Structures
How many Chambers does the heart have?
4
The heart consists of the arteries, veins, and these tiny blood vessels
capillaries
Blood in your veins is this color
Red
What are the three letters we use to identify blood types?
A, B, O
This is the scientific term for a heart attack
Myocardial Infarction
These are the upper chambers of the heart
Atria
These blood vessels carry blood AWAY from the heart
Arteries
These are the main type of cells that make up blood
Red blood cells/erithrocytes
These are the proteins found on red blood cells that can be recognized as foreign
antigens
When heart rate is read from a location on the wrist it is called this type of pulse
Radial
What divides the left and right sides of the heart?
Septum
This is the largest blood vessel
Aorta
This is the liquid portion of blood
Plasma
This factor determines if a blood type will be positive or negative
Rhesus
This is the normal fetal resting heart rate
120-160bpm
The circulatory system is composed of these three things...
Heart, blood, and blood vessels
These are the only veins that carry oxygenated blood
pulmonary veins
This is the major function of hemoglobin
Carries oxygen
This is why you can't receive blood from a person with a different blood type than your own
Your body produces antibodies that will cause the foreign blood to clump.
This structure in a fetus is responsible for shunting blood directly from the right atrium to the left atrium
Foramen Ovale
Name the valves of the heart, I'll give you the first one: the tricuspid valve. Hint: there are 3 more
bicuspid/mitral valve
aortic valve
pulmonary valve
Unlike arteries, veins have no way of moving blood through the system because they lack these in their walls.
muscles
These two components of blood are responsible for fighting infection and clotting your blood.
white blood cells (lymphocytes) and platelets
What types of blood can a person with type AB- receive?
A-, B-, O-, AB-
In relation to the cardiac cycle, this is the term for when the heart is contracting
Systole