Circulatory System
A blood vessel that is responsible for returning blood to the heart from the head and neck regions.
What is the superior vena cava?
60 to 100 BPM
What is the standard resting heart rate for the average adult?
An iron-containing protein that binds and transports oxygen.
What is hemoglobin?
Phase of the cardiac cycle in which the ventricles relax and fill with blood.
What is diastole?
Occurs when blood flow to the heart is severely reduced or stopped, causing damage to the myocardium
What is a myocardial infarction?
The primary purpose of this type of circulation is to supply the heart muscle with blood.
What is coronary circulation?
What is the right atrium?
A whooshing sound caused by turbulent flow around a valve.
What is the clinical description of a heart murmur?
Another name for this condition is floppy valve disease.
What is mitral valve prolapse?
This type of circulation uses vessels and the pumping of the heart to supply oxygen and nutrients to the entire body.
What is systemic circulation?
The vessel blood flows through immediately after the right ventricle contracts.
What is the pulmonary artery?
The smallest solid component of blood composed of megakaryocyte fragments.
What is a thrombocyte or platelet?
A persistent irregular heartbeat.
What is an arrhythmia?
One is caused by a clot in a vessel, and the other is from a vessel rupturing.
What is the difference between an ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke?
Vessels that are strong and elastic so that they can withstand the pressure created by the heart's pumping.
What are arteries?
This layer of the heart tissue is responsible for heart contraction.
What is the myocardium?
Bi-concave in shape and contains hemoglobin.
What is an erythrocyte?
What is hypertension?
A disorder in which the heart can't pump because the heart muscle is thickened.
What is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
The rhythmic contraction and relaxation of the heart.
What is the cardiac cycle?
The heart's natural pacemaker.
What is the SA (sinoatrial) node?
Having B antigens on RBCs and anti-A antibodies.
What is Type B blood?
An instrument specifically used by a healthcare professional to measure blood pressure.
What is a sphygmomanometer?
Symptoms of this common cardiovascular disorder include thinning of skin on the legs, numbness in the feet, pain in the feet, and a weak pulse in the legs and feet.
What is peripheral vascular disease?