Melanie: Heart, Blood, Vessels

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Across
  1. 2. No visible cytoplasmic granules are present in ________
  2. 3. Which organs traps older erythrocytes so they will be removed from circulation?
  3. 4. Which hormones decreases heart rate and thus cardiac output and blood pressure?
  4. 7. Which product from the breakdown of hemoglobin is excreted as a waste product by the liver?
  5. 11. _________ circulation carries oxygen-rich blood from the left ventricle through the aorta to all tissues of the body.
  6. 12. Erythropoiesis requires stimulation from the hormone: _______________.
  7. 13. wave, Which wave on the ECG corresponds with the ventricular filling phase of the cardiac cycle?
  8. 15. vasorum, The function of this is to supply oxygen and nutrients to cells in the blood vessel walls.
  9. 17. pressure, The baroreceptors in the carotid sinus and aortic arch are sensitive to which of the following? Changes in _______________ _________________.
  10. 21. What type of tissue is blood?
  11. 23. Ovale, Which opening in the interatrial septum of the fetal heart connects the right and left atrium?
  12. 27. Which cells have no DNA?
  13. 28. muscle, What is the pump in which muscles contract to help movement of the blood through large veins?
  14. 30. The tricuspid valve is closed when the ventricles are in ________.
  15. 31. Which leukocyte is the least common and functions to mediate inflammation?
  16. 32. When you're exercising and your vessels constrict, what does that do to the blood flow through your body?
  17. 35. bone marrow, EPO targets cells are in ________
  18. 37. valve, The mitral valve is the clinical name for the ____________.
  19. 40. Which of the following is not a blood plasma protein?
  20. 41. What is the largest artery in the body?
  21. 42. In erythropoiesis what is the name of the cell that has ejected its nucleus and other organelles prior to being released into the bloodstream?
  22. 44. Serum is a fluid that is very similar to plasma, except serum has no _______.
  23. 47. Which vein carries oxygen-rich blood?
  24. 48. capillary, The most common type of blood capillary is the ________
  25. 49. In which organ would you find fenestrated capillaries?
Down
  1. 1. The arteries that directly feed into the capillary beds are called ________
  2. 2. During leukopoiesis, basophils are derived from __________.
  3. 5. Which of the following cells play a role in fighting parasites?
  4. 6. Differential counts of leukocytes provide information regarding ________ ability to defend the body against disease.
  5. 8. interna, Histologically the ________ is simple squamous epithelium supported by a thin connective tissue layer.
  6. 9. All of the following are formed elements of the blood except ______
  7. 10. portal, Into what vein do the splenic gastric superior mesenteric and inferior mesenteric veins drain?
  8. 14. , An average adult has approximately ______ liters of blood
  9. 16. Accumulation of cholesterol and other lipids in the walls of arteries is the main cause of ______.
  10. 18. An unusual circulation system when veins, instead of arteries, supply blood to the capillary bed is found only in a few places in the body and is called _________ circulation
  11. 19. The exchange of nutrients and gases between the blood and tissue cells is the primary function of which blood vessels?
  12. 20. What is the most common type of leukocyte in a healthy adult?
  13. 22. What valve prevents the backflow of blood from the right ventricle into the right atrium?
  14. 24. Hemoglobin is a red protein that carries oxygen. In order to function hemoglobin requires to have which element in its structure?
  15. 25. Which cranial nerves have a negative chronotropic effect on heart rate?
  16. 26. Which of the following arteries supply the brain?
  17. 29. What plasma protein is most important for the blood's colloid osmotic pressure?
  18. 33. A disease characterized by insufficient or defective RBCs is called ____________
  19. 34. what is the oxygen-binding protein found in erythrocytes?
  20. 36. Erythropoietin (EPO) is a hormone that stimulates production of red blood cells is made primarily in the _______.
  21. 38. Insufficient amount of which ion in the blood would cause problems with blood coagulation?
  22. 39. Which substance is not normally transported by blood?
  23. 43. media, Which tunica of an artery is most responsible for maintaining blood pressure?
  24. 45. hydrostatic, What is the main factor that causes fluid from the blood to leave capillaries at the arterial end and to enter tissues: ______________ __________________ pressure
  25. 46. Do the arteries carry blood toward or away from the heart?