Science Flashcards
Alveoli are one cell thick and where what occurs?
exchange of gas in lungs
the lungs are surrounded by what membrane which reduces friction when breathing?
pleural membrane
What separates the thoracic and abdominal cavity & aids in inhalation and exhalation?
diaphragm
What are the functions of the respiratory system?
supply body with oxygen and rid body of CO2 filters air speech cough smell homeostasis
What part of the brain controls breathing and monitors CO2 levels?
Medulla oblongata
What is composed of water, solutes and other elements in connective tissue?
blood
What does the lymph vascular system do?
cleans up excess fluids & proteins and returns them to the circulatory system
Name the 3 layers of walls in blood vessels
- tunica intima
- tunica media
- tunica adventitia
Elastic arteries: tunica media has more _______ than any other vessels
elastin
What are the largest vessels in the arterial system?
elastic arteries
_________ arteries include arteries that branch off elastic arteries
Muscular
In what arteries does the tunica media have a higher proportion of smooth muscle cells than elastic fibers?
muscular arteries
Which arteries branch off elastic arteries?
muscular arteries
What are the primary vessels involved in vasodilation/vasoconstriction? And controls blood flow to capillaries?
Arterioles
What has a thin tunica media and almost all smooth muscle cells?
Arterioles
What are tiny vessels that exit capillary beds? They have thin, porous walls and few muscle cells and elastic fibers.
venules
_____ have a thin tunica media and tunica intima
Veins
Veins have a wide _____
lumen
What…
- carries raw materials to cells
- removes waste
- stabilizes internal pH
- fights infections
- composed of RBC, WBC, plasma, platelets?
blood
What blood cells transport O2, form in bone marrow and live for 4 months?
Red blood cells
What blood cells defend against infection & remove waste?
white blood cells
What blood cells have fragments of stem cells and are responsible for blood clotting?
platelets
Plasma constitutes over half of the blood volume and contains what?
plasma proteins, ions, glucose, amino acids, hormones and dissolved gases
Heart is separated by what valve?
AV valve
Explain the first diastole phase.
Blood flows thru vena cavaes into right atrium. AV valve (tricuspid valve). SA node & purkinje fibers cause atrium to contract and fill R ventricle.
SA node signals right ventricle to contract
Explain first systole phase.
Tricuspid valve closes & pulmonary semilunar valve opens. blood goes to lungs
2nd diastole phase?
blood returns to heart from lungs and fills left atrium. SA node triggers mitral valve to open and blood fills ventricle
2nd systole phase?
mitral valve closes. aortic semilunar valve opens. L ventricle contracts & blood is pumped to body
Coronary circulation is the flow of blood to ______ tissue
heart
Deoxygenated blood returns to right atrium through ______ veins
cardiac
What type of circulation is the flow of blood between the heart and lungs?
pulmonary
Systemic circulation is the flow of blood to what?
the entire body
Aorta branches into what 4 main arteries?
carotid
subclavian
common iliac
renal
Blood returns to the heart through what 4 veins?
jugular
subclavian
common iliac
renal
Portal circulation
flow of blood from digestive system to liver and then heart
Renal circulation
flow of blood between heart and kidneys
Arterial blood pressure functions by transporting oxygen ____ blood into lungs and oxygen ____ blood to tissues
poor
rich
Arteries branch into smaller ________
arterioles
Where are adjustments made in blood delivery to specific areas?
arterioles
Capillary beds contain a single layer of _____________ cells
endothelial
Veins are what type of muscle cells? And function as blood volume reserves
smooth
What system returns excess tissue fluid to bloodstream?
lymphatic system
What system is responsible for the return of protein from capillaries?
lymphatic
What system transports fats from digestive tract?
lymphatic
Lymph nodes contain ____________ & plasma cells
lymphocytes
The spleen contains what type of tissue?
lymphoid
What connects blood vessels to spleen?
splenic sinuses
What ligament connects the stomach to spleen?
gastrolineal
The lienorenal ligament connects what to the spleen?
kidney
The phrenicocolic ligament connects the left colic flexure to what?
thoracic diaphragm
What is the main function of the spleen?
filter unwanted materials & fight infection
Where does protein digestion start?
stomach
peristalsis
movement of food
Where does absorption begin?
small intestine
4 lobes of liver
right
left
quadrate
caudate
5 ligaments that secure the liver
falciform coronary right triangular left trangular round
hepatic portal vein supplies nutrient rich blood to what?
liver
What veins carry blood from liver?
hepatic veins