cardiovascular system
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- Numerous tiny bits of cytoplasm
- platelets
- large cells in the bone marrow
- megakaryocytes
- major artery of the heart through which all other arteries arise
- aorta
- Fluid composed of blood plasma minus certain macroproteins?
- lymph
- name the three types of granular leukocytes
-
neutrophils
eosinophils
basophils - An agent that causes dilation of the blood vessels
- vasodilator
- A common way to measure heart function. A graphic tracing of the variations of electrical potential caused by excitation. Attaches leads
- electrocardiogram
- Affixed to sites on the body in order to pick up electrical activity underneath?
- electrodes
- leukocytes are also called
- white blood cells
- examination of the segments along the left and right mediastinal borders
- silhouette
- radionuclide procedure which evaluates ventricular function and wall motion?
- ventriculography
- Obtained by dividing stroke volume by the end-diastolic volume?
- ejection fraction
- Deep structures are examined by x-ray using a fluoroscope?
- fluoroscopy
- Two categories of radionuclide?
- Perfusion and ventriculography
- Name the two types of agranular leukocytes
- lymphocytes and monocytes
- Name the major valves of the heart.
-
tricuspid
right atrioventricular
aortic
mitral
bicuspid - What does SPECT stand for?
- single photon emission computed tomography
- dipyridamole
- A coronary vasodilator
- Use of ultrasound to view and evaluate heart function?
- echocardiography
- studies which use a signal to stimulate the passage of an electronic circuit?
- gated
- A commonly used echocardiogram?
- Doppler (capitalized)
- what is the difference between the atria and the ventricles?
- ventricles pump blood into the arteries. Atria receive venous blood from the veins.
- Where all veins eventually come together
- superior vena cava
- Two major blood vessels which empty into right atrium?
-
superior vena cava and
inferior vena cava - another word for deep?
- profunda or profundus
- "curved like a bow"
- circumflex
- Structure found close or closer to the surface of the body?
- superficial
- Carry blood to the heart?
- veins
- Radionuclide procedure which show the myocardium or myocardial infarcts.
- Perfusion
- leukocytes can be divided into two basic categories
-
granular and agranular
- pumps blood into the aorta and into the systemic arteries
- left ventricle
- cellular portion of blood is composed of these
-
erythrocytes
leukocytes
thrombocytes - pumps blood through the pulmonary trunk into the lungs
- right ventricle
- Fluid portion of blood
- Plasma
- Act of striking a part with short, sharp blows and listening to the sound which this produces?
- percussion
- relaxation of the heart chamber
- diastole
- Name the four chambers of the heart
-
right ventricle
left ventricle
right atrium
left atrium - Name the three different layers of the heart
-
epicardium
myocardium
endocardium - actual contraction of the heart chamber
- systole
- Where is the heart located?
- in the chest (thoracic) cavity between the lungs in the mediastinum
- oxygen-carrying pigment of the erythrocytes
- hemoglobin
- Constitute of 45% of total blood volumn
- red blood cells or erythrocytes
- Name the most common lymph nodes?
-
popliteal
inguinal (groin)
lumbar (pelvic)
cubital
axillary (upper extremity)
cervical - Act of listening for sounds within the body?
- auscultation
- arteries and veins feed into these. It is where the exchange of gases, nutrients, electrolytes, hormones and other components occur
- capillaries
- Small, oval bodies composed of reticular tissue which is adapted specifically to filter lymph?
- lymph nodes
- Site of lymphocyte production within the node?
- germinal centers