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1
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Functions of blood?

A

Transport, protection, and regulation

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2
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What does blood regulate?

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Fluid balance, pH, and temperature

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3
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Normal blood pH?

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7.35 to 7.45

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4
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Components of blood?

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Plasma and blood cells

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5
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Components of plasma?

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Proteins, clotting factors, mostly water

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6
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What are thrombocytes?

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Platelets

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7
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Solids in plasma?

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Nutrients, electrolytes, hormones, gases

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8
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What is the buffy coat?

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White blood cells and platelets

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9
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Blood percentages?

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55% plasma, 1% buffy coat, 45% erythrocytes

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10
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Major categories of plasma proteins?

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Albumin, globulins, and fibrinogen

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11
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What is albumin responsible for?

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Blood viscosity and osmolarity

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12
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What are globulins responsible for?

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Antibodies

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13
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What is fibrinogen responsible for?

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Precursor of fibrin threads

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14
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Formed elements of blood?

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Erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes

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15
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What are the different leukocytes?

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Lymphocytes, monocytes, basophils, eosinophils, neutrophils

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16
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What is hemopoiesis?

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AKA hematopoiesis, blood cell production

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17
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Where does hemopoiesis occur in adults?

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Red bone marrow of axial skeleton, girdles, proximal epiphyses of humerus and femur

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18
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Where does hemopoiesis occur in children?

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All red bone marrow

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19
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What are pluripotent stem cells?

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PPSCs, they give rise to the formed elements

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20
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Steps of RBC maturation?

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Erythroblasts multiply and synthesize hemoglobin, nucleus is discarded, and they then become erythrocytes

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21
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2 principal functions of erythrocytes?

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Carry oxygen from lungs to tissues, and pick up carbon dioxide from tissues and bring to lungs

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22
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What is different about erythrocytes from average cells?

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They lack mitochondria and are filled with hemoglobin for gas transport

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23
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Components of hemoglobin?

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Globins, protein chains, and heme groups, nonproteins

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24
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What do heme groups do?

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Bind oxygen to ferrous ion of iron

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25
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What is needed for RBC production?

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Iron

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26
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What is ferritin?

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Excess iron stored in the liver

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27
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What is transferrin?

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Protein that binds to iron and transports it around the body

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28
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Average hematocrit in men and women?

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Men - 42-52%
Women - 37-48%

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29
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Average hemoglobin concentration in men and women?

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Men - 13-18 g/dL
Women - 12-16 g/dL

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30
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Ways to count erythrocytes and hemoglobin quantities?

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Hematocrit, hemoglobin concentration, RBC count

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31
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How is erythrocyte homeostasis controlled?

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Negative feedback

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32
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What happens to dying RBCs?

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Macrophages engulf them in the spleen and liver

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33
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What happens to globins when RBCs are broken down?

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They are turned into amino acids

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34
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What happens to heme groups when RBCs are broken down?

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Iron is removed and saved

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35
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What happens to heme pigment when RBCs are broken down?

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They get turned into bilirubin, which is yellow

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36
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What is polycythemia?

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Excess RBCs

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37
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What is secondary polycythemia?

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Excess RBCs from dehydration, physical conditioning, emphysema. Not as high as primary though

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38
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What can cause anemia?

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Inadequate erythropoiesis or hemoglobin synthesis

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39
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What are hemorrhagic anemias?

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Anemia caused by bleeding

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40
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What are hemolytic anemias?

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Anemia caused by RBC destruction

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41
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Consequences of anemia?

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Tissue hypoxia and necrosis, reduced blood osmolarity causing edema, low blood viscosity causing heart rate and pressure drop

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42
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What is sickle cell disease?

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A hereditary hemoglobin defect caused by a recessive allele

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43
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Another name for antigens?

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Agglutinogens

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44
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Another name for antibodies?

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Agglutinins

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45
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What are antigens/agglutinogens?

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Things on cells that determine your blood type. Antigen A and B

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46
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What are antibodies/agglutinins?

