Blood
What makes up 90% of your blood?
What is plasma
What is the top two chambers of your heart called?
What are the atria?
This condition occurs when blood pressure is consistently higher than 129/80 mmHg
What is hypertension
This condition involves inflammation of a vein, often caused by a blood clot or irritation
What is phlebitis
What type of vessel carries oxygenated blood to the body?
What is an artery?
What is a red blood cell called?
What is an erythrocyte?
What are the bottom two chambers of your heart called?
What are ventricles?
What is considered a bradycardic heart rate?
Anything less than 60bpm
When a coronary artery is blocked and blood to a part of the myocardium is depleted.
What is myocardial infarction
What role do veins have in the body?
What is they carry deoxygenated blood to the heart?
What is the function of a leukocyte?
What is fight infection
What divides the heart into right and left halves?
What is the septum?
Mr. Jones come in with a heart rate of 110bpm a respiratory rate of 14 and a blood pressure of 84/52mm Hg. What condition(s) do these vitals suggest?
What is tachycardia and hypotension
This condition occurs when there is a thickening of the myocardium and the heart can’t pump blood effectively, leading to fluid buildup in the lungs or body.
What is congestive heart failure
What are the smaller forms of arteries called?
What is responsible for helping your blood clot?
What is are thrombocytes?
What carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart?
What are the pulmonary veins?
Atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis of coronary arteries.
What is coronary artery disease
The buildup of fatty plaques in the arteries, which can restrict blood flow, is known as this condition.
What is atherosclerosis
What connects arterioles and venules?
What is attached to the RBC that is responsible for carrying oxygen?
What is hemoglobin?
List the layers of the heart from most superficial to deep
What is pericardium, myocardium, endocardium
List three substance which can become an embolus
What is air, fat globules, bacteria, a blood clot, plaque broken off a vessel wall
What vessel carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart?
What are the pulmonary veins?