Exam 3 Review (Ch 10-14) Flashcards
What is the function of platelets?
Blood clotting
What are the functions of the circulatory system?
Transport nutrients, oxygen, carbon dioxide and other wastes, and hormones. Distributes heat, and protects the body against disease. Regulates fluid and acid-base balance.
What is the type of blood that has no antigens and anti-A and anti-B antibodies?
Type O blood
What is an antibody?
They are specific proteins that recognize and bind to certain antigens.
How much of the blood is made up of red blood cells?
45% ish
What is the largest vein?
Vena Cava
What are the regions of the pharynx called?
Nasopharnyx
Oropharnyx
Laryngopharynx
How is blood pressure measured?
Systolic over diastolic
What is the flow of blood from the heart to all parts of the body and back to the heart called?
Systemic circulation
Where are plasma proteins manufactured?
The liver
What is the most common cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
Smoking and breathing polluted air
What are the two types of immunity?
Adaptive and innate immunity
What carries blood to the heart?
Veins
What carries blood away fro the heart?
Arteries
What is the function of the right atrium?
Receives oxygen poor blood returning from the tissues.
What does the spleen do?
The spleen filters blood and stores platelets.
What is a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart to the body’s organs?
Artery
How much of the blood is made up of white blood cells?
1% ish
What are cytokines?
Important for cell signalling, they circulate blood and effect tissues
What is cardiac output?
The volume of blood pumped by the left ventricle into the aorta in 1 minute.
What is the function of plasma?
The fluid component of blood, mainly water.
What is the largest artery?
Aorta
What type of blood has Antigen A and anti-B antibody?
Type A blood
What is the type of blood that has antigen B and anti-A antibody?
Type B
What is the main function of white blood cells?
Defend the body against disease using phagocytosis.
What are the three components of inhaled air?
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
What is the purpose of the mucous membranes in the nasal cavities?
Heats, moistens an filters the air that comes in on its way to the lungs.
What is the function of the artiums?
Receive blood returning to the heart from the veins.
Pulmonary ventilation is achieved by what?
Inspiration/inhalation/breathing in
Expiration/exhalation/breathing out
What is the flow of blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart called?
Pulmonary circulation
What is diastole?
Th period of relaxation where the heart fills with blood.
What is innate immunity?
Nonspecific immunity. Provides immediate protection against pathogens entering the body.
What is the function of the left ventricle?
To pump oxygen-rich blood into the aorta.
What is systole?
The period of contraction when blood is forced out of the heart.
What is a tiny blood vessel that allows an exchange between blood and cells in other tissue?
Capillary
What is a vessel that carries blood to the heart called?
Vein
What is adaptive immunity?
Specific immunity. Specific responses against specific foreign molecules that have gained entrance to the body.
What is anemia?
A deficit in the number of red blood cells. This leads to a lack of hemoglobin, which means the person lacks the oxygen they need.
What is the main medication that causes respiratory failure if overdosed on?
Narcotics
What is the largest organ in the lymphatic system?
The spleen
List the three plasma protein groups.
Albumins
Globulins
Fibrinogen
How many regions is the pharynx?
3 regions.
How much of the blood is made up of platelets?
55% ish
What are the 4 components of blood?
RBC, WBC, platelets, plasma.
What are the two forms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
Chronic bronchitis and emphysema
How many groups of plasma proteins are there?
3
What is a collection of organs that transports blood throughout the body?
Cardiovascular system
What is the function of the left atrium?
Pulmonary veins return oxygen-rich blood here.
What is stroke volume?
The volume of blood pumped by one ventricle during one beat.
What is blood pressure?
The force exerted by the blood against the inner walls of the blood vessels. Determined by flow and resistance to the flow.
What is the function of the ventricles?
To pump blood into the arteries leaving the heart.
What is the main function of red blood cells?
Transport oxygen
What is the function of the right ventricle?
Pumps oxygen poor blood into the blood vessels that connect the heart and lungs.
What is the type of blood that has antigen A and antigen B and no antibodies?
Type AB
