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PHLEB 1 Flashcards

1
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3 major organs in the Circulatory System

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  • Heart
  • Blood Vessels
  • Blood
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  • Delivers oxygen & nutrients
  • Removes waste products
  • Helps in the coagulation process
  • Regulates body temperature
  • Important in body defense (WBC’s in the blood)
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Circulatory System

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Parasite

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Eosinophil

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Bacteria

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Neutrophil

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Viruses

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Lymphocyte

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Allergy

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Basophil

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Phagocytosis, 1st respondent in blood clot

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Monocyte

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8
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Blood Vessels

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Arteries, Veins, Capillaries

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9
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oxygenated blood vessel

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Arteries

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deoxygenated

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Veins

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11
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exchange of gas

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Capillaries

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12
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  • Large thick-walled vessel
  • Propel oxygen-rich blood (bright-red)
  • Away from the heart to the capillaries
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artery

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13
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small thin vessels that connect arteries to capillaries.

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Arterioles

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  • Largest artery
  • Distributes oxygenated blood through the body
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Aorta

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15
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  • Located at the thumb site ; pulse rate
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Radial Artery

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16
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  • Groin area ; arterial puncture of RT
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Femoral Artery

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17
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  • Side of the neck ; emergency pulse rate
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Carotid Area

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18
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  • Located at the lungs
  • Only artery that does not carry oxygenated blood
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Pulmonary Artery

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19
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  • Thinner walls than artery
  • Nutrients & wastes from the capillaries back to the hearts
  • Carries deoxygenated blood (oxygen pull blood)
  • Deoxygenated blood – DARK RED
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Veins

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20
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Color of Arterial Blood

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Bright-Red

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21
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Color of Veinous Blood

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Dark Red

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22
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Dark-Red

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Deoxygenated Blood

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23
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Bright-Red

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Oxygenated Blood

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24
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  • Small veins that connect capillaries to large veins
  • more numerous than artery
  • generally superficial ; more prominent
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Venules

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25
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Veins of Outer Cubital Fossa

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Median Cubital Vein, Cephalic Vein, Basilic Vein

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26
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Median Cubital Vein

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1st choice

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27
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Cephalic Vein

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2nd Choice

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Basilic Vein

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3rd choice

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29
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  • Carries deoxygenated blood from the upper part of the body to the heart
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Superior Vena Cava

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30
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  • Carries deoxygenated blood from the lower part of the body to the heart
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Inferior Vena Cava

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31
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  • Longest vein in the body
  • Principal vein of the leg
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Great Saphenous Vein

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32
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  • Only vein that carries oxygenated blood.
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Pulmonary Vein

33
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  • Smallest blood vessel
  • Only composed of single layer epithelial cells
  • Composed of a mixture of veinous & arterial blood is higher.
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Capillaries

34
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Function: exchange site for gas exchange nutrients & waste products from other.

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Capillaries

35
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Circulation of Blood

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Aorta, Arteries, Arterioles, Capillaries, Venules, Veins, Vena Cava

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• Located between the left ventricle & the aorta

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Aortic Semilunar Valve

37
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Function: Prevents the backflow of blood as it pumped from the left ventricle to the aorta

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Aortic Semilunar Valve

38
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Circulation of Blood Detailed

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Superior and Inferior Vena Cava, Right Atrium, Tricuspid Valve, Right Ventricle, Pulmonary Semi Lunar Valve, Pulmonary Trunk, Lung Tissue, Pulmonary Veins, Left Atrium, Bicuspid Valve, Left Ventricle, Aortic Semi Lunar Valve, Aorta, Body Tissues

39
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• The contraction phase (systole) & the relaxation phase (diastole) of the cardiac muscle that recurs in one heartbeat

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Cardiac Cycle

40
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• The repetitive pumping process that begins with the onset of cardiac muscle contraction a& ends with the beginning of the next contraction

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Cardiac Cycle

41
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• Hollow muscular organ that has 4 chambers & is surrounded by a thin fluid filled sac called pericardium.
• Its size is almost that of a person’s clenched fist.

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Heart

42
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thin fluid filled sac surrounding the heart

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pericardium

43
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size of a heart

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clenched fist

44
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4 Chambers of the Heart

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2 Atria, 2 Ventricles

45
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plural of atrium

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atria

46
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receiving chamber of the heart

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Atrium

47
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discharging/pumping chambers of the heart

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Ventricles

48
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receives oxygenated blood from the lungs & pumps it into the left ventricle.

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Left Atrium

49
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receives deoxygenated blood from the body.

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Right Atrium

50
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receives blood from the right atrium & pumps it into the left ventricle

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Right Ventricle

51
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receives blood from the left atrium and pumps it into the aorta.

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Left Ventricle

52
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circuit at the right side of the Heart

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Pulmonary Circuit

53
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• the pump for the pulmonary circulation
• carries blood from the heart to lungs
• blood is O2 poor, CO2 is rich

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Pulmonary Circuit

54
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Function: to carry blood to the lungs for gas exchange & then return it to the heart.

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Pulmonary Circuit

55
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Circuit at the Left Side of the Heart

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Systemic Circuit

56
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Function: supplies oxygen & nutrient rich blood to all body organs.

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Systemic Circuit

57
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• Flop like structure that ensure one-way flow of blood
• 4 in number
o 2 atrioventricular valves
o 2 semilunar valves

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Heart Valves

58
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4 heart valves

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2 atrioventricular valves, 2 semilunar valves

59
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• Flaps of endocardium & connective tissue reinforced by fibers w/c prevents the valves from turning inside out.
• They are shaped like a half moon hence the name semilunar
• Located between the aorta & the left ventricle & between the pulmonary artery & right ventricle

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Semilunar Valve

60
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Histologic Layer
Arteries & Veins

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Tunica Externa, Tunica Media, Tunica Intima

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• Outer layer (Connective Tissue)

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Tunica Externa

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• middle layer (smooth muscle & elastic tissue)

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Tunica Media

63
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• innermost layer (epithelial)

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Tunica Intima

64
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Tunica Externa is what tissue?

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Connective Tissue

65
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Tunica Media is what tissue?

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smooth muscle & elastic tissue

66
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Tunica Intima is what tissue?

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epithelial

67
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• record of electrical events within the heart
• used to detect abnormal heart roles of rhythms, abnormal conduction pathways hypertrophy or atrophy of the heart & the approximate location of damaged cardiac muscle

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Electrocardiogram

68
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P wave

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atrial depolarization

69
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QRS complex

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ventricular depolarization

70
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T wave

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ventricular repolarization

71
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• the pressure exerted by the blood in the walls of blood vessels during contraction & relaxation of the ventricles

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Blood Pressure

72
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  • Pressure in the arteries at the peak of ventricular contraction.
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Systolic Pressure

73
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  • Pressure indicated when the ventricles are relaxing.
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Diastolic Pressure

74
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AVE BP

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120/80 mmHg

75
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Parts of a sphygmomanometer

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BP Cuff, Meter, Rubber Bulb

76
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BP Equipment

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Sphygmomanometer, Stethoscope

77
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Contraction Phase

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Systole

78
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Relaxation Phase

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Diastole

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