Circulatory vocabulary

Question 1

A disorder caused by the lack of rbc’s or the inability to produce them

Answer 1

Anemia

Question 2

Uncontrollable bleeding

Answer 2

Hemorrhage

Question 3

Cellular fragments whose function is to initiative blood clotting

Answer 3

Thrombocytes

Question 4

Several different types of cells of the blood whose function include destroying foreign matter in the body and immunity

Answer 4

Leukocytes

Question 5

The most numerous blood cells whose function is to transport oxygen and carbin dioxide through the circulatory system

Answer 5

Erythrocytes

Question 6

Vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart

Answer 6

Arteries

Question 7

Neutrophils and monocytes which engulf and destroy antigens in the body

Answer 7

Phagocytes

Question 8

Process by which blood cells are formed and then differentiated into rbc’s,wbc’s and platelets

Answer 8

Hemopoiesis

Question 9

The heart, blood vessels, lymphatic organs and vessels which transport fluids, nutrients, and gasses through the body

Answer 9

Cardiovascular system

Question 10

A blood test which determines 1% of blood cells and blood plasma

Answer 10

Hematocrit

Question 11

Blood protein found on erythrocytes which determines a person’s blood type

Answer 11

Agglutinogen

Question 12

A device used with a stesthocpe to determine a person’s blood pressure

Answer 12

Sphygmomanoter

Question 13

A blood protein in erythrocytes which is antagonistic to the proteins which determines blood type

Answer 13

Agglutinin

Question 14

A genetic, sex-linked, recessive blood disease, in which blood cannot clot due to the lack of blood protein

Answer 14

Hemophilia

Question 15

Interstial fluid from the tissue that enters lymphatic capillaries to be returned to the venous blood system

Answer 15

Lymph

Question 16

The physical and chemical events which occur to stop hemorrhaging

Answer 16

Hemostasis

Question 17

The largest of the lymphatic organs which stores a pint of blood, and destroys worn out red blood cells

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Spleen

Question 18

The functional unit of the circulatory system, microscopic vessels where oxygen and nutrients, and waster products are exchanged

Answer 18

Capillaries

Question 19

Vessels that carry blood low in oxygen back to the right atrium

Answer 19

Veins

Question 20

Protein found on erythrocytes whose function is to carry oxygen and carbon dioxide to the cells od the body and to the lungs

Answer 20

Hemoglobin

Question 21

The heart in a state of contraction

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Systole

Question 22

The relaxation or filling stage of the heart

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Diastole

Question 23

The amount of blood pumped through the heart in one minute

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Cardiac output

Question 24

The largest vein in the body carries blood back to the right atrium (superior and inferior)

Answer 24

Vena cava

Question 25

The thickest layer of the heart composed of cardiac muscle fibers

Answer 25

Myocardium