Heart Basics
This separates the heart chambers (piercing)
What is the septum?
This protein carries oxygen in blood
What is hemoglobin?
Define the term: the windpipe
Trachea
How do you take a pulse? Demonstrate.
Place two fingers on the wrist or lateral inferior neck. Count for 30 seconds, multiply by two.
True or False. Type A+ is the rarest blood type. If false, what is the rarest blood type?
False, type 0-
These are the top chambers of the heart
What are the atria?
This blood type is the universal acceptor
AB +
Define the term: The main airways that reach into each lung
Bronchi
Name two ways to keep your cardiovascular system healthy.
Exercise
Don't do drugs
True or false. Gas exchange occurs in the alveoli. If false, where does it take place?
True.
These are the bottom chambers of the heart
What are the ventricles?
These vessels carry blood away from the heart
What are arteries?
Define the term: A muscle that separates the chest from the abdominal cavity
Diaphragm
Name the condition: Inflammation of the bronchi
Bronchitis
True or False. A heart attack and cardiac arrest are the same thing. If false, what is the difference?
False.
Cardiac arrest- heart stops beating
Heart attack - tissue damage, lack of blood flow to heart
The heart is biased (curved) to the left or the right?
What is the left.
These vessels return blood to the heart
What are veins?
Define the term: A measure of the amount of force that the blood places on the walls of blood vessels, particularly large arteries, as it is pumped through the body. Double points
Blood pressure
Name the condition: Lung condition that causes narrowed airways
Asthma
True or False leukocytes and erythrocytes are a component of blood. Also, what are leukocytes and what are erythrocytes?
True. As well as platelets and plasma.
What are chordae tendineae also known as? Double Points
Heart strings
This blood type is the universal donor
What is O negative?
Define the term: An inflammatory condition in which the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles become narrowed causing difficulty breathing
Asthma
What is another name for a heart attack? Double points
Myocardial infarction
True or False. Individuals over the age of 18 can donate plasma. Also, answer why plasma is important.
True. contains nutrients, proteins, salts, and hormones.