Quizlet MPCS7thCirculationTestCh3

Print Options

This box will be automatically hidden when printing. Return to Set Page


  1. How do white blood cells fight disease?: they are transported to the site of the infection where they engulf the bacteria
  2. How does the blood continue to flow in one direction?: valves help maintain this flow
  3. How is blood forced into the arteries?: when the heart squeezes
  4. How is high blood pressure determined?: using a stethoscope and a spygmomanometer to measure blood pressure
  5. How many chambers does the heart have?: 4 chambers - 2 upper (atrium) and 2 lower (ventricles)
  6. What are antibodies?: proteins produced by the body to fight bacteria, viruses, etc.
  7. What are some of the health risks associated with high blood pressure?: heart attack or stroke
  8. What are the different blood types?: A, B, A-B, and O
  9. What are the lower chambers called?: the ventricles
  10. What are the solid components of blood made up of?: red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets
  11. What are the two measurements used when determining one's blood pressure?: systole and diastole
  12. What are the types of circulation in the human body?: pulmonary circulation, systematic circulation, and coronary circulation
  13. What are the upper chambers called?: the artium
  14. What causes blood to clump?: proteins on the outer coats of the red blood cells
  15. What causes high blood pressure?: the build-up of cholesterol in the arteries that narrows the pathway for the blood
  16. What do most arteries carry?: oxygenated blood under high pressure
  17. What does blood enter when it leaves the heart to go to all parts of the body?: the aorta
  18. What does cardio mean?: heart
  19. What does vascular meant?: vessel
  20. What happens when deoxygnated blood is taken from the right side of the heart to the left?: Carbon dioxide is exchanged for oxygen and the blood is then returned to the left side of the heart
  21. What happens when the blood is not compatible?: it will clump and cause blockage in the capillaries
  22. What is a sphygmomanometer?: a cuff used to measure blood pressure
  23. What is another name for a leaky valve?: a heart murmur
  24. What is another name for high blood pressure?: hypertension
  25. What is another name for the left A-V valve?: the bicuspid valve
  26. What is another name for the right A-V valve: the tricuspid valve
  27. What is blood pressure?: pressure caused by blood pushing against the walls of the vessels - it is the force with which the ventricles contract
  28. What is cardiac arrest?: when the heart stops beating
  29. What is deoxygenated blood?: blood low in oxygen
  30. What is important in transfusions?: that the blood is compatible
  31. What is provided during systematic circulation?: oxygen
  32. What is removed during systematic circulation?: waste from the cells
  33. What is sound 1 - Lub (harder) sound?: closing of the A-V valves
  34. What is sound 2 - Dub sound?: closing of the semilunar valves
  35. What is the average resting adult heart rate?: 60-80 beats/minute
  36. What is the blood in the pulmonary arteries considered - oxygenated or deoxygenated?: deoxygenated
  37. What is the blood in the pulmonary veins considered - oxygenated or deoxygenated?: oxygenated
  38. What is the blood in the right ventricle considered - oxygenated or deoxygenated?: deoxygenated
  39. What is the blood in the superior vena cava considered - oxygenated or deoxygenated?: deoxygenated
  40. What is the cardiovascular system considered?: the body's transportation system
  41. What is the construction of a vein?: less muscle than arteries and are flatter and thinner
  42. What is the construction of an artery?: made of round, thick, flexible strong walls lined wih smooth muscle
  43. What is the diastole?: when ventricles relax - giving the lower number which goes on bottom
  44. What is the double pump (heart) separated by?: the septum
  45. What is the fluid portion of blood called?: plasma
  46. What is the heart?: a muscle
  47. What is the make-up of plasma?: a straw-colored, non-living and fluid portion of the blood and is 92% water and 8 % nutrients, salt, and dissolved gases
  48. What is the medical condition in which the number of white blood cells increase but do not fight disease effectively?: Leukemia
  49. What is the medical condition in which there is not enough iron in the blood or too few red blood cells?: anemia
  50. What is the name of the body system the heart is in?: the cardiovascular system
  51. What is the normal range for diastole?: 65-90