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Things in the blood that attack antigens. Anti-A and anti-B

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47
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Universal recipient?

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AB+, most rare

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48
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Universal donor?

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O-, also the most common

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49
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What are D antigens?

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They determine if you’re positive or not

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50
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What happens when Rh-negative mothers have Rh-positive babies?

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First one causes the body to make anti-D antibodies, so the next baby will have their antigens be attacked

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51
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What can help stop formation of anti-D antibodies?

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RhoGAM

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52
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How long are leukocytes in the bloodstream?

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Only a few hours, then they migrate into connective tissue - lymph tissue

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53
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What do myeloblasts do?

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Make neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils

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54
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What do monoblasts do?

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Make monocytes

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55
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Components of leukopoiesis?

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Myeloblasts, monoblasts, and lymphoblasts

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56
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What do lymphoblasts do?

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Make lymphocytes

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57
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Where do lymphocytes finish development?

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Thymus

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58
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What do lymphocytes do?

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Provide immunity that lasts decades

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59
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What do neutrophils do?

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Fight bacterial infections

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60
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What do eosinophils do?

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Fight parasitic infections

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61
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What do basophils do?

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Secrete histamine, a vasodilator, and heparin, an anticoagulant

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62
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What are the granulocytes?

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Neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils

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63
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What are the agranulocytes?

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Lymphocytes and monocytes

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64
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What do platelets do?

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Secrete vasoconstrictors, procoagulants, chemicals to attract neutrophils, and growth factors

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65
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What is hemostasis?

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Cessation of bleeding

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66
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What is coagulation of the extrinsic pathway?

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Thromboplastin

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67
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What is coagulation of the intrinsic pathway?

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Hageman factor

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68
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What is a thrombus?

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A clot

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69
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What is an embolus?

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Anything that can travel and block blood vessels

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70
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Go fill in the chapter 19 concept check

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Done

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71
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Leukocytes from most to least numerous?

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Neutrophils > lymphocytes > monocytes > eosinophils > basophils

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72
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What is needed for blood clotting?

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Calcium and vitamin K

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73
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What is hypoplastic anemia?

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Decline in erythropoiesis

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74
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What is aplastic anemia?

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Cessation of erythropoiesis

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75
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Mechanisms of hemostasis?

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Vascular spasm, platelet plug formation, and coagulation

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76
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What is hemophilia?

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When you can’t make an effective clot so you bleed for longer

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77
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What is thrombocytopenia?

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Abnormally low platelet count

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78
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What is fibrinolysis?

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Breakdown of clots in blood

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79
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What is plasmin?

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An enzyme that breaks up blood clots

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80
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How much of plasma is water?

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90%

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81
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Blood pressure formula?

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BP = cardiac output x systemic vascular resistance

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82
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What triggers under low oxygen levels?

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Erythropoietin

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83
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How do babies develop jaundice?

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Their RBCs have a shorter lifespan so more bilirubin accumulates

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84
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What determines SVR?

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Vessel radius

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85
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Where is the heart?

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In the mediastinum, between the lungs

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86
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Base of the heart?

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At the top, wide

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87
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Apex of the heart?

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Tapered, lower, left-pointing end of the heart

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88
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What circuit is the left side of the heart?

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Systemic

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89
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What circuit is the right side of the heart?

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Pulmonary

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90
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What is the systemic circuit?

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Blood to the whole body

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91
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What is the pulmonary circuit?

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Blood to the lungs

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92
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What is the pericardial sac/parietal pericardium?

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Fibrous and serous layers with pericardial cavity between

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93
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What is pericarditis?

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Painful inflammation of the pericardial membranes

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94
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What is visceral pericardium/epicardium?

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Serous membrane covering the heart

95
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Valves of the heart?

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2 Atrioventricular and 2 semilunar

96
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What is the S1 sound?

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Closure of AV valves, lubb

97
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What is the S2 sound?

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Closure of semilunar valves, dupp

98
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What is valvular stenosis?

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Stiffened cusps, constricting opening and increasing the afterload

99
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What is a mitral valve prolapse?

