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1
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Which muscle contracts and push blood through the circulatory system

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Myocardium

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2
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The pulmonary circulation Carries blood between which two organs

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Heart and lungs

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3
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Structure that carry blood away from the heart

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Arteries

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4
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Structure that returns blood to the heart

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Veins

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5
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The thin membranous sac that surrounds the heart

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Pericardium

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6
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Instrument used to measure blood pressure

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Sphygomanometer

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7
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Sounds that are normally heard when listening to the heart with a stethoscope

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Closing of the heart valves

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8
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What is the medical term for a heart attack

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Myocardial infarction

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9
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The medical term for reduced blood supply to the heart tissue thereby causing damage to the heart muscle

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Ischemia

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10
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Which of the following is the major artery leaving the heart that takes oxygen blood to the body tissue

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Aorta

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11
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Blood returning to the heart from the lungs enters which chamber

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Left atruim

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12
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Blood returning to the heart from the various tissue of the body enters which chamber

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Right ventricle

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13
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Where does blood go immediately after it leaves the right ventricle

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Lungs

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14
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Where does blood go immediately after it leaves the left atrium

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Left ventricle

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15
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Which blood vessels are the smallest consisting of only a single layer of epithelial cells

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Capillaries

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16
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What is the medical term for a bulge in an artery caused by a weakening of the wall

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Aneurysm

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17
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CK-MB myoglobin and Troponin all measures in test that can be used to diagnose

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Myocardial infarction

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18
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The cephalic basilic and median cubical are all located IThe

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Antecubital fossa of the arm

19
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Plasma makes
UO what percentage of blood in a healthy person

20
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How much water is found in plasma

21
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What substance is produced when blood is collected in a tube allowed to clot then centetrifuged

22
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Blood cells are formed In the bone marrow from divisions of what long livied progenitor cells

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Stem cells

23
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Another term for white blood cells

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Leukocytes

24
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Another term for red blood cells

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Erythrocytes

25
The formed elements constitute what portion of the blood volume
45%
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Cells that attack and digest bacteria and are found in increased jumbled I. The presence of bacterial infection
Neutrophils
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Cells that produce antibodies and are often found in increased number in the presence of viral infection
Lymphocytes
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Formed elements of blood that play a role in blood coagulation
Platelets
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Process in which blood vessls trait after injury
Hemostasis
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Enzyme that breaks down fibrin in clots
Plasmin
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Which of the following is an inherited disease that causes decreases blood clotting
Hemophilla
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Term for an increase in total number of RBCS
Polycythemia
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Oh what condition will one find and increases number of lymphocytes in response to infection with epstein Barr virus
Mononucleosis
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What cells are infected and destroyed in an HIV infection
Helper T cells
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Lymph nodes fluid and vessels along with associated organs are all parts of what system
Lymphatic
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The term for accumulation of interstitial of fluid and tissue due to block to lymphatic vessel
Lymphedema
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The term for an attacked by the immune system on the bodies on tissue
 Auto immunity
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A blood specimen collection in a gold top tube will produce which of the following after centrifuging
Serum
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What is the first stage of hemostasis?
Vascular spasm
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Specific immunity involved, molecular recognition of
Antigens
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Which of the following is a nonspecific immune response?
 Inflammation
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Antigens identify to determine organ, transplant, compatibilit
HLA
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A nonspecific defense against infectious agents
Intact skin