Arterial Pathway
The artery that directly branches off the brachiocephalic artery.
What is the subclavian artery?
The first step in venous return from the cranium
What is the superior sagittal sinus?
The largest vessel in the body
What is the aorta?
Makes up the majority of blood
What is plasma?
Where gas exchange occurs
What are the respiratory bronchioles and alveoli?
Arteries that supplies the neck and face.
What are the external carotids?
Starting points for the deep venous return of the upper limb
What are the radial and ulnar veins?
Pacemaker of the heart.
What is the sinoatrial node?
What is transport dietary lipids, Maintain fluid balance, Remove foreign particles, Participate in immunity?
The primary cause of increased/decreased respiration
What is chemoreceptors detect high/low levels of CO2?
The vertebral arteries combine to form the.....
What is the basilar artery?
2 pathways the external jugular vein can take
What is drains into the subclavian or brachiocephalic vein?
Main differences between veins and artery (structure-wise)
What is In veins: Lumens are larger, tunica externa is thicker, Less elastin in walls, Walls are thinner than those of comparable arteries?
Final destinations of lymph
What are the right lymphatic duct (R subclavian) & thoracic duct (L subclavian)?
Type of epithelium in the trachea
What is psudostratified ciliated columnar?
The step before reaching the palmar arch.
What is the ulnar and radial arteries forming an anastomosis?
Where the basilar and cephalic vein connect
What is the medial cubital vein?
The endocardium is made of this type of tissue
What is simple squamous epithelium?
Purpose of spleen
What is filters antigens from blood and initiates an immune response, removes old red blood cells by phagocytosis, and stores iron recycled from RBC’s?
Part of the brain is the respiratory center
What is the medulla oblongata?
The three arteries that branch off of the celiac trunk
What are the left gastric, common hepatic, and splenic artery?
Next three steps after the popliteal vein
What is drains into the femoral vein, then external iliac, then common iliac?
3 structures found in the ventricles
What are Trabeculae carneae, Papillary muscles, Chordae tendineae?
Name leukocytes and their function.
What are neutrophils (phagocyte, the first line of defense), lymphocytes (attack specific foreign molecules), monocytes (macrophages: phagocyte), eosinophils (allergy/parasites), basophils (inflammation)?
Muscles needed for forced exhalation
What are the Internal and external oblique muscles, Transversus abdominis muscle, Internal Intercostals?