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Another name for a white blood cell
LEUKOCYTE
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Another name for a red blood cell
ERYTHROCYTE
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Another name for a platelet
THROMBOCYTE
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A lymphocyte that slows antibody production
SUPRESSOR T-CELL
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A lymphocyte that matures in the thymus and stimulates antibody production
HELPER T-CELL
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What is the name of the protein that carries oxygen in the blood?
HEMOGLOBIM
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What do you call the amount of oxygen carrying protein in the RBCs of whole blood?
HEMOGLOBIN
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Which kind of leukocytes is/are not an agranulocyte?
GRANULOCYTES
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_____ are examples of granulocytes.
BASOPHILS, NEUTROPHILS, EOSINPHILS
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_____ are examples of agranulocytes
LYMPHOCYTES, MONOCYTES
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The clear, watery fluid that remains after a blood clot has been removed from the blood is called
SERUM
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The golden straw colored fluid left after the formed elements are removed from blood is called
PLASMA
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Your patient has type B blood. Can you give him type A blood?
NO
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Your patient has type AB blood. Can you give her type O blood?
YES
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Is there any type of blood you cannot give to someone who has type AB+ blood?
NO
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What type(s) of blood can you give someone who has type O- blood?
O-
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The outer most layer of the heart
EPICARDIUM
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The middle layer of the heart
MYOCARDIUM
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An upper chamber of the heart
ATRIUM
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A lower chamber of the heart
VENTRICLE
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The valves of the heart are formed from _____ (layer) of the heart.
ENDOCARDIUM
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Infections (i.e. rheumatic fever) of the _____ can cause a heart murmur.
VALVE
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The area of tissue damaged by lack of blood supply
INFARCTION
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Inflammation of heart muscle
MYOCARDITIS
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Inflammation of the outer layer of the heart
PERICARDITIS
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Inflammation of the inner layer of the heart
ENDOCARDITIS
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An instrument for recording the electrical activity of the heart
EKG, ECG
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A procedure for measuring the pressure developed in each chamber as the heart contracts
CARDIAC CATHEDERIZATION
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Clot formation in the coronary arteries results in a
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
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The scientific name for a blood clot is
THROMBUS
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A heart rate (in an adult) of 150 beats per minute is described as
TACHYCARDIC
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A heart rate of 30 (in an adult) bpm is described as
BRADYCARDIC
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The small vessel where exchange take place (the only vessel where exchange takes place)
CAPILLARY
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The vessels that deliver blood to the capillaries
ARTERIOLE
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The group of vessels that carries blood to and from the lungs for gas exchange is called the _____ circulation.
PULMONIC
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The group of vessels that carries blood to and from the body (except lungs) is called the _____ circulation.
SYSTEMIC
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The branches of the abdominal aorta that supply blood to the kidneys
RENAL ARTERIES
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A region of the medulla oblongata that controls blood vessel diameter
VASOMOTOR SENSOR
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Poison produced by a pathogen
TOXIN
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Any foreign substance introduced into the blood that provokes an immune response
ANTIGEN
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A fraction (part) of the blood plasma that contains antibodies
SERUM
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Manufacture of antibodies against one�s own tissue
AUTOIMMUNE
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Which is the only specific defense against an infection?
IMMUNITY
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Another name for a thrombocyte
CLOT
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Another name for erythrocytes
RED BLOOD CELL
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Another name for leukocytes
WHITE BLOOD CELL
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A substance that often accumulates when leukocytes are actively destroying bacteria
PUS
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Death of tissue in the muscle layer of the heart is called
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
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The term for a circuit that carries venous blood to a second capillary bed before it returns to the heart
PORTAL VEIN
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The large vein that drains blood from the parts of the body below the diaphragm
INFERIOR VENA CAVA
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The large vein that drains blood from the parts of the body above the diaphragm
SUPERIOR VENA CAVA
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The means by which a pathogenic organism invades the body
PORTAL OF ENTRY
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The lymphocyte that starts the Antigen � Antibody reaction
HELPER T-CELL
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The lymphocyte that turns into plasma cells
B-CELLS
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The cells that actually produce the antibodies
PLASMA CELLS
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The cell that ingests pathogens
MACRPPHAGE
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The cell that interleukins stimulate
B-CELLS
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Cells become clumped when mixed with a specific antiserum (wrong type of blood). This clumping is called ______.
AGCLUTINATION
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The volume percentage of red blood cells in whole blood
HEMATOCRIT
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Another name for the epicardium is visceral ________.
PERICARDIUM
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The contraction phase of the cardiac cycle
SYSTOLE
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The relaxation phase of the cardiac cycle
DIASTOLE
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A sound that may result from a heart defect, such as abnormal closing of a heart valve
MURMOR
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Aspirin is an example of this type of drug
ANTICOAGULANT
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Clot Busters are a group of drugs medically referred to as
THROMBOLITICS
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Capillaries combine to form the smallest veins, called
VENULES
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The large vessels that supplies blood to the head
CAROTID ARTERY
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The vessel supplying oxygenated blood to the liver
HEPATIC ARTERY
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The vessel that carries food from the digestive tract to the liver
HEPATIC PORTAL VEIN
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The vein that drains the area supplied by the carotid artery
JUGULAR VEIN
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What change in blood vessel diameter is caused by smooth muscle contractions?
VASOCONSTRICTION
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What change in blood vessel diameter is caused by smooth muscle relaxation?
VASODIALATION
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The valve between the right atrium and right ventricle
TRICUSPID
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The valve between the left atrium and left ventricle
MITRAL, BICUSPID
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The valve between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery
PULMONARY
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The valve between the left ventricle and the aorta
AORTIC
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A protein produced by the body to destroy a foreign substance introduced into the body
ANTIBODY
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Blood serum contains immunity proteins called
IMMUNOGLOBULIN
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The manufacture of antibodies to substances that normally do not harm the body
ALLERGY
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How many specific defenses against disease are there
ONE, IMMUNITY
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An example of a nonspecific defense is
COUGH, SNEEZE, INTACT SKIN
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Cells that combine with foreign antigens and present them to T-cells
MACROPHAGE
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Which of the following will result in active immunity
IMMUNIZATION
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A lymphocyte that produces antibodies
PLASMA CELLS
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The wave of pressure from each ventricular contraction
PULSE
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A large vessel which carries blood from the lungs to the heart
PULMONARY VEINS
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The largest vessel which carries blood from the heart to the lungs
PULMONARY ARTERIES
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The large vessel that carries blood from the liver to the heart
INFERIOR VENA CAVA
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Term for blood pressure measured during heart muscle contraction
SYSTOLIC
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Term for the blood pressure measured during the heart muscle �relaxation�.
DIASTOLIC
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Scientific name for a disease causing organism
PATHOGEN
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When blood returns from the lungs it enter the _____ (a chamber)
L ATRIUM
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When blood passes through the bicuspid valve it enters the _____ (a chamber).
L VENTRICLE
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When blood leaves the left ventricle it passes through the _____ valve.
AORTIC
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When blood passes through the aortic valve it enters the _____ (a vessel).
AORTA
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The aorta takes blood to the entire body except the _____.
LUNGS
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The blood returns to the heart (from everywhere but the lungs) by the _____ and _____ (vessels).
INFERIOR AND SUPERIOR VENA CAVA
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When blood returns to the heart from the superior and inferior vena cava it enters the _____ (a chamber).
R ATRIUM
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When blood passes through the tricuspid valve it enter the _____ (a chamber)
R VENTRICLE
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When blood leaves the right ventricle it goes through the _____ valve.
PULMONARY
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