Test 1 Flashcards

1
Q

The right side of the heart is what kind of blood?

A

deoxygenated

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2
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the lefts of the heart is what kind of blood?

A

oxygenated

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3
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What is the only artery with deoxygenated blood?

A

Pulmonary artery

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4
Q

What is the only vein with oxygenated blood?

A

Pulmonary vein

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5
Q

What is the strongest part of the heart?

A

Left ventricle

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6
Q

angina

A

blood flow to the coronary artery is blocked off

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7
Q

describe the pressure changes in the atria and ventricles during a cardiac cycle?

A

high pressure in ventricles, low pressure in atria. Usually goes from high to low

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8
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What is the purpose of low pressure?

A

allows blood to refill the cavity once the ventricles contract

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9
Q

What causes heart sounds?

A

lubb is when AV valves are closing dubb is when SL valves are closing

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10
Q

What is the function of the cardiac conduction system?

A

carry electrical impulses to the heart

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11
Q

What types of tissues make up the cardiac conduction system?

A

SA node and AV node

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12
Q

The SA and AV are where?

A

right atrium

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13
Q

how is a cardiac impulse initiated?

A

by the SA node

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14
Q

how is a cardiac impulse transmitted from the right atrium to the other heart chambers?

A

firing from the SA node to the AV node

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15
Q

the heart is squeezed from what?

A

apex to base

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16
Q

p waves are created by what?

A

firing of the SA node

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17
Q

QRS wave?

A

pumping of the ventricles

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18
Q

T wave

A

atrium filling up again

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19
Q

what is the function of the smooth muscle in the atrial wall?

A

the blood can flow without obstruction

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20
Q

capillary wall

A

simple squamous tissue

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21
Q

function of a capillary

A

to carry blood; allows blood to go to body tissues; connects arteries to veins

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22
Q

What is the largest artery?

A

aorta

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23
Q

What is the largest vein?

A

vena cava

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24
Q

What is the longest vein?

A

Great Saphenous vein

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25
Q

What i the difference between and artery and a vein?

A

arteries are thicker and veins have valves

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26
Q

Why do veins have valves?

A

so that the blood doesn’t go backwards

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27
Q

Which have more pressure arteries or veins?

A

arteries

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28
Q

lubb sound?

A

av valves closing

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29
Q

dubb sound?

A

sl valves closing

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30
Q

purpose of the SA node?

A

starts heartbeat

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31
Q

Which valves have chord tendineae?

A

AV valves

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32
Q

What takes blood back to the right atrium?

A

superior vena cava, inferior vena cava, and coronary sinus

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33
Q

What kind of capillaries are involved in external respiration?

A

pulmonary capillaries

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34
Q

what artery measures blood pressure?

A

brachiocephalic a; goes to the right side of the head and arm

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35
Q

What is called the blood reservoir?

A

venus system

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36
Q

What are the five types of leukocytes?

A

Neurotrophils, Lymphocytes, Monocytes, Eosinophils, and Basophils

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37
Q

What is the smallest cells?

A

Erythrocytes

38
Q

What is the smallest white blood cells?

A

Lymphocytes

39
Q

Endocrine gland is made up of what tissues?

A

epithelial tissues

40
Q

Steroids are derived from what?

A

cholesterol, which allows the molecule to pass right through cell membranes

41
Q

What are the different types of non steroids?

A

monoamines, peptides, and proteins

42
Q

What types of non steroids are synthesized in the hypothalamus?

A

peptide

43
Q

How are hormones regulated?

A

Negative feedback

44
Q

Where are chromaffin cells and what do they produce?

A

adrenal medulla and NE & EPI

45
Q

What is stored in colloid?

A

T3 and T4

46
Q

islets of Langerhans

A

alpha-glucagon
beta-insulin
delta-SS

47
Q

extra follicular cells are related to what hormone?

A

calcitonin

48
Q

G protein

A

makes 2nd messengers, specifically cAMP; it is an amplifier used to help carry the signals from non steroid hormones to the nucleus of a cell

49
Q

Is the neurohypophysis an endocrine gland?

