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Heart, Blood, Lungs & Digestion Flashcards

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What is dystolic?

A

Lowest pressure

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What is systolic?

A

First heart sound

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How blood pressure is read?

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120/80

Systolic/distolic

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3
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What is hypertension?

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High blood pressure

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What is hypotension?

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Low blood pressure

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What is used to take blood pressure?

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Sphygmomanometer

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6
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What are the four pulse sites?

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Radial (wrist)
Carotid (neck)
Temporal (temples)
Femoral (groin)

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7
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How many breaths should an adult take per minute?

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12-18

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How many breaths should a child take per minute?

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18-30

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9
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What is a wheezing sound caused by?

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Partially blocked airway

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10
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What is hemolytic anaemia?

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Not enough red blood cells

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What is classed as a high temperature?

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39 or above

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What are the 4 parts that blood is made up from?

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Erythrocytes (red blood cells)
Leukocytes (white blood cells)
Thrombocytes (platelets)
Plasma

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What are thrombocytes/platelets?

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They clot blood

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14
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What is plasma?

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Liquid portion of blood

90%water

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15
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How many litres of blood are in an adults system

16
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What do arteries carry?

A

Oxygenated blood

17
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What do veins carry

A

De oxygenated blood

18
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What are the three types of arteries?

A

Arteries - arterioles- capillaries

19
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Arteries carry blood….

A

Away from the heart

20
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Hat are the three types of veins?

A

Venous capillaries-venules- veins

21
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Veins carry blood…

A

Towards the heart

22
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How many chambers does the heart have?

23
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Why are the two upper chambers of the heart called?

24
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What are the two lower chambers of the heart called?

A

Ventricles

25
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What does the right side of the heart do?

A

Transports deoxygenated blood to the lungs

Veins

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What does the left side of the heart do?

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Transports oxygenated blood from the lungs to the body

Arteries

27
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How does blood get from the lungs to the heart?

A

Via the pulmonary veins

28
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Where is the superior vena cava from?

A

Upper body

29
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Where is the inferior vena cava from

A

Lower body

30
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What are the two forms of reparation?

A

External (lungs)

Internal

31
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How much oxygen do we exhale?

32
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What is the inhalation process?

A 
Trachea
Bronchi
Bronchioles
Alveoli
Blood
33
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What is the exhalation process?

A 
Alveoli
Bronchioles
Bronchi
Trachea
Carbon dioxide in the air
34
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Which two actions does digestion use?

A

Chemical (enzyme)

Mechanical (mastication)

35
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What enzymes in saliva aid digestion?

A

Ptyalin and maltase

36
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What are the two main parts of the digestive system?

A

Duodenum (gall bladder & pancreas)

Ileum (villi)

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