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Cardiovascular System
Vascular System
Vascular Anatomy
Blood Composition
Blood Specimens
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The receiving chambers of the heart are the:

atria

100

Microscopic, one-cell-thick, vessels that connect the arterioles and venules.

Capillaries

100

This means "in front of the elbow" and is the first-choice location for venipuncture.

Antecubital Fossa  or  AC

100

The fluid portion of the blood is called:

plasma

100
Whiteish-colored middle layer of WBCs and platelets

buffy coat

200

A complete contraction and subsequent relaxation of the heart lasts about 0.8 seconds and is called:

a cardiac cycle.

200

The internal space of a blood vessel through which the blood flows is called:

the lumen
200

First choice vein

Median (Cubital) Vein

200
____ are produced in the bone marrow and their main function is to carry oxygen from the ____ to the cells.

RBCs,     lungs

200

Blood in the same form that it is in the bloodstream.

Whole blood

300

The is called the pacemaker:

Sinoatrial node or SA node

300

The outer layer of a blood vessel

Tunica Adventitia

300

Last choice vein

Basilic vein

300

________ better known as _______ are essential to coagulation (the blood-clotting process).

Thrombocytes,        platelets

300

The buffy coat consists of:

WBCs & platelets
400

The arteria pressure during relaxation of the ventricles:

Diastolic

400

This serves the rest of the body, carrying oxygenated blood and nutrients from the left ventricle of the heart to the body cells, and then returning to the right atrium of the heart.

Systemic circulation

400

blood clot, part of a blood clot, or other mass of undissolved matter circulating in the bloodstream

embolus

400

The average adult has a blood volume of about 5L of which approximately _____% is plasma

55%

400

This system works by removing microorganisms.

The lymphatic system

500

This is known as a blood pressure cuff:

sphygmomanometer

500

The only veins that carry oxygenated blood.

The pulmonary veins.

500

Where are you NOT to draw from on a patient?  Describe this location or show us.

Veins on the palmar surface of the wrist or the lateral wrist above the thumb to the mid-forearm because nerve injury could occur in this area.

500

WBCs slip through the walls of the capillaries to enter the tissues is called:

diapedesis

500

The major difference between plasma and serum is that plasma contains ________, whereas serum does not because the _______ was used up in the clotting process.

fibrinogen, fibrinogen