A

No

50
Q

What is the adenohypophysis?

A

Anterior pituitary gland

51
Q

What is the neurohypophysis?

A

Posterior pituitary gland

52
Q

Hypophyseal portal system

A
  • allows for neural signals to be extended into the anterior pituitary gland
  • a venus portal system
  • connects to the infiduibulum
53
Q

Which hormones travel the hypophyseal portal system?

A

CRH, GnRH, GHRH, TRH, and SS

54
Q

angiotensinogen is secreted by what?

A

Liver

55
Q

Which valves have chordae tendineae?

A

Atrioventricular Valves

56
Q

Hemocytoblasts (Hematopoietic stem cell)

A
  • potential to make all the blood cells

- bone marrow transport

57
Q

Buffy coat contains what?

A

platelets and leukocytes

58
Q

What is diapedesis

A

the ability for a leukocyte to jump out of circulation

59
Q

What happens to platelets when exposed to collagen?

A

They form a plug, which refer to as clotting

60
Q

How long do red blood cells usually live for?

A

120days

61
Q

What kind of cells make antibodies?

A

B-Lymphocytes

62
Q

Where are B-Lymphocytes formed?

A

Bone marrow

63
Q

Where are T-Lymphocytes formed?

A

thymus gland

64
Q

What are monocytes in interstitial fluid?

A

macrophages

65
Q

What type of plasma protein are antibodies?

A

globulins

66
Q

What does albumins do?

A

osmotic pressure of the plasma

67
Q

What does serotonin do?

A

contracts smooth muscle in the vessel walls, reducing blood flow

68
Q

thrombus

A

blood clot in original location

69
Q

embolus

A

blood clot that has moved from its source of origin

70
Q

What is the most common artery for heart attacks?

A

Left artery

71
Q

What is the infundibulum?

A

pituitary stalk

72
Q

What are the five types of secretory cells and what do they secrete?

A

somatotropes(GH), mammatropes(PRL), thyrotropes(TSH), corticotropes(ACTH), and gonadotropes(FSH & LH)

73
Q

Adrenal medulla is connected with the parasympathetic or sympathetic division of the nervous system?

A

Sympathetic (NE)

74
Q

What are the epithelial layers of the adrenal cortex and what do they produce?

A

zona glomerulosa(aldosterone), zona fasciculata(cortisol), zona reticularis(sex hormones)

75
Q

Addison disease?

A

adrenal cortex does not secrete hormones sufficiently, which can lead to death from severe electrolyte imbalance

76
Q

Cushing syndrome

A

hyper secretion of cortisol

77
Q

melatonin

A

synthesized from serotonin in the pineal gland

78
Q

circadian rhythms

A

patterns of repeated activity associated with cycles of night and day

79
Q

erythropoietin

A

hormone that controls the rate of red blood cell

80
Q

blood is what kind of tissue?

A

connective tissue

81
Q

Fibrinogen

A

functions in blood clotting

82
Q

What is the major event of blood coagulation

A

conversion of soluble fibrinogen into insoluble fibrin

83
Q

Antigen

A

triggers an immune response

84
Q

Antibodies

A

immune response to an encounter with an antigen that is not found on the body’s own cells

85
Q

Where is the heart located?

A

mediastinum and rests on the diaphragm

86
Q

What are the layers of the heart wall?

A

epicardium, myocardium, and the endocardium

87
Q

Cardiac cycle

A

the atria contract while the ventricles relax; the ventricles contract while the atria relax

88
Q

What connects to form a functional syncytium?

A

cardiac muscle cells

89
Q

Cardia conduction system

A

impulses from the SA node pass slowly to the AV node; impulses are conducted rapidly along the AV bundle and Purkinje fibers

90
Q

What are arteries?

A

transport blood under relatively high pressure away from the heart

91
Q

what are arterioles?

A

branches of the arteries

92
Q

venules

A

continuations of capillaries that merge to form veins