Heart Flashcards

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What is the heart located (cavity)

A

Thoracic cavity or in mediastinum

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If the heart was divided into 4 cubes, then what are cubes 1 and 3 for? What are cubes 2 and 4 for? What do they do?

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1 and 3 are called atria
2 and 4 are called ventricles
Atria are receivers and ventricles are pumps

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3
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If the sac or fluid around the heart is enfected, what is it called?

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Pericarditis

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4
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If there is inclination of infection of heart muscle, what is it called?

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Myocarditis

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5
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What are the three layers to the heart?

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Outside layer; apicardium
Middle layer: myocardial
Inner layer: endocardium

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6
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What is the outermost layer of the sac that goes around the heart?

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Fibrous

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7
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Which part of heart goes into the lungs?

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Right ventricle

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8
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What are pulmonary veins?

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Blood retuning back to heart from the lungs

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9
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I’m the heart, what are valves? Which are present?

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Something that opens up before putting in blood

Atrio ventricular valves (located in the middle of receiver and pumps. And semilunar which lead out of heart

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10
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Which valve (blood transporter) sits between left atria and left ventricle?

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Mitral

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11
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What are the 3 major vessels to return blood?

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Superior venacara
Inferior venacara
Coronary vein

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12
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What is for storage of blood (reservoir)

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Auricle

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13
Q

What prevents prolapse?

A

Cordae tendonae

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14
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How does a valve work?

A

The cordae tendonae connect capillary muscle to valve. Blood goes from receiver to pump through ventricle. Creates “lub” sound

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15
Q

What anchors the chordate tendonae to the heart?

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Papillary muscle

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16
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What is the aorta? What are the three parts of aorta?

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The aorta is largest artery which carry’s blood to the circulatory system.

Ascending aorta
Aortic arch
Descending aorta

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17
Q

What is the first branch of artery coming off of aorta?

A

Coronary

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18
Q

Which is the first branch of artery coming off aorta?

A

Coronary

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19
Q

Which artery leads to right side of body?

A

Brachiocephalic

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20
Q

Which is true about arteries?

A

Always lead away from the heart

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21
Q

What holds aortic arch in place

A

Ligamentum arteriosum

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22
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Which artery (pulmonary or aorta) Carries oxygen in blood?

A

All arteries except for pulminary

23
Q

The descending aorta terminates into what?

A

Iliac arteries

24
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The artery that supply blood to kidney are called

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The artery that supplied blood to spleen is called? The artery that supplied blood to stomach is called The artery that supplied blood to intestine is called The artery that supplied blood to mesentary is called The artery that supplied blood to liver is called
Splenic Gastric Intestinal Mesentric Compatic
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What is it when artery’s go into more specific branches?
Artrioles (Carrie’s blood away from heart)
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What are the three layers of blood vessels?
Túnica externa; outside layer Túnica media Túnica interna: inside layer
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What is the impulse or pace maker of heart?
SA NODE, sinoatrial node
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What causes DUB sound of heart
Semilunar valves closing
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What is systole?
Contraction of ventricles
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What makes ventricles(pump) contract?
Purkinje fibers
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What is bradycardia, tachycardia and flutter?
Bradycardia (slow) heart rate less than 60 Tachycardia: heart rate greater than 100 Flutter: heart rate over 200
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What is ventricular fibrillation
Not pumping blood normally and cannot live with it
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Parts of the PQRST wave
P: Depolarization QRS: depolarization of ventricles T: Repolarization of ventricle
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What is Angie- genesis
Genesis; the making of Angi: blood vessel The making of blood vessels
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Which blood vessel(tunica) is made of smooth muscle?
Túnica media
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Continuos capillary becoming discontinuos is called
Diapedisis
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What are the functions of blood? Is detoxification a function?
Protection, transport, regulation NOOOOO
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What makes red blood cells? What makes white blood cells?
RBC: erythropoeisis (erythr=red) WBC: leukopoesis
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What are the 2 components to blood? What is the percentage of each?
Formed elements and plasma in matrix Plasma - 55 Formed - 45
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What are the cells in formed elements?
RBC - erythrocytes WBC- Leukocytes Thrombocytes (blood clot) or platelets
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What is the most common protein in plasma?
Albumin
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Hemoglobin with carbon dioxide. What’s it called
Carbaminohemoglobin
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What is Leukopenia? What is leukocytesis? What is polycythemia? What is leukemia?
Leuko (white) penia : low count of white blood cells Leukocytosis; high white blood cell count Polycythemia : higher than normal RBC Leukemia cancer of white blood cells
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What is ur momonic for non granual vs granular white blood cells?
Monos Lyke nectar, base, and nesh Non granular Monocytes, lymphocytes Granular Neutrophil, basophil, necinsophil
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What begins blood clotting process?
Factor X
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What happens if fibrogen (enzyme to form blood clot) connects with thrombin? What turns fibrogen into fibren?
It becomes fibren Thrombin
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Fibren and thrombocytes form?
Thrombosis
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What is a traveling blood clot or thrombosis breaking free?
Embolism
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What is Heprin?
An anticoagulant?
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What is the universal blood donor?
O
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What is universal blood recipient?
AB+
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Your body turns 20% of the CO2 produced into?
Carbaminohemoglobin