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Circulatory/Respiratory Flashcards

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Right Heart

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Pumps deoxygenated blood into pulmonary circulation (toward lungs)

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Left Heart

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Pumps oxygenated blood into systemic circulation (throughout the body)

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Atria

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Two upper chambers, thin-walled

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Ventricles

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Two lower chambers, extremely muscular, force to drive blood

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Left Ventricle

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More muscular than the right ventricle, responsible for generating the force that propels the systemic circulation, pumps against a higher resistance

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6
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Hypertrophied

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Enlarged left ventricle, leads to congestive heart failure

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Superior vena cava

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Blood returns from the body through this cavity into the right atrium

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Blood-> Lungs

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Superior vena cavity -> right atrium -> tricuspid valve -> right ventricle -> pulmonary semilunar vale -> pulmonary arteries -> lungs

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Lungs -> Blood

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Pulmonary Veins -> Left Atrium -> bicuspid -> left ventricle -> aortic semilunar valve -> aorta

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Atrioventricular

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Between the atria and ventricles on both sides of the heart, prevent backflow of blood into the atria during ventricular contraction

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Tricuspid

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Valve on the right side of the heart has three cusps

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12
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Bicuspid

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Valve on the left side of the heart has two cusps

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Systole

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Period during which the ventricles contract, forcing blood out of the heart into the pulmonary and systemic circulation

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Diastole

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Period of cardiac muscle relaxation during which blood drains into all four chambers

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15
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Lacteals

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Smallest lymphatic vessels, collect fat in chylomicrons, delivered into bloodstream

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16
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Bundle of His

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Branches into the right and left bundle branches

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Autonomic Nervous System

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Modifies the rate of heart contraction

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Epinephrine (adrenaline)

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Secretion causes an increase in heart rate

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Arteries

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Thick-walled, muscular elastic vessels that transport oxygenated blood away from the heart

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Veins

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Thin-walled, inelastic vessels that conduct deoxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart

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Capillaries

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Smallest diameter of all three type of vessels, red-blood cells must often travel through them single file

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Plasma

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Aqueous, non-cellular, salts, wastes, and proteins

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Leukocytes

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WBCs, protection

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Platelets

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Cell fragments, clotting

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Erythrocytes

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RBCs, oxygen-carrying, hemoglobin, stem cell bone marrow (4 Fe)

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Antigens

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Macronutrients, trigger response

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Intestinal Capillaries

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Site of amino acids/sugars absorbed into the bloodstream

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Platelet Plug

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Platelets release a chemical causing adhesion

29
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Thromboplastin

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Ca2+, Vitamin K, convert inactive plasma prothrombin to thrombin

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Clotting Cascade

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Prothrombin -> Thrombin -> Fibrinogen -> Fibrin -> Clot

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Respiratory System

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Nose -> Pharynx -> Larynx -> Trachea -> Bronchi -> Bronchioles -> Alveoli

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Alveoli

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Gas exchange between the lungs and the circulatory system occurs across the very thin walls, moist respiratory surface, very large surface area

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Inhalation

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The diaphragm contracts and flattens, and the external intercostal muscles contract, pushing the rib cage and chest wall up and out, increasing volume, reducing pressure, and causing lungs to expand

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Exhalation

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Passive process, diaphragm relaxes, decreases volume, increases pressure, lungs deflate

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Surfactant

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Protein complex secreted by the lungs, keeps the lungs from collapsing by decreasing surface tension in the alveoli

36
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Medulla Oblongata

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Ventilation is regulated by neurons

37
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Chemoreceptors

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Monitor oxygen blood levels, stimulate the respiratory center

38
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Pulmonary Capillaries

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A dense network of minute blood vessels surrounds the alveoli

39
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Total Lung Capacity

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Represents the maximum volume of air the lungs can hold

40
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Tidal Volume

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The volume of air moved during a normal resting breath

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Inspiratory Reserve Volume

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The volume of air that could be additionally inhaled into the lungs at the end of a normal, resting inhalation

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Expiratory Reserve Volume

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The volume of air left in the lungs at the end of a normal, resting exhalation

43
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Residual Volume

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Air left in the lungs to keep the alveoli patent

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