The Heart and Its Cycle 1
This cycle consist of a brief period of rest
what is DIASTOLE
Period of ventricular contraction
what is SYSTOLE
What causes high BP and hypertension?
What is Arteriosclerosis?
carries oxygen and carbon dioxide
Hemoglobin
Movement of electrical impulse can be recorded by?
What is (ECG),(EKG)
Where does an aneurysm form?
Forms on the wall of a blood vessel
Leukemia results in what?
High number of immature or abnormal white blood cells
What is the intrinsic rate of the SA node?
What is 60-100
what is the biggest artery in the body?
What is aorta
What is the avenge amount of quarts in an adult has of blood?
what is 4-6 quarts
The lebgth of time that a platelet lives for
What is 5-9 days
where is the heart located
what is the mediastinal cavity
Consists of one thick muscular layer
What is myocardium
What can lead to an aneurysm or cerebral hemorrhage?
What is Hypertension?
broken down by spleen and liver
Erythrocytes
What can occur when an aneurysm ruptures?
Death
What is it called a clot forms in a vein deep within a muscle?
deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
Another name for the SA node
What is the bodys pace maker
What is between the left atrium and right atrium?
What is the tricuspid valve
Where does the blood flow through?
Where do arteries carry blood?
What is away from the heart
The BLANK pushes blood into the pulmonary artery sending the blood to the lungs for oxygen
what is RIGHT VENTRICLE
the BLANK is the blood that carries to the left side of the heart by the pulmonary veins
what is OXYGENATED BLOOD
What condition requires bypass surgery when the arteries are completely blocked?
What is Atherosclerosis?
Range of this WBC 4,500-11,000
Leukocytes
A group of nerve cells located between the atria and ventricles?
What is (AV) node
What injections can control and correct pernicious anemia
Vitamin B12
What is the term used to identify patients who are suspected of having myocardial ischemia
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS)
The septum is a _____________ that separates the heart into a ______ and ______ side.
What is a muscular wall & left/right
What closes when the right ventricle has finished contracting?
What is the pulmonary valve
What percent of plasma is water?
What is 90%
What are the smallest branches of arteries?
What is arterioles
The atria contract and push blood into the
what is the VENTRICLES
which layer of the heart allows for smooth blood flow and lines the inside of the heart
what it is the endocardium
What blocks blood vessels when it enters an artery or capillary too small?
What is a embolus?
Produces histamine and heparin, an anticoagulant
Basophils
What is the lower part of the septum called?
What is interventricular septum
What can cause hypoxia?
Decrease in hemoglobin
Symptoms of leukemia include fever, frequent infections persistent fatigue and swelling of what
lymphoid tissues
When something interferes with the normal electrical conduction pattern of the heart.
What is arrhythmia?
Another name for deoxygenated blood that comes from the inferior/superior vena cava
What is pulmonic circulation?
What are the blood proteins?
what is Fibrinogen and Prothrombin
What do capillaries connect to?
What are arterioles with venules
the right and left side of the heart work together in a
what is CYCLIC MANNER
the fluid that prevents friction and damage to the membranes as the heart contracts
what is pericardial fluid
Which chamber of the heart receives blood from the left atrium and pumps it into the aorta?
What is left ventricle
Called platelets , important for blood clotting to stop bleeding
Thrombycytes
A electrical conduction pattern occurs every?
What is 0.8 Seconds
What can hyperbaric oxygen therapy improve?
Oxygen delivery to tissues and organs
DVT poses the risk of stroke, heart attack, and _____
pulmonary embolism
Delivers electrical impulses at a predetermined rate.
What is a fixed pacemaker
When the left atrium is contracting the blood is flowing to?
What is the aorta
The main function of non-granulocytes
What is to produce antibodies
What do veins do?
What is carrying blood back to the heart
This condition occurs when muscles do not beat sufficiently to supply blood to the body
Congestive Heart failure
Name the condition that can be carried by female individuals
Hemophilia
What makes blood unable to clot?
Lack of plasma protein that is required for clotting process
This condition is lifelong with no cure
Hypertension
T/F: Exercise is a risk factor for CHF
False
What are the MAIN Sx for sickle cell anemia?
Pain, Shortness of breath and Easily bruised
Occurs when a blockage in the coronary arteries cut off the supply of blood to the heart
MI
A small battery powered device with electrodes, that regulate the heart rate
What is a pacemaker
Another name for oxygenated blood that comes from the pulmonary system
What is systemic circulation
The first granulocyte to respond to tissue damage
What is a neutrophil
what are the two largest veins?
What is the superior and inferior vena cava