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