The Heart
The thickest, muscular middle layer of the heart.
What is the myocardium?
These blood vessels carry blood away from the heart
What are Arteries?
The fluid portion of blood, it is approximately 90 percent water.
What is Plasma?
An inadequate number of red blood cells, low hemoglobin levels, or both.
What is Anemia?
Doctors who specialize in treating conditions in the heart.
What is a Cardiologist?
The heart is located in this cavity.
What is the mediastinal cavity?
These are blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart.
What are Veins?
These blood cells main function is to fight infection.
What are Leukocytes?
High blood pressure.
What is Hypertension?
A doctor who specializes in researching, diagnosing, treating, and preventing blood disorders.
What is a hematologist?
The muscular wall that separates the heart into a right side and a left sides. It prevents blood from moving between the right and left sides of the heart.
What is the septum?
The two largest veins.
What are the superior and inferior vena cava?
These blood cells contain hemoglobin , a complex protein that carries both oxygen and carbon dioxide.
What are Erythrocytes?
This occurs when a blockage in the coronary arteries cuts off the supply of blood to the heart.
What is a myocardial infarction, or heart attack?
A nurse or other health worker trained in drawing venous blood for testing or donation.
What is a phlebotomist
The two upper chambers of the heart
What are atria (Right and Left Atrium)
These vessels have thin walls that allow oxygen and nutrients to pass through to the cells and allow carbon dioxide and metabolic products from the cells to enter them.
What are the capillaries?
These blood cells are important for the clotting process, which stops bleeding.
What are Thrombocytes or platelets?
They are gnarled, dilated veins that have lost elasticity and cause stasis, or decreased blood flow.
What are varicose veins?
They operate equipment that measures, monitors, and graphically traces the electrical activity of the heart.
What are Electrocardiograph (EKG or ECG) technicians?
The two lower chambers of the heart.
What are ventricles (Right and Left ventricles).
The smallest branches of arteries. They join with capillaries.
What are arterioles?
The average adult has approximately this much blood in circulation.
What is approximately 4–6 quarts?
A cancer of the bone marrow or lymph tissue.
What is Leukemia?
A surgeon who has special training in operating on organs inside the chest, including the heart and lungs.
What is a thoracic surgeon?