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- 2. The type of circulation in which blood is shuttled to working areas of the body
- 3. The rate at which oxygens "willingness to cling" to our RBC is known as?
- 4. (2 words) The amount of air that moves in and out of the lungs during normal breathing
- 5. This structure is also known as our windpipe
- 6. This valve separates the right atrium from the right ventricle
- 9. This acronym is the shortened version of an overarching descriptor of any respiratory disease
- 11. The scientific name for red blood cells
- 14. The scientific name for white blood cells
- 15. (2 words)The maximum amount of oxygen your body can use during exercise
- 16. The inferior aspects of the heart house these two chambers split between left and right
- 18. These structures are the second largest structure that house deoxygenated blood and are used to transport deoxygenated blood back to the heart
- 19. The majority component of your bloods makeup, this component often is yellow in colour
- 20. Known as the movement of gas from an area of high concentration, to low concentration
- 22. This transverse abdominal muscle plays a vital role in altering pressure to allow the inhalation and exhalation of air
- 24. (2 words) Known as the volume pumped from the left ventricle per minute
- 26. Known as any type of irregular heart beat condition
- 28. The buildup of this organic material within arteries can lead to numerous negative cardiac episodes
- 30. What structure is mainly responsible for carrying oxygenated blood?
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- 1. (2 words) The secondary electrical structure within the heart that conducts the signal from atria into ventricles
- 7. This tool is used by clinicians to measure the electrical sequencing of the heart
- 8. Inhaling and exhaling can be referred to as?
- 10. A component of Frank-Starling Law in which ventricular walls stretch
- 12. (3 words) The structure that allows deoxygenated blood to fight gravity as it returns to the heart
- 13. The protein in which oxygen binds to
- 17. This condition is caused by swelling, extra mucous production and the tightening of respiratory structures
- 21. (2 words) This grouping of structures contains every part of the respiratory system except alveoli
- 23. This component of formed elements within our blood is responsible for clotting wounds?
- 25. Known as the time in which the ventricle fills with blood
- 27. These grape like structures are the main location within our lungs where gas exchange occurs
- 29. (2 words)The most pronounced series of rises and falls within an ECG reading