Transportation - Oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients
Regulation - pH of fluids, body temp, water content
Protection - blood clotting, WBCs against disease
What are the 2 upper chambers of the heart?
Calculate the cardiac output of a person with a heart rate of 80 beats/min and a strove volume of 65 mL. - You need the correct units!
Veins have a wider lumen
Veins have thinner middle and inner wall layers
Radial
Femoral
Popliteal
This blood vessel drains blood from the kidneys
What ABO blood type(s) have A antigens on the surface of the RBCs?
This is the route for action potentials throughout the heart muscle
- Skeletal muscle pump
- Respiratory pump
This refers to a slow resting heart rate or pulse rate under 50 beats/min
Describe (don't just name) one mechanism of hemostasis
Platelet plug - mass of platelets that plug hole in wall
Blood clot - blood turns to gel to block damaged wall
Atrial systole
What is one example of an elastic artery and one example of a muscular artery?
Elastic - aorta and brachiocephalic, common carotid, pulmonary and common iliac arteries
Muscular - brachial artery, radial artery
What does the QRS complex of an electrocardiogram represent?
Ventricular depolarization - as the cardiac action potential travels through the ventricles.
What is the difference between vasoconstriction and vasodilation?
Vasoconstriction - narrowing of the lumen
Vasodilation - widening of the lumen
Which veins drain blood from the brain, face and neck?
Jugular veins