Cardiac & Respiratory System

Question 1

The nonliving fluid component of blood; mainly water with dissolved substances like plasma proteins

Answer 1

Plasma

Question 2

Platelets; cell fragments that help stop bleeding when a blood vessel is damaged

Answer 2

Thrombocytes

Question 3

Blood cell formation

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Hematopoiesis

Question 4

The protein that contains Fe+2 which readily binds to O2, and thus can carry it

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Hemoglobin

Question 5

White blood cells; help our body recognize and fight off foreign substances

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Leukocytes

Question 6

A fluid connective tissue made of living blood cells floating in nonliving plasma that transports a variety of substances critical for maintaining homeostasis

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Blood

Question 7

Rhesus antigens on red blood cells that determine if you make anti-Rh antibodies and thus have (+) or (-) blood type

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Rh Factor

Question 8

Red blood cells; carry O2 and CO2 between lungs and rest of body

Answer 8

Erythrocytes

Question 9

Anything that the body perceives as foreign that activates an immune response; Glycoprotein and glycolipids markers/tags on our cells

Answer 9

Antigens

Question 10

The volume of blood flowing through a blood vessel, organ, or the entire circulation system in a given period

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Blood Flow

Question 11

The antigens on red blood cells that determine blood type

Answer 11

agglutinogens

Question 12

The inner layer of the heart wall that contracts

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Myocardium

Question 13

The hormone that regulates the formation and destruction of red blood cells

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Erythropoietin

Question 13

The fast and localized process the body uses to stop bleeding

Answer 13

Hemostasis

Question 14

smallest blood vessels with the thinnest walls in order to maximize the exchange of materials between the blood and interstitial fluid

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Capillaries

Question 15

Noncontractile cells that can spontaneously depolarize without neural input

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Pacemaker Cells

Question 16

a network of capillaries

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Capillary Bed

Question 17

What is heard through a stethoscope; associated with the heart valves closing during the cardiac cycle

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Heartbeat

Question 18

when the heart relaxes

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Diastole

Question 19

The force per unit area exerted on a vessel wall by the blood inside it

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Blood Pressure

Question 20

When the heart contracts

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Systole

Question 21

device that tracks the electrical activity of the heart

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ECK or EKG

Question 22

The opposition to flow; the amount of friction the blood encounters as it passes through the blood vessels

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Resistance

Question 23

Smaller blood vessels that branch off of arteries and feed into capillary beds in our different organs and tissues

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Arterioles

Question 24

Blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart

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Veins

Question 25

Heart rate, measured by the number of times your heart beats per minute (bpm)

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Pulse

Question 26

The dynamic structures that create pathways that constrict and relax in order to transport blood throughout the body

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Blood Vessels

Question 27

Automated external defibrillator; portable device used to deliver an electric shock to the heart when someone goes into sudden cardiac arrest

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AED

Question 28

Double walled sac that encloses the heart

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Pericardium

Question 29

Responsible for the heart’s pumping

Answer 29

Cardiac Muscle Cells

Question 30

Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart

Answer 30

Arteries

Question 31

Smallest vein components that branch off of capillary beds and feed into bigger and bigger veins that lead back to the heart

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Venules

Question 32

The amount of air that can be held in your lungs

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Lung Capacity

Question 33

the maximum amount you can breath in

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Inspiratory reserve volume

Question 34

the amount of air you can force out after a normal tidal volume exhalation

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Expiratory reserve volume

Question 35

The diffusion of O2 and CO2 between the alveoli and blood in the lungs and then later the blood and body tissues

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Gas Exchange

Question 36

Serous membranes that line the thoracic wall and diaphragm

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Pleura

Question 37

The set of metabolic reactions that convert chemical energy in food to usable energy (ATP) for the cell, and thus the body

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Cellular Respiration

Question 38

The smallest passageways of the respiratory system that empty into the alveolar ducts

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Bronchioles

Question 39

the total volume of air that can be expelled from your lungs forcibly after you take your deepest breath

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Vital Capacity

Question 40

the amount of air that moves in and out of your lungs with each breath when you are breathing normally

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Tidal Volume

Question 41

Bind to antigens and clump the cells together for destruction

Answer 41

Antibodies