Heart Flashcards
1
Q
4 Chambers of the Heart
A
Right and Left Atrium (Upper Chamber)
Right and Left Ventricle (Lower Chamber)
2
Q
4 Valves of the Heart
A
Mitral Valve ( Left Atrium - Left Ventricle )
Tricuspid Valve ( Right Atrium - Right Ventricle )
Aortic Valve
Pulmonary Valve
3
Q
Blunt rounded point of the heart
A
APEX
4
Q
Functions of the Heart
A
- Generating blood pressure
- Routing blood
- Ensuring one-way blood flow
- Regulating Blood Supply
5
Q
Heart Wall
A
- Percardium
- Pericardial Cavity
- Epicardium
- Myocardium
- Endocardium
6
Q
Pulmonary Circulation
A
- To the lungs
- Right side of heart - Lungs and back to Left Side
7
Q
Systematic Circulation
A
- Left Side - Other tissues / Organs of body back to Right Side
- To other Organs
8
Q
Artery
A
- Blood Rich
- Away from Heart
- Deeper in Body
- Higher Pressure
- Thicker Walls
9
Q
Capillaries
A
- One cell thick
10
Q
Veins
A
- Blood Poor
- To the Heart
- Thinner Walls
- Capacitance Vessels
11
Q
Granulocytes
A
- Neutrophil
- Eosinophil
- Basophil
12
Q
Agranulocytes
A
- Lymphocyte
- Monocyte
13
Q
Foreign subject or substance that enters body
A
Antigen
14
Q
Fights off the pathogen or the unrecognized antigen that enters the body
A
Antibody
15
Q
- Bacterial or fungal infection.
- Most common first responder to microbial infection
- phagocytes
- multi lobed (nucleus)
A
Neutrophil