Cardiovascular Flashcards
CV system circulate blood through entire body for?
Transport oxygen
Transport carbon dioxide from cells
Transport nutrients to cells (glucose,protein,lipids)
Transport endocrine secretion
Movement of immune system (cells,antibodies)
What blood cells fight infection?
White blood cells
Antibodies are what macro?
Protein
Describe the heart and what is connected to it?
Heart is the pump
Veins toward the Heart
Arteries away from Heart
Capillaries are?
Where diffusion occurs (carbon dioxide, oxygen and glucose exchange in and out of blood)
Is the diffusion of capillaries passive or active?
Passive
55% of blood is?
Plasma (liquid)
45% of blood is?
Solid
What is blood a mixture of?
Cells, water, proteins and sugars
Facts about plasma?
pH of 7.35
90% water
10% dissolved gas, salt, nutrient, protein
What are the 3 types of Protein plasma?
Albumins, Globulins, Fibrinogen
What are Albumin and Globulin responsible for?
Transporting substances (fatty acids, hormone)
What is Fibrinogen responsible for?
The ability for the blood to clot
What is the measurement of % of red blood cells?
Hematocrit
Leukocytes are also known as?
White blood cells
What are the 5 types of white blood cells that protect against disease?
Basophils, Eosinophils, Neutrophils, Lymphocytes, Monocytes
What Protein plasma is more prevalent in the blood?
Albumins
What is the solid part of a blood clot?
Platelet
What is Hemophilia?
People unable to clot their blood
What is the most numerous type of blood cell?
Red blood cells
Oxygen is transported by?
Red blood cells
Where do red blood cells get their color?
Hemoglobin
Where is red blood cells made?
Bone marrow
How long do red blood cells circulate?
120 days
What do white blood cells do?
Fight infection, bacteria/parasites
When their is an infection, what happens to the number of white blood cells?
They increase
What fights pathogens and remembers them?
Lymphocytes
What aids the body in clotting?
Platelets
What are common blood types?
O,A,B,AB
What is an Rh-Factor?
Antigen that causes body to produce antibodies
What does Rh+ mean?
The Rh Factor is present
What does Rh- mean?
The Rh Factor is not present
What is the most prevalent type of white blood cell?
Neutrophil
What is the least prevalent?
Basophil
Which white blood cells are granulocytes?
Neutrophil, Basophil, Eosinophil
Parents both being AA will give you what blood type?
A
One parent being A, other being O will give you what blood type?
A
Both parents being BB will give you what blood type?
B
One parent being B, other being O will give you what?
B
One parent being A and the other being B will give you what blood type?
AB
AB is what type of genotype?
Codominance
Both parents being OO, will give you what blood type?
O
What do Antigens produce?
Antibodies
What is an Aorta?
Artery
The 3 holes at the top of the Aorta do what?
Feed everything above the heart
The descending Aorta does what?
Feeds everything below the heart
The superior vena cava does what?
Drains everything above the heart
The inferior vena cava does what?
Drains everything below the heart
The Coronary sinus does what?
Drains the heart itself