Test#3

Question 1

In adaptive immunity what are the cells called that remember a foreign antigen?

Answer 1

Memory cells

Question 2

What are the most commonly used pulse sites

Answer 2

Popliteal, Femoral, Dorsalis, pedis (pedal) artery

Question 3

Where are the most numerous valves located in the body?

Answer 3

Legs

Question 4

Which artery supplies the small intestine?

Answer 4

Mesenteric

Question 5

What is the purpose of the immune system?

Answer 5

Surveillance, defending maintaining balance (homeostasis)

Question 6

What is natural acquired passive immunity

Answer 6

Type of immunity results when baby is born temporarily immune to same disease as mother

Question 7

What controls blood pressure

Answer 7

Starlings law, Renin-angiotensin mechanism, heart, and kidney

Question 8

Which WBC is the most numerous phagocyte?

Answer 8

Neutrophils

Question 9

Which artery serves the pelvis?

Answer 9

Internal iliac

Question 10

Define ‘anemia’

Answer 10

Low levels of hemoglobin and RBC’s that are classified as hypochromic

Question 11

Define ‘hemorrhage’

Answer 11

Acute loss of blood from a blood vessel, pulse becomes higher and blood pressure drops

Question 12

What is used to check the electrical activity of the heart?

Answer 12

ECG

Question 13

What is the hormone that is produced to promote RBC formation?

Answer 13

Erythropoietin

Question 14

What is blood doping?

Answer 14

Using blood transfusions to increase oxygen delivery to muscles during athletic events

Question 15

Which vessels collect blood from capillaries and return it to the heart?

Answer 15

Veins

Question 16

What is lacking in the blood with someone with Hemophilia?

Answer 16

Clotting factor VIII (8)

Question 17

Define ‘aneurysm’

Answer 17

Section of an artery that has become abnormally widened

Question 18

Which vein drains the liver?

Answer 18

Hepatic

Question 19

What is an embolus?

Answer 19

Part of a clot that has become dislodged

Question 20

Define ‘Tachycardia’

Answer 20

Fast heart rate over 100bpm

Question 21

In pregnancy, where could difficulty arise with the RH blood factor?

Answer 21

When a RH negative woman and a RH positive man have a baby

Question 22

What is the name of the hearts ‘ natural pacemaker’?

Answer 22

SA node

Question 23

What structure bypasses the liver in fetal circulation?

Answer 23

Ductus-venosous

Question 24

The lymphatic system is also part of the _________ system.

Answer 24

Circulatory

Question 25

Know the layers of the artery

Answer 25

Tunica external (outer layer), Tunica Media (middle layer), Tunica intima (inner layer)

Question 26

What term describes the electrical activity that triggers contraction in the heart?

Answer 26

Depolarization

Question 27

The 'thigh' is supplied by the ______ artery.

Answer 27

Femoral

Question 28

What age group is the thymus function most important?

Answer 28

Early childhood

Question 29

What is the largest artery of the body?

Answer 29

Aorta

Question 30

Why is the middle layer of the vein thin?

Answer 30

It does not regulate BP(blood pressure)

Question 31

What should a person who is allergic to latex avoid?

Answer 31

Condoms

Question 32

What blood cell carries the most O2?

Answer 32

RBC's (red blood cells)

Question 33

_________ is released during an allergic response. _________ is what counteract it.

Answer 33

Histamine; | Antihistamine

Question 34

What is the best way to limit use of hypertension medication?

Answer 34

Lose weight

Question 35

What is the pH of the blood?

Answer 35

Slightly alkaline | 7.3-7.7

Question 36

What is the purpose of the 'hepatic portal circulation'?

Answer 36

Removing excess glucose and storing it in the liver as glycogen, removing various poisonous substances in blood, and detoxifying blood

Question 37

What does 'systole' refer to?

Answer 37

Contraction

Question 38

What system is the spleen a part of and where is it located?

Answer 38

Lymphatic system; under the diaphragm

Question 39

What are the Signs and Symptoms of inflammation?

Answer 39

Swelling, pain, warmth

Question 40

Antibodies are ______ molecules.

Answer 40

Protein

Question 41

Define hemorrhoids

Answer 41

Varicose veins that are swollen and distended, can occur during pregnancy, or sitting or standing for long periods of time

Question 42

Define 'gangrene'

Answer 42

Necrosis (dead cella/skin) that has progressed to blackened decay

Question 43

What is the 'fluid' present between the pericardial membranes of the heart?

Answer 43

Serous

Question 44

What happens to the 'arterioles'in the dermis when exposed to cold weather

Answer 44

They constrict to conserve heat

Question 45

Vaccines contain a non-pathogenic antigen that stimulate production of _________ and memory cells.

Answer 45

Antibodies