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VALENTINE BASICS
I'M SICK
CYCLES OF LOVE
LIFE SOURCE
HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS
100
The pointed end of the heart that extends downward to the level of the 5th intercostal space.
What is the apex?
100
Deficiency in RBC's or hemoglobin
What is anemia?
100
Systole + diastole =
What is one cardiac cycle/heartbeat?
100
Produced by the liver & functions in the clotting of blood
What is fibrinogen?
100
The smallest and most numerous blood vessels
What are capillaries?
200
The loose fitting, double layered sac that encloses the heart
What is the pericardium or pericardial sac?
200
When the heart's pumping ability is impaired causing fluid accumulation in the vessels and tissue spaces
What is CHF/congestive heart failure?
200
Pumps blood out to the tissues of the whole body
What is the left ventricle?
200
Plasma proteins that help to maintain fluid balance between and interstitial fluid
What is albumins?
200
Delivers deoxygenated blood to the lungs
What are the pulmonary arteries?
300
The thin walled chambers that receive blodd from the veins
What are the atria?
300
Cessation of an effective heartbeat
What is cardiac arrest?
300
The relaxation phase of the chambers
What is diastole?
300
Transports O2 and carbon dioxide and contains hemoglobin
What are RBC's/erythrocytes/red blood cells?
300
Carries blood away from the heart
What are arteries?
400
Forms the bulk of the heart and is composed of cardiac muscle tissue
What is the myocardium?
400
A moving clot or other plug
What is an embolus?
400
Located between the left atrium and the left ventricle and has two cusps; prevents the backflow of blood
What is the bucuspid/mitral valve?
400
The production of blood cells
What is hematopoiesis?
400
The smallest veins, they recieve dexoygenated blood from the capillaries
What are venules?
500
Acute chest pain cause aby decreased blood supply to the heart muscle
What is angina pectoris?
500
Destruction of heart tissue as a result of oxygen deprivation
What is myocardial infarction?
500
Ensures a continuous supply of oxygen (O2) to the myocardium
What are the right and left coronary arteries?
500
This blood type contains neither A nor B antigen and develops both A and B antibodies
What is type "O"?
500
Delivers deoxygenated blood to the right atrium
What is the vena cava/superior & inferior vena cava?