Quiz 6 Flashcards
What is the universal recipient?
AB+
Athersclerosis is:
thickening of arteriole walls
Diastolic refers to
When the heart is fully relaxed
Explain how the circulatory system works, and how the blood flows through the heart, lungs and body
The blood comes back from the body through the vena cava veins
Traveling through the right atrium
Past the tricuspid valve and into the right ventricle
The right ventricle contracts, and sends it past the pulmonary semi-lunar valve and into pulmonary artery
From here, it’s taken to the lungs to pick up oxygen
It’s brought back via the left atrium and past the bicuspid valve
Flows to the left ventricle, and pumped past the aortic semi-lunar valve
into the aorta, and out to the rest of the body
The cycle repeats
the pulmonary artery carries
oxygen poor blood
the valves at the exists of the atria are known as
AV valves
What is it called when leukocytes cannot identify self-markers?
autoimmune disease
What is the response to antigen receptors that can attack or flag antigens for distruction. Innate immune response
complements
What makes up most of the heart wall?
myocardium
What are the funcitons of the lymph system/
collect fats, clear debris and pathogens and drain fluid
What can leukocytes do?
fight dieseases, contains histamine
Which organism is known for having adpative immune responses?
vertebrates
