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The Blood & Its Tests
The Heart
Immune and more
Breath Easy
Vessels, etc.
100
I am used in the lab to spin blood down for testing
What is a centrifuge
100
The tendons attached to the valves.
What is chordae tendinae
100
Vessels, including lymph vessels that lie just under the dermis, versus 'deep' vessels.
What are superficial vessels.
100
Oxygen is carried within the blood via this molecule
What is hemoglobin.
100
I am the main artery leaving the heart for systemic blood flow.
What is the Aorta.
200
The main carbohydrate in the blood, also used in measuring the 'GI' of a food
What is glucose
200
The main pacemaker of the heart.
What is the sinoatrial node
200
Phagocytosis, immunity and antigen presentation are some of the jobs this cell accomplishes.
What is a macrophage.
200
Bicarbonate ions are the way this molecule is carried back to the lungs.
What is carbon dioxide.
200
I serve as the vessel delivering oxygen to the intestines.
What is the mesenteric artery.
300
These people have antibodies to type A blood.
Who is someone with Blood type B or O.
300
Muscle tissue is the main component of this layer.
What is the endocardium
300
A Non-specific immunity, inflammation consists of these four signs & symptoms
What are redness, swelling, heat and pain. (calor, dolor, tumor and rubor)
300
The main transport mechanism of oxygen and carbon dioxide is not active transport, but this easier form of exchange.
What is passive diffusion.
300
The longest vein in the leg
What is the Saphenous vein
400
The blood test measuring protein breakdown.
What is BUN
400
The increase in heart rate is a result of this arm of the autonomic nervous system.
What is the sympathetic nervous system.
400
Oh no! I've fallen and I can't get up!!!! This type of T cell turns down, or off, the immune system.
What is a regulatory T cell.
400
The maximum volume of air that one can expel after a full inspiration is this capacity
What is Vital.
400
The chamber of the heart that is most responsible for pumping the blood of the body, in other words, I have the muscle
What is the Left ventricle.
500
Not just the type of WBC's, but the percentage of each type in a blood smear.
What is a differential white count.
500
Edema, the increase in interstitial fluid, is the result of increased pressure of this type.
What is blood or osmotic pressure.
500
Fat is absorbed through these vessels within the microvilli before reaching lymphatic vessels and eventually into systemic blood circulation.
What are lacteals
500
The three sections of of the pharynx are called these
What are naso, oro and laryngeal pharynx.
500
Any system that passes through two capillary beds.
What is a portal system.