Blood Components
If a person is dehydrated, they would be deficient in this blood component
What is PLASMA?
Q: What % of blood is plasma?
Q: What % of plasma is water?
Wall of tissue that separates the left and right sides of the heart
What is SEPTUM?
Q: What would happen if the septum had a hole?
Number of blood types
What is 8?
Q: Name the 8 blood types.
What are the names of the instruments used to measure BP?
Sphygmomanometer and stethoscope
Name of the "thump" sounds auscultated while manually checking a blood pressure
What are "Korotkoff sounds"?
True or False: A function of thrombocytes is to fight infection.
FALSE.
Q: What is true of of thrombocytes?
Steps of the conductive pathway of the heart
Sinoatrial node
Atrioventricular node
Bundle of His
Purkinje fibers
Q: What is known as the 'pacemaker' of the heart?
Blood type known as the 'Universal Donor'
What is O NEGATIVE?
Term used to describe the left ventricle filling with blood
What is DIASTOLE?
Name 3 factors that increase BP.
Excitement, anxiety, nervous tension, stimulant drugs, exercise, eating, pain, obesity, smoking
True or False: Lymphocytes are a type of red blood cell.
FALSE.
Q: What kind of blood cell is a lymphocyte?
Q: What are lymphocytes' functions?
Pericardium
Q: What are the other layers of the heart?
Blood type is known as the 'universal recipient'
What is AB positive?
What is the normal systolic BP range?
90-139
Name 3 factors that decrease BP.
Rest or sleep, depressant drugs, shock, excessive blood loss, dehydration, fasting
120 days
What is how long erythrocytes live?
Q: What is the normal RBC count?
Q: What is the acid required for the development of mature erythrocytes?
An apple
What is approximately the same size as the heart?
Q: What is the bottom tip of the heart referred to where heart sounds are best heard (auscultated)?
True or False: O Negative blood can be given to O positive patient.
True.
What is the normal diastolic BP range?
60-89
The process of continuous blood cell formation
Hematopoiesis or hemopoiesis
The normal leukocyte count
What is 4,000-10,000?
Q: What are the 5 types of WBCs?
Q: Name two possible reasons someone may experience leukopenia.
What does bright red blood indicate?
hemoglobin carrying oxygen
How long can packed RBCs be stored in a refrigerator in a lab?
What is 120 days?
Term used to describe the the left ventricle during contraction
What is SYSTOLE?
A recording of the electrical pathway in the heart used to detect abnormal activity or disease
What is an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)?