Next Lecture Quiz Oct 30- Flashcards
What aids in blood clotting?
platelets (platelets also help in healing, etc)
What is thrombopoiesis
Production of platelets.
What is hematopoiesis
forming blood cells
how do megakaryocytes form platelets in the blood?
tendrills sneak into the blood stream and break off
What is hemophilia
the love of bleeding. It’s sex linked
What is thrombosis?
abnormal clotting in an unbroken blood vessel
What is thrombus
the blood clot itself
Embolism?
part of a clot breaks free and travels. u call that clot the embolus.
What is the path of the pulmonary circuit?
Blood flows from right heart to lungs. Gas exchange in the lungs.
Path of systemic circuit
blood flows from left heart to all body. gas exchange in organs
Where is the pericardium and what is it’s job?
membrane around the heart. Restricts heart movement so it is contained
What are the two layers of the pericardium?
fibrous pericardium (tough outer sac) and serous pericardium/epicardium (visceral layer (means touching the organ)). Pericardial cavity is the space between the layers containing serous fluid.
unique structures of cardiac muscles
Desmosomes (strong velcro) keeping the intercalated discs together, Gap junctions sharing the electric potentials
What are the three layers of the heart wall
Epicardium (visceral layer), Myocardium (cardiac muscle, thickest layer), endocardium (internal surface of hear chambers)
What does the coronary sulcus do?
it separates the atria and the ventricles. Border
How many important arteries are there in the heart?
6
Characteristics of the left and right atria
thin walls, receiving chambers, auricle ear like extensions, seperated by interatrial septum, pectinate muscles (ridge like)
Characteristics of left and right ventricles
thick walls, separated by interventricular septum, pumping chambers, trabeculae carnie (internal ridges), papillary muscles connected to chorae tenineae (heart strings)
what does venous blood mean
poorly oxygenated
Where is the conus arteriosus
its the valve by the pulmonary trunk that looks like a butt