Heart Structures | Blood | Immunity | Disorders | Double Jeopardy |
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What are the inferior and superior vena cava
De-oxygenated blood enters the heart through these two vessels
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What is AB+
This is the universal recipient blood type
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What is lymph
The excess fluid that leaves the capillaries and eventually re-enters the blood stream
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What is an allergy
This is an exaggerated response to a harmless material
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What is 55%
This is the % of blood that is plasma
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What is the pulmonary vein, and left atrium
The oxygenated blood coming back from the lungs through this vessel enter this structure
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What are Red Blood Cells
Your body makes more of these to compensate for lower partial pressure of oxygen at higher altitudes
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What is the 2nd line - nonspecific immunity
Macrophages engulfing foreign substances or invaders is part of the ___ line of defense
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What is an autoimmune disorder
When the T and B cells start attacking the body's own cells
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What are the capilaries
This blood vessel is where blood flow is slowest
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What is the left ventricle
The walls of this ventricle are thicker
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What is agglutination
This is the reaction of antibodies and antigens that leads to clumping
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What is a lymphocyte
This type of cell gives rise to B and T cells
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What is an angioplasty
This is the treatment when a blocked artery is opened by inflating a balloon
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What is Arteriosclerosis
This is the thickening of artery walls that leads to a loss of elasticity
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What is the AV node
This delays the electric signals as the blood flows from the atria to the ventricle
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What are erythrocytes (RBC) and platelets
These 2 components of blood (cells) do not have nuclei
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What is negative and positive
Second time mothers who are Rh ___ should be concerned if their child is Rh _____
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What is an aneurysm
The weakening of artery walls that eventually leads to a rupture
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What are granulocytes, monocytes, and lymphocytes
The three types of white blood cells
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What are the tricuspid, bicuspid, and semilunar valves
These ensure one-way flow in the heart
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What is thrombin reacting with fibrinogen to make fibrin
This is the last step and product in the clotting cascade that platelets start
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What is helper T cells activating cytotoxic (killer) T cells, which kill by lysis, suppressor T-cells stop them and memory T-cells remember the pathogen
Outline the steps of cell-mediated specific immunity
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What is hemophilia
This disorder can be treated by injecting protein VIII - a coagulation protein
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What is increased surface area and easier transport
These are the 2 reasons for the bi-concave shape of red blood cells
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