4 Review Qs MT chapter 5 and MA ch 12

Question 1

what is the heart’s pacemaker?

Answer 1

sinatrial node

Question 2

where are eosinophils formed? what do they do?

Answer 2

made in red bone marrow and destroys parasitic organisms and plays a major role in allergic reactions

Question 3

what is the bicuspid vale also known as?

Answer 3

mitral valve

Question 4

which chamber pumps blood into the pulmonary artery?

Answer 4

right ventricle

Question 5

what is the inner lining of the heart?

Answer 5

endocardium

Question 6

what is the external layer of the heart?

Answer 6

epicardium

Question 7

what is the sac enclosing the heart?

Answer 7

pericardium

Question 8

what is cardiac muscle?

Answer 8

myocardium

Question 9

what is an abnormally slow resting heart rate called?

Answer 9

bradycardia

Question 10

what is the most common type of WBC?

Answer 10

neutrophils

Question 11

what is a foreign object circulating in the blood?

Answer 11

embolus

Question 12

what chamber carries blood to all parts of the body except the lungs?

Answer 12

left ventricle

Question 13

high-density lipoprotein cholesterol is known as what?

Answer 13

good cholesterol

Question 14

what is it called when the heart quivers instead of pumping?

Answer 14

atrial fibrillation

Question 15

what is the highest pressure against the blood vessel called?

Answer 15

systolic pressure

Question 16

what is a deficiency of blood passing through an organ or body part?

Answer 16

hypoperfusion

Question 17

what do you call an irregular heart beat?

Answer 17

arrhythmia

Question 18

what works to slow the heart rate thus reducing the workload of the heart?

Answer 18

beta blocker

Question 19

what is administered to lower blood pressure?

Answer 19

antihypertensive

Question 20

what is it called when clotting proteins are removed from plasma?

Answer 20

serum

Question 21

what is anemia?

Answer 21

an abnormally small number of platelets in the circulating blood

Question 22

what is the inability of the heart valve to close completely?

Answer 22

valvular prolapse

Question 23

what is a benign tumor made up of newly formed blood vessels?

Answer 23

hemangioma

Question 24

what is a deposit of plaque on or within the arterial wall?

Answer 24

atheroma

Question 25

what is the term that means to stop or control bleeding?

Answer 25

hemostasis

Question 26

what is any pathological condition of the cellular elements of the blood?

Answer 26

blood dyscrasia

Question 27

what is the circulatory system made up of?

Answer 27

the heart, blood, and blood vessels

Question 28

what are the four chambers of the heart?

Answer 28

right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, left ventricle

Question 29

what is the thick, muscular partition between the right and left ventricles?

Answer 29

interventricular septum

Question 30

what are the valves called between the atria and ventricles?

Answer 30

atrioventricular (AV) valves

Question 31

what are the valves called at the base of the large vessels leaving the ventricles?

Answer 31

semilunar (SL) valves

Question 32

what is the purpose of the AV valves?

Answer 32

to prevent backflow of blood from the ventricle back into the atrium

Question 33

what are the two AV valves and where are they located?

Answer 33

tricuspic valve is located between the right atrium and right ventricle; bicuspid or mitral valve is located between the left atrium and left ventricle

Question 34

what are the semilunar valves are where are they located?

Answer 34

the pulmonary (SL) valve is located at the exit of the right ventricle; the aortic (SL) valve is at the exit of the left ventricle in the base of the ascending aorta

Question 35

what is pulmonary circulation?

Answer 35

blood circulation pertaining to the lungs

Question 36

what is systemic circulation?

Answer 36

blood circulation pertaining to the rest of the body except for the lungs