RBCs
Where red blood cells are made
What is bone marrow?
Role of WBCs
Job of platelets
What attaches to a damaged blood vessel to plug the hole and constrict bleeding?
General term describing a condition in which the heart is unable to meet the demands of the animal.
What is heart failure?
Mammal heart
What has four chambers?
The role of red blood cells
What carries oxygen?
WBC that fights parasites
What is an eosinophil?
Pacemaker cells
What makes the heart beat?
Enlargement of the heart
What is hypertrophy?
Heart valves
What keeps blood flowing in one direction?
The organelle RBCs do not have
What is a nucleus?
WBC involved in allergic reactions
What is a basophil?
Join into the main pulmonary veins that return blood to the heart
What are veins?
Occurs when there is not enough blood volume
What is hypovolemic shock?
Arteries
What carries blood away from the heart?
Another term for red blood cell
What is an erythrocyte?
WBC that produces antibodies
What is a lymphocyte?
One complete contraction and relaxation of the heart
What is the cardiac cycle?
System for determining an animal's blood pressure
What is the oscillometric system?
Pericardium
What is the membrane surrounding the heart?
Production of RBCs
What is erythropoiesis?
WBCs that make up the largest number in the circulating blood
What are neutrophils and lymphocytes?
What is systole (contraction) and diastole (relaxation)
Can confirm the presence of arrhythmia and bradycardia
What is an ECG?
Mediastinum