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Vat 120 ANATOMY > Circulation > Flashcards

Circulation Flashcards

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Circulatory System

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Primary transport system in the body for cells and antibodies

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Arteries

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Carry blood away from the heart to the capillaries

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Capillaries

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Are porous, allow substances to move freely between extracellular fluid and blood

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Veins

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Lead to the heart

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Extracellular fluid

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Moves between the capillaries

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Systemic Circulation

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From the heart to the body, tissues, back to the heart

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Heart

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A muscle that produces and cycles blood

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Thrombocytes

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Platelets

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PFO

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Patent, Forman, ovalve (a hole between the left and roght atrium)

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Phagocytize

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Cells that eat foreign invaders

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Erythrocytes

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Most numerous of the blood cells that carry O2

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Leukocyte

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Granulocytes, agranulocytes

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Grandulocytes

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Neutrophils, Eosinphils, basophils

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Agranulocytes

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Lymphocytes, monocytes

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Ductus Arteriosus

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Connects the pulmonary artery with the aorta

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16
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PDA

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Patent Ductus Arterious, left open

17
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Portosystematic shunt

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Problem when a duct dosent close in birth

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Antibody

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A protein molecule that protects antigen

18
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Antibody

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A protein molecule that protects antigen

19
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Fibrinogen

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Proteins in plasma

Vat 120 ANATOMY (2 decks)

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