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61 Cards in this Set
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Approximate blood pressure in Aorta:
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100mmHg
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Type of tissue visceral pericardium is made up of:
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Simple squamous and areolar.
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Part of myocardium supplied by interventricular artery:
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Right and left ventricles.
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Events occuring during repolarization of atria:
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Potassium leaving cells.
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Anastomosis
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Connection between blood vessels providing an alternate pathway.
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Endocardium tissue made up of:
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Simple squamous
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Base of heart
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Superior of heart with large blood vessels.
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What creates right border of heart?
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Right atrium.
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Events occuring during depolarization of atria:
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Sodium rushing into cells.
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Pressure in pulmonary artery:
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22-25 mmHg
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Importance of GAP junctions in heart:
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Important for communication between cells.
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Cardiac tamponade
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Compression of heart caused by blood/fluid build up in space between myocardium and pericardium.
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Auscultation
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Listening to internal sounds of the body using a stethoscope.
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Thrombocytosis
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Too many platelets.
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Thromboxane A2
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Prostaglandin responsible for platelet aggregation
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MNC proteins
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Responsible for White blood cell self-recognition.
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Fibrinolysis
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Essential for breakdown of Fibrin to fibrinogen.
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Heparin
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Blocks thrombin (anticoagulant)
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Antigen
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Protein that causes an immune response.
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Hemophilia
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Results from lack of clotting factor.
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Serum
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Plasma without clotting factor
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Pernicious anemia
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Caused by lack of B12, intrinsic factor
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Prostacyclin
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Blood vessel lining, keeps platelets from sticking.
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Syneresis
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Retraction of fibrin clot, pushes out serum.
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Aplastic anemia
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Loss of hematopoeitic stem cells
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B lymphocytes
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make antibodies
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Which mineral is essential for clotting?
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Calcium
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Polycythemia
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increase in red blood cells
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Megakaryocyte
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Breaks apart to form platelets.
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Leukocytosis
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Too many white blood cells.
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Anaphylactic shock
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Systemic degranulation of basophils
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Number of platelets in blood
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200,000-400,000/mm3
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Number of reticulocytes in blood
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Less than one.
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Normal hemoglobin range
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12-18g/dl
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Normal hematocrit
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38-55%
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Average size of RBC
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7um
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Ratio of RBCs to WBCs--RBCs to platelets?
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1000:1/ 10:1
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Units that cardiac output is measured in
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ml/min and L/min
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Normal value for stroke volume
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70 ml
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What condition associated with left congestive heart failure?
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Pulmonary edema.
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A heart beat of less than 50-60 bpm is indicative of what?
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Bradycardia
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Cardiac reserve
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Amount above normal cardiac output to be increased.
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What affect would vagal stimulation have on Cardiac output?
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Decrease.
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Positive inotropic drug
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Increases force of contraction of heart.
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Cor pulmonale
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Right sided heart failure--caused by pulmonary disease.
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Normal range for EDV
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120-130 ml
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Positive chronotropic drug
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Adrenaline
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Point in systemic contraction when all four valves are closed
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Isovolumetric contraction.
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What condition associated with right congestive heart failure?
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Systemic edema
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Vessel with only endothelium and smooth muscle:
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Endothelium
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Which vessel is considered leaky capillary?
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Sinusoid
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Pressure in arterioles
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30-80 mmHg
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Chemicals that relax precapillary sphincters:
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CO2, H+
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Amount of time it would take one drop of blood to go through pulmonary and systemic circuits:
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one min.
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Hydrostatic pressure in a capillary:
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15-30 mmHg
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Osmotic pressure of blood:
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22 mmHg
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Where are chemo and baroreceptors found?
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In cartoid sinus and aortic arch.
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Which vessels have slowest blood flow?
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Capillaries.
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In which vessels does nutrient exchange take place?
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Capillaries.
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Places in body that do not contain capillaries:
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Cornea, lens, epithelium, and cartilage.
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Heart rate in compensated shock/ decompensated shock:
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High/Low
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