, subclavian and femoral arteries?
This is the procedure to check for blockages in vessels.
What is a cardiac catheterization?
This test determines the electrical activity of the heart.
What is an ekg or electrocardiogram?
The component of blood that is decreased due to dyhydration.
What is plasma?
This describes an aneurism.
What is a weakend, bulging spot in an artery?
This is the pathway of electrical activity through the heart.
What is AV node, SA node, bundle of His and Perkinji fibers?
This refers to the maximum arterial pressure during each cardiac cycle.
What is systolic pressure?
This is another name for the bicuspid valve.
What is the mitral valve?
These are examples of leukocytes. (WBC)
What are neutrophils and lymphocytes?
eosinophils, basophils, monocytes
This is an enlargement of the heart caused by blockage of blood vessels.
What is cardiomegaly?
This is located between the right atrium and right ventricle.
what is the tricuspid valve?
This is the term for a malfunctioning mitral valve.
This is the term for a condition that involves a lack of hemoglobin.
What is anemia?