test 2 Flashcards
1
Q
hard, soft, stiff, elastic like the real thing, able to function contact with living tissue with minimal adverse reaction or rejection by the body
A
biomaterials
2
Q
allows blood flow in one direction
A
valves
3
Q
basic function of the atria
A
- passes blood to ventricles
- 80% blood passes when valves are relaxed (lub)
- rest flows through when contracted
4
Q
receives blood from atria, pumps blood back to arteries, Right side to lungs for deoxygenation, left side to rest of body (blood) (dub)
A
ventricle
5
Q
away from heart
A
arteries
6
Q
to the heart
A
veins
7
Q
tiny blood vessel, joins arteries and veins
A
capillaries
8
Q
breast, hair, pacemaker, artificial heart, artificial hips, nervous system/brain
A
implants
9
Q
1960s enabled ?
A
pacemakers first used/implanted
10
Q
role of pacemaker ?
A
to regulate the beating of heart/ artificial heart/
- uses electrical impulses
- delivered by electrodes