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One or both mitral valve cusps bulge into atria during ventricular contraction

100
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How many heart chambers?

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4

101
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What separates atria from ventricles?

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Coronary sulcus

102
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What separates the left and right ventricles?

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Anterior and posterior interventricular sulci

103
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Branches of the right coronary artery?

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Right marginal branch and posterior interventricular branch

104
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Branches of the left coronary artery?

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Anterior interventricular branch and circumflex branch

105
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How does the heart make ATP?

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Aerobic respiration, allowing it to be fatigue resistant

106
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What is angina pectoris?

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Chest pain from partial obstruction of coronary blood flow

107
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What does the coronary sinus collect blood from?

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Great cardiac vein, middle cardiac vein, and left marginal vein

108
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Physiology of cardiac muscle?

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Cardiomyocytes, and joined at the ends by intercalated discs

109
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How do cardiomyocytes join?

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Mechanical junctions (desmosomes) and electrical junctions (gap junctions)

110
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What does autorhythmic mean?

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The heart doesn’t depend on the nervous system for its rhythm

111
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What coordinates the heartbeat?

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Conducting system, electrical stimulation

112
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What is the sinoatrial node?

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Modified cardiomyocytes acting as a pacemaker

113
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Cardiomyocyte action potential stages?

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Depolarization phase, plateau phase, and repolarization phase

114
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What does the AV node branch into?

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The AV bundle, or bundle of His

115
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What do Purkinje fibers do?

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Conduct electrical impulses, allowing for coordinated contraction of cardiac muscle

116
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What is a systole?

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Contraction

117
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What is a diastole?

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Relaxation

118
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What is a cardiac cycle?

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One complete contraction and relaxation of all 4 chambers of the heart

119
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Variables governing fluid movement?

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Pressure (causes flow) and resistance (opposes flow)

120
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Formula for cardiac output?

A

Heart rate x stroke volume

121
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Variables governing stroke volume?

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Preload, contractility, and afterload

122
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What is tachycardia?

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Resting adult heart rate above 100bpm

123
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What is bradycardia?

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Resting adult heart rate below 60bpm

124
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What is pulse?

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Surge of pressure produced by heart beat

125
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What is the cardiac center?

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In the medulla oblongata, it can have a cardiostimulatory effect via sympathetic pathway or cardioinhibitory effect via parasympathetic pathway

126
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Intrinsic rate of the SA node?

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100bpm

127
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Vagal tone of the heart?

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70-80bpm

128
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What is preload?

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Stretch

129
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What are inotropic agents?

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Agents that increase or reduce contractility

130
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What is afterload?

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Sum of forces opposing ejection of blood from ventricle

131
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What is cor pulmonale?

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Right ventricular failure due to pulmonary vasoconstriction

132
Q

Do the chapter 19 concept check

A

Done

133
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What is between the right atrium and right ventricle?

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The tricuspid valve

134
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What makes up the bulk of the heart wall?

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Myocardium

135
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What happens during the P wave, QRS complex, and T wave?

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Depolarization of atria, depolarization of ventricles, repolarization of ventricles

136
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How long is the refractory period of cardiac muscle compared to skeletal muscle?

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Longer

137
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What is fibrillation?

A

Serious arrhythmia caused by uncoordinated, irregular electrical activity in the ventricles

138
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Systemic circuit pathway?

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Left ventricle -> aorta -> venae cavae -> right atrium

139
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Pulmonary circuit pathway?

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Right ventricle -> pulmonary arteries -> pulmonary veins -> left atrium

140
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Conducting system of the heart pathway?

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SA node -> AV node -> bundle of His -> bundle branches -> Purkinje Fibers

141
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What does the heart being myogenic mean?

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Signal for contraction originates within the heart itself

142
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What is ventricular filling?

A

Ventricles fill with blood during diastole

143
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What is isovolumetric contraction?

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During systole, ventricles reach max blood volume

144
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What is ventricular ejection?

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During systole, blood is ejected from heart

145
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What is isovolumetric relaxation?

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During diastole, blood volume is at its lowest

146
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What is end diastolic volume?

A

Maximal amount of blood possible in ventricles

147
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What is end systolic volume?

A

Lowest amount of blood possible in ventricles

148
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What is congestive heart failure?

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Failure of either ventricle to eject blood effectively

149
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Route of blood through heart?

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Heart -> arteries -> arterioles -> capillaries -> venules -> veins. Only 1 network of capillaries

150
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What are portal systems?

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When blood passes through 2 consecutive capillary networks interconnected by a vein. 3 in the body

151
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Are veins low or high pressure?

A

Low

152
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Are arteries low or high pressure?

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High

153
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Where do arteries carry blood?

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Away from the heart

154
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Where do veins carry blood?

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Back to the heart

155
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What do capillaries do?

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Connect the smallest arteries and veins

156
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Alternative name for arteries?

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Resistance vessels

157
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Types of arteries?

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Elastic/large, muscular/medium, small

158
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What do small arteries do?

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Control amount of blood to organs and vasomotion

159
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What does the tunica interna of arteries do?

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Act as a selectively permeable barrier, repelling blood cells and containing endothelium and basement membrane

160
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What does the tunica media of arteries do?

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Consists of smooth muscle, collagen, and elastic tissue and controls vasomotion

161
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What are vasa vasorum?

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In the tunica externa, small vessels that supply blood to outer half of larger vessels

162
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What are the aortic and carotid bodies?

A

Chemoreceptors

163
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What are the aortic and carotid sinuses?

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Baroreceptors

164
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What factors influence peripheral/systemic vascular resistance?

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Blood viscosity, vessel length, vessel radius, flow characteristics

165
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Most powerful control over peripheral resistance?

A

Vessel radius

166
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Only site where nutrients, wastes, and hormones are exchanged between blood and tissue fluid?

A

Capillaries

167
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Capillary types?

A

Continuous, fenestrated, sinusoids

168
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Traits of continuous capillaries?

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Least permeable, found in most tissues, they contract and regulate blood flow

169
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Traits of fenestrated capillaries?

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They’re found in the kidneys and small intestine

170
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Traits of sinusoid capillaries?

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Most permeable, found in liver, bone marrow, and spleen. Allow large proteins and vblood cells through

171
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Mechanisms of capillary exchange?

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Diffusion, transcytosis, filtration and reabsorption

172
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Traits of diffusion?

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Lipid-soluble go through plasma membrane, and lipid-soluble substances go through filtration pores and intercellular clefts

173
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What is transcytosis for?

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Fatty acids, albumin, and hormones like insulin

174
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Traits of filtration and reabsorption?

A

For water-soluble substances

175
Q

What is blood hydrostatic pressure?

A

Drives fluid out of capillary

176
Q

What is colloid osmotic pressure?

A

Draws fluid into capillary

177
Q

What is interstitial hydrostatic pressure?

A

Negative pressure from lymphatic system

178
Q

What is tissue osmotic pressure?

A

Proteins present in tissue pulls fluid from capillaries

179
Q

What is edema?

A

Accumulation of excess fluid in a tissue

180
Q

What is pulmonary edema?

A

A suffocation threat

181
Q

What is cerebral edema?

A

Headaches, nausea, seizures, coma

182
Q

Types of veins?

A

Postcapillary venules, medium veins, large veins

183
Q

Another name for veins?

A

Capacitance vessels

184
Q

Mechanisms of venous return?

A

Pressure gradient, muscular pump, thoracic pump, gravity, cardiac suction

185
Q

What is venous return?

A

Flow of blood back to heart

186
Q

Ways to control vasomotion?

A

Local control, neural control, hormonal control

187
Q

How does local control affect vasomotion?

A

Tissue releases vasodilators

188
Q

What is autoregulation?

A

The ability of tissues to self-regulate their own blood supply

189
Q

What causes inflammation?

A

Vasodilation

190
Q

What is reactive hyperemia?

A

When blood supply is cut off and restored, flow increases above normal

191
Q

What is angiogenesis?

A

Growth of new blood vessels

192
Q

What is pulse pressure?

A

Difference between systolic and diastolic pressure

193
Q

What is mean arterial pressure?

A

Diastolic pressure + 1/3rd of pulse pressure

194
Q

Why is MAP important?

A

Influences risk for edema, fainting, atherosclerosis, and kidneys failure, plus acts as a measure for how good circulation is

195
Q

What is hypertension?

A

High blood pressure. Primary and secondary (secondary rarer, concurrent w/ disease)

196
Q

What is an aneurysm?

A

Weak point in artery or heart wall, making sac that may rupture

197
Q

What is a dissecting aneurysm?

A

Blood accumulates between tunics of artery and separates them. Common in abdominal aorta, renal arteries, and arterial circle at base of brain

198
Q

What is a transient ischemic attack?

A

Brief episode of cerebral ischemia

199
Q

What is a stroke/cerebral vascular accident?

A

Sudden death of brain tissue caused by ischemia

200
Q

What is circulatory shock?

A

Cardiac output is insufficient to meet body’s metabolic needs

201
Q

What is cardiogenic shock?

A

Inadequate pumping of heart causing low CO

202
Q

What is hypovolemic shock?

A

Most common, loss of blood volume causing low CO

203
Q

What is neurogenic shock?

A

Loss of vasomotor tone and vasodilation

204
Q

What is septic shock?

A

Bacterial toxins triggering vasodilation and increased capillary permeability

205
Q

What is anaphylactic shock?

A

Immune reaction to an antigen, causing generalized vasodilation and increased capillary permeability

206
Q

Do the chapter 20 concept check

A

Done

207
Q

What blood vessel holds the greatest volume of blood?

A

Veins

208
Q

Where does blood flow into capillary beds from?

A

Metarterioles

209
Q

What hormone can cause a drop in BP?

A

Histamine

210
Q

Why is blood flow faster in venules than capillaries?

A

Larger diameters

211
Q

Longest blood vessel?

A

Great saphenous vein

212
Q

What blood vessels have valves?

A

Veins

213
Q

Where is blood flow pulsatile and steady?

A

Pulsatile in arteries, steady in veins and capillaries

214
Q

What is orthostatic hypotension?

A

Temporary low BP and dizziness when suddenly standing

215
Q

What is arteriosclerosis?

A

Hardening of arteries

216
Q

What is atherosclerosis?

A

Growth of lipid deposits in arterial walls

217
Q

What is net filtration pressure?

A

Opposing forces between hydrostatic pressure and oncotic pressure

218
Q

What is oncotic pressure?

A

Difference between colloid osmotic pressure of blood and tissue fluid

219
Q

What is primary polycythemia?

A

Overproduction of RBCs due to mutation or biological factor

220
Q

Vein types (large to small)?

A

Large, medium, and venules (small)

221
Q

Artery types (large to small)?

A

Conducting, distributing, arteriole

222
Q

What do veins have that other blood vessels don’t?

A

Valves

223
Q

Blood pressure equation?

A

Cardiac output x systemic vascular resistance

224
Q

Effect of vasomotion on SVR?

A

Vasoconstriction raises SVR, vasodilation lowers SVR

225
Q

Cardiac output equation?

A

Heart rate x stroke volume

226
Q

What supplies the blood vessels with oxygen?

A

Vasa vasorum

227
Q

What are some hormones of vasomotion?

A

Epinephrine and norepinephrine and angiotensin II cause vasoconstriction

228
Q

What are some hormones of water retention?

A

Aldosterone - raises
ANP - lowers
ADH - raises

229
Q

What is turbulent flow?

A

Fast flow that builds up resistance

230
Q

What is laminar flow?

A

Slow flow that does not build resistance

231
Q

Another name for SVR?

A

Peripheral vascular resistance

232
Q

What is a thoroughfare channel?

A

A long blood vesel between artery and vein where blood flows when precapillary sphincters are constricted

233
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