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Pulmonary veins carry oxygen-rich blood.

True

The right side of the heart carries oxygen-poor blood.

True

An EKG measures the electrical activity of the heart.

True

Measured by hematocrit:

Erythrocytes

Not true cells because they are fragments:

Thrombocytes

Lifespan of 1-3 days:

Leukocytes

45% of blood volume:

Erythrocytes

Includes neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, basophils:

Leukocytes

Involved in hemostasis:

Thrombocytes

Production of red blood cells:

Erythropoiesis

Blood loop to and from body tissues:

Systemic circulation

In incompatible transfusions, antibodies bind to foreign antigens.

True

Vessels carrying blood from heart to lungs:

Pulmonary arteries

Vessel carrying deoxygenated blood from lower body to right atrium:

Inferior vena cava

Vessels carrying oxygenated blood from lungs to left atrium:

Pulmonary veins

Chamber pumping oxygenated blood into aorta:

Left ventricle

Chamber pumping blood to right ventricle:

Right atrium

Chamber receiving oxygenated blood from pulmonary veins:

Left atrium

Chamber receiving blood from SVC and IVC:

Right atrium

Large vessel carrying blood from heart to body:

Aorta

Valve from left atrium to left ventricle:

Mitral (bicuspid) valve

Valve from right ventricle to pulmonary artery:

Pulmonary semilunar valve

Wall separating right and left sides of heart:

Septum

Pacemaker of the heart:

Sinoatrial (SA) node

Also known as the bundle of His:

Atrioventricular (AV) bundle

Carry impulses through ventricles causing contraction:

Purkinje fibers

Causes delay allowing atria to empty:

Atrioventricular (AV) node

Generates electrical impulses every 60-100 seconds:

Sinoatrial (SA) node

Located between atria and ventricles:

Atrioventricular (AV) node

Long cells spreading through ventricular muscle:

Purkinje fibers

Triggers atria to contract:

Sinoatrial (SA) node