Pulmonary Systems - DeRosa

What controls the heartbeat

Senatorial node/pacemaker

What blood type is a universal donor?

O

Universal recipient blood type is

AB

Why is blood type AB able to receive blood from all blood types?

They have both A & B antibodies

What receives blood from the lungs?

Left atrium

What sends blood to the lungs

Right ventricle

What receives blood from the head

Right atrium

What artery carries deoxygenated blood?

pulmonary artery

If a person with type A blood is in need of a transfusion, what blood type would be dangerous?

Blood type B

right side of the heart

deoxygenated

left side of the heart

oxygenated

The liquid portion of blood is called:

Plasma

What transports oxygen and CO2?

RBC

In the blood, the principal function of phagocytes is to

Destroy bacteria

Substances that the body recognizes as foreign are called

Antigens

One major problem involved in organ transplants is

Antigen-Antibody reactions

If the blood in a vessels is toward the heart, then the vessel is known as

A vein

What carries blood to and from the lungs

pulmonary circulaton

Blood pressure results from

contractions of the heart muscle

In humans, the backward flow in veins is prevented by

valves

The number of chambers in the heart is…

4

Compared to atria, the muscle of the ventricle is

Thicker

The __ supplies blood to the heart muscle tissue

Coronary Circulation

Which part of the heart carries the most oxygenated blood is

pulmonary veins

The vessel with the LEAST oxygenated blood is the

superior vena cava

Which side of the lungs is oxygenated

Left

Which side of the lungs is deoxegynated

Right

Is a heart attack a cardiovascular disease or a blood disease

Cardiovascular

What is hypertension

High blood pressure

When your blood has low red blood cells or too count and insuffiecnt amounts of hemoglobin you have

Anemia

When your platelets are low in number you have

Hemophilia

When you have high count of white blood cells you have

Leukemia

What clots a blood vessel

Platelets

Where are white blood cells made

Bone marrow

Lymphocytes definition

Produce antibodies to chemically destory

Phagocytes definition

Surround and engulf to physically destory

Carries blood away from the heart, used to detect a pulse

Artieres

Carries blood to the heart

Veins

What are the smallest blood vessels

Capillaries

If the incorrect blood is given..

Cause clots

What is a blockage of blood to the brain

Stroke