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Which muscle contracts and push blood through the circulatory system
Myocardium
The pulmonary circulation Carries blood between which two organs
Heart and lungs
Structure that carry blood away from the heart
Arteries
Structure that returns blood to the heart
Veins
The thin membranous sac that surrounds the heart
Pericardium
Instrument used to measure blood pressure
Sphygomanometer
Sounds that are normally heard when listening to the heart with a stethoscope
Closing of the heart valves
What is the medical term for a heart attack
Myocardial infarction
The medical term for reduced blood supply to the heart tissue thereby causing damage to the heart muscle
Ischemia
Which of the following is the major artery leaving the heart that takes oxygen blood to the body tissue
Aorta
Blood returning to the heart from the lungs enters which chamber
Left atruim
Blood returning to the heart from the various tissue of the body enters which chamber
Right ventricle
Where does blood go immediately after it leaves the right ventricle
Lungs
Where does blood go immediately after it leaves the left atrium
Left ventricle
Which blood vessels are the smallest consisting of only a single layer of epithelial cells
Capillaries
What is the medical term for a bulge in an artery caused by a weakening of the wall
Aneurysm
CK-MB myoglobin and Troponin all measures in test that can be used to diagnose
Myocardial infarction
The cephalic basilic and median cubical are all located IThe
Antecubital fossa of the arm
Plasma makes
UO what percentage of blood in a healthy person
55
How much water is found in plasma
90
What substance is produced when blood is collected in a tube allowed to clot then centetrifuged
Plasma
Blood cells are formed In the bone marrow from divisions of what long livied progenitor cells
Stem cells
Another term for white blood cells
Leukocytes
Another term for red blood cells
Erythrocytes
The formed elements constitute what portion of the blood volume
45%
Cells that attack and digest bacteria and are found in increased jumbled I. The presence of bacterial infection
Neutrophils
Cells that produce antibodies and are often found in increased number in the presence of viral infection
Lymphocytes
Formed elements of blood that play a role in blood coagulation
Platelets
Process in which blood vessls trait after injury
Hemostasis
Enzyme that breaks down fibrin in clots
Plasmin
Which of the following is an inherited disease that causes decreases blood clotting
Hemophilla
Term for an increase in total number of RBCS
Polycythemia
Oh what condition will one find and increases number of lymphocytes in response to infection with epstein Barr virus
Mononucleosis
What cells are infected and destroyed in an HIV infection
Helper T cells
Lymph nodes fluid and vessels along with associated organs are all parts of what system
Lymphatic
The term for accumulation of interstitial of fluid and tissue due to block to lymphatic vessel
Lymphedema
The term for an attacked by the immune system on the bodies on tissue
 Auto immunity
A blood specimen collection in a gold top tube will produce which of the following after centrifuging
Serum
What is the first stage of hemostasis?
Vascular spasm
Specific immunity involved, molecular recognition of
Antigens
Which of the following is a nonspecific immune response?
 Inflammation
Antigens identify to determine organ, transplant, compatibilit
HLA
A nonspecific defense against infectious agents
Intact skin
