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Bio Ch 32 Flashcards

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Circulatory system

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moves fluid between various parts of the body

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Blood

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1 type of circulatory fluid, which is always contained within blood vessels

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Hemolymph

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type of circulatory fluid, a mixture of blood and tissue fluid, which fills the body cavity and surround the inner organs

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Open circulatory system

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hemolymph is seen in animals with this, which consists of blood vessels plus open spaces

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Closed circulatory system

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blood is seen in animals with this, in which blood does not leave the vessels

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Cardiovascular system

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all vertebrate animals have a closed one of these consisting of a strong, muscular heart in which the atria (sing., atrium) receive blood and the muscular ventricles pump blood through the blood vessels

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Arteries

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carry blood away from the heart

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Capillaries

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exchange materials with tissue fluid

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Veins

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return blood to the heart

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Arterioles

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small arteries whose diameter can be regulated by the nervous and endocrine systems; constriction and dilation of these affect blood pressure; greater the number of these dilated

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Venules

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along with veins, collect blood from the capillary beds and take it to the heart; drain blood from capillaries

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Systemic circuit

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heart pumps blood to the tissues through this

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Pulmonary circuit

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heart pumps blood to the lungs through this

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Heart

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cone-shaped, muscular organ about the size of a fist; located between the lungs directly behind the sternum (breastbone) and is tilted so the apex (pointed end) is oriented to the left

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Septum

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this wall separates the heart into a right side and a left side

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Atrium (pl., atria)

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two, upper, thin-walled chambers with wrinkled, protruding appendages called auricles

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Ventricles

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two lower thick-walled chambers, which pump blood away from the heart

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Atrioventricular valves

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two valves that lie between the atria and the ventricles that are supported by strong fibrous strings called chordae tendineae

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Semilunar valves

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valves between the ventricles and their attached vessels whose flaps resemble half-moons; pulmonary and aortic types

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Systole

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refers to the contraction of the heart chambers

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Diastole

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refers to relaxation of these chambers

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Cardiac cycle

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one complete cycle of systole and diastole for all heart chambers

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Cardiac output

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the volume of blood that the left ventricle pumps per minute into the systemic circuit is called this

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Pulse

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wave effect that passes down the walls of the arterial blood vessels when the aorta expands and then recoils following ventricular systole

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Pacemaker

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Sinoatrial (SA) node is called this because it usually keeps the heartbeat regular

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Electrocardiogram (ECG)

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recording of the electrical changes that occur in the myocardium during a cardiac cycle

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Aorta

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major systemic artery that takes blood from the heart to the tissues

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Venae cavae (sing. vena cava)

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large systemic vein that returns blood to the right atrium of the heart in tetrapods; either the superior or inferior

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Portal system

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structure in which blood from capillaries travels through veins to reach another set of capillaries, without first traveling through the heart

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Blood pressure

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can be measured with a sphygmomanometer, which has a pressure cuff that determines the amount of pressure required to stop the flow of blood through an artery

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Hypertension

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high blood pressure; often caused by narrowing of arteries due to atherosclerosis

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Atherosclerosis

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accumulation of soft masses of fatty materials, particularly cholesterol, beneath the inner linings of arteries (plaque)

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Stroke

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disruption of blood supply to the brain; often results when a small cranial arteriole bursts or is blocked by an embolus

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Angina pectoris

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if a coronary artery becomes partially blocked, the individual may suffer from this condition, characterized as a squeezing sensation or a flash of burning

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Heart attack

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myocardial infarction; if a coronary artery is completely blocked, perhaps by a thromboembolism, a portion of the heart muscle dies due to a lack of oxygen

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Plasma

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contains many types of molecules, including nutrients, wastes, salts, and hundreds of different types of proteins

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Antibodies

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significant group of plasma proteins produced by the immune system in response to specific pathogens and other foreign materials

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Formed elements

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red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and platelets (thrombocytes)

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Red blood cells

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small, biconcave disks that at maturity lack a nucleus and contain the respiratory pigment hemoglobin; average adult human has 5-6 million of these per cubic mm; each one of these has 250 million hemoglobin molecules

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Hemoglobin

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contains 4 globin protein chains, each associated with heme, an iron-containing group

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Antigen

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molecule (usually a protein or carbohydrate) that can trigger a specific immune response

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Agglutination

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clumping of red blood cells; can cause blood to stop circulating in small blood vessels, leading to organ damage

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White blood cells (leukocytes)

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large, lack a nucleus, lack hemoglobin, appear translucent; 5000 - 11,000 of these per cubic mm in humans

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Granular leukoctyes

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cytoplasm of neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils contain spherical vesicles (granules) filled with enzymes and proteins that these cells used to help defend the body against invading microbes and other parasites

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Neutrophils

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have a multilobed nucleus; AKA polymorphonuclear cells; most abundant of WBCs; able to squeeze through capillary walls and enter the tissues, where they phagocytize and digest bacteria; pus = dead ones

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Basophil

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granules that stain a deep blue; contain inflammatory chemicals such as histamine

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Eosinophils

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stain deed red; involved in fighting parasitic worms among other actions

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Agraunular leukocytes

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AKA mononuclear cells; lack obvious granules, include the monocytes and the lymphocytes

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Monocytes

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largest of the WBCs; tend to migrate into tissues in response to chronic, ongoing infections, where they differentiate into large phagocytic macrophages

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Macrophages

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long-lived cells that fight infections directly and release growth factors that increase the production of different types of WBCs by the bone marrow

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Lymphocytes

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second most common type of WBC in the blood; T cells and B cells - each play a distinct role in adaptive immune response to specific antigens

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Platelets (thrombocytes)

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result from fragmentation of large cells, called megakaryocytes, in the red bone marrow; produced at a rate of 200 billion/day; blood contains 150,000 - 300,000 per cubic mm; involved in blood clotting

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Clotting

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Coagulation

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Tissue fluid

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substances that leave a capillary contribute to this fluid between the body’s cells; tends to contain all components of plasma but has much lower amounts of protein

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Lymph

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tissue fluid contained within lymphatic vessels; is returned to the systemic venous blood when the major lymphatic vessels enter the subclavian veins in the shoulder region

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