Heart Structures Blood Immunity Disorders Double Jeopardy
100
What are the inferior and superior vena cava
De-oxygenated blood enters the heart through these two vessels
100
What is AB+
This is the universal recipient blood type
100
What is lymph
The excess fluid that leaves the capillaries and eventually re-enters the blood stream
100
What is an allergy
This is an exaggerated response to a harmless material
200
What is 55%
This is the % of blood that is plasma
200
What is the pulmonary vein, and left atrium
The oxygenated blood coming back from the lungs through this vessel enter this structure
200
What are Red Blood Cells
Your body makes more of these to compensate for lower partial pressure of oxygen at higher altitudes
200
What is the 2nd line - nonspecific immunity
Macrophages engulfing foreign substances or invaders is part of the ___ line of defense
200
What is an autoimmune disorder
When the T and B cells start attacking the body's own cells
400
What are the capilaries
This blood vessel is where blood flow is slowest
300
What is the left ventricle
The walls of this ventricle are thicker
300
What is agglutination
This is the reaction of antibodies and antigens that leads to clumping
300
What is a lymphocyte
This type of cell gives rise to B and T cells
300
What is an angioplasty
This is the treatment when a blocked artery is opened by inflating a balloon
600
What is Arteriosclerosis
This is the thickening of artery walls that leads to a loss of elasticity
400
What is the AV node
This delays the electric signals as the blood flows from the atria to the ventricle
400
What are erythrocytes (RBC) and platelets
These 2 components of blood (cells) do not have nuclei
400
What is negative and positive
Second time mothers who are Rh ___ should be concerned if their child is Rh _____
400
What is an aneurysm
The weakening of artery walls that eventually leads to a rupture
800
What are granulocytes, monocytes, and lymphocytes
The three types of white blood cells
500
What are the tricuspid, bicuspid, and semilunar valves
These ensure one-way flow in the heart
500
What is thrombin reacting with fibrinogen to make fibrin
This is the last step and product in the clotting cascade that platelets start
500
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
500
What is hemophilia
This disorder can be treated by injecting protein VIII - a coagulation protein
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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