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