  52. What is the normal range for systole?: 110-140
  53. What is the pulse?: the alternating expansion and relaxation of the artery walls - can determine how fast the heart is beating
  54. What is the purpose of the valves in the heart?: to keep the blood flowing in one direction
  55. What is the purpose of white blood cells?: tp fight disease
  56. What is the size of the heart?: about the size of a fist
  57. What is the smallest structure and is only one cell thick?: capillaries
  58. What is the systole?: when ventricles contract - giving the higher number which goes on top
  59. What is the term used for the death of a section of the heart muscle?: heart attack
  60. What is the valve through which blood leaves the left ventricle?: the aortic semilunar valve
  61. What makes the heart sounds?: the closing of the valves
  62. What occurs during coronary circulation?: the blood circulates through the coronary vessels in the muslce of the heart
  63. What occurs during pulmonary circulation?: blood high in carbon dioxide and low in oxygen is taken from the right side of the heart to the left side
  64. What occurs during systematic circulation?: the blood circulates and flows to all the body organs except the heart and lungs
  65. What occurs when the atria relax (fill again)?: the ventricles contract and squeeze blood to the arteries
  66. What occurs within the capillaries?: the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide, nutrients and metabolic wastes
  67. What operates with the blood under high pressure?: arteries
  68. What operates with the blood under low pressure?: veins
  69. What type of blood does the superior vena cava bring from the upper body to the lower body?: deoxygenated blood
  70. What type of valve is leaking when the heart sound is Lub-Dub-Swish?: a semilunar valve leak
  71. What type of valve is leaking when the heart sound is Lub-Swish-Dub?: a tricuspid or bicuspid leaking valve
  72. What usually causes a heart attack?: blockage in the coronary arteries
  73. When do the atria fill with blood from the veins?: when relaxed
  74. When nutrients are picked-up from the small intestine, where are the nutrients delivered?: the cells
  75. When the oxygen has been picked-up from the lungs, where is the oxygen delivered?: the cells
  76. When waste is picked-up, where is CO2 (carbon dioxide) delivered?: the lungs
  77. When wasted is picked-up, where is the meatabolic waste delivered?: the kidneys
  78. Where are white blood cells transported when needed?: to the site of an infection
  79. Where do arteries carry blood?: away from the heart
  80. Where do veins carry blood?: always toward the heart
  81. Where does blood enter through when entering the heart from the lower part of the body?: the inferior vena cava
  82. Where does blood leave from when traveling from the heart to the lungs?: the right ventricle
  83. Where does blood pass through when it goes from the right atrium to the right ventricle?: the right A-V valve
  84. Where does blood traveling from the heart to the lungs go through?: the pulmonary arteries
  85. Where does blood traveling from the lungs to the heart go through?: the pulmonary veins
  86. Where does the blood pick-up nutrients from?: the small intestine
  87. Where does the blood pick-up O2 (oxygen)?: the lungs
  88. Where is the aortic semilunar valve located?: between the left ventricle and the aorta
  89. Where is the deoxygenated blood from the superior vena cava carried?: to the right atrium
  90. Where is the human heart located?: the center of the chest, behind the sternum and between the lungs
  91. Where is the left atrio-ventircular valve (A-V valve) located?: between the left atrium and the left ventricle
  92. Where is the pulmonary semilunar valve located?: between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery
  93. Where is the right atrio-ventricular valve (A-V valve) located?: between the right atrium and the right ventricle
  94. Where is waste picked-up from?: the cells
  95. Which artery does not carry oxygenated blood (the exception)?: the pulmonary artery
  96. Which type of blood has both A and B proteins on the red blood cells?: A-B
  97. Which type of blood has no proteins on the red blood cells?: O
  98. Who discovered that some combinations of blood blended smoothly while others caused the blood to clump?: Karl Landstenier
  99. Why does exercise increase the heart rate?: because as one exercises, the muscles contract squeezing the veins - causing an increased pressure
  100. Why is it problematic when coronary arteries are blocked?: blood and oxygen cannot reach part of the heart and it dies