Ch 13
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35 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 hypertension | another name for high blood pressure |
| Blood is veins is _________. | low in oxygen |
| In systemic circulation, blood returns from your abdomen through the inferior vena cava to the _____________. | right atruim |
| In pulmonary circulation, blood flows through two organs, the ________________. | heart and lungs |
| When blood moves from an atrium to a ventricle, it must pass through a _________. | one-way valve |
| Coronary circulation is the flow of blood to the tissues of the__________. | heart |
| Plasma | the liquid part of blood, mostly made of water |
| Hemoglobin picks up_____________. | carbon dioxide and oxygen. |
| Platelets | help clot blood |
| Lymph | the water and disolved substances not taken in by cells that remains between the cells |
| Anemia is a disorder where ther are too few ___________in the blood. | red blood cells |
| Leukemia is a deisease in which _________are produced in great numbers. | white blood cellss |
| The _________________fight bacteria and viruses. | white blood cells |
| _________diseases are spread by water, air, food, contact, and by organisms. | Infections |
| Lister | an Engllish surgeon that recognized the relationship between the death rate and the degree of cleanliness in surgery in the 1800's |
| Your _____________is made up of cells, tissues, organs, and body system that fight foreighn organisms. | immune system |
| ___________is a barrier that prevents many pathogens from entering the body. | skin |
| Your circulatory system contains _________blood cells that surround an digest foreign organisms and chemicals as they enter the body. | white |
| When tissue is damaged by infection, it becomes ____________. | inflamed |
| Your respiratory system has _________and mucus in the nose and throat to trap pathogens. | cilia |
| When you ______________you expel pathogens. | cough or sneeze |
| In the digestive system, (a)________in your mouth, stomach, pancreas, and (b)___________destroy pathogens. | (a) enzymes (b) liver |
| ______________in your stomach kills bacteria that enter your body on the food that you eat. | Hydrochloric acid |
| When you do get sick, your body has defenses in the form of (a)_____________and (b) ________________ | (a) active (b) passive |
| strep throat | bacteria |
| measles | virus |
| influenza | virus |
| diphtheria | bacteria |
| mumps | virus |
| chicken pox | virus |
| tetanus | bacteria |
| hepatitis | virus |
| Blood type(s) that someone with type O blood can safely receive. | Only O |
| Blood type(s) that someone with type O blood can safely donate to. | A, B, AB, and O |
| Blood type(s) that soemone with type AB blood can safely donate to. | Only AB |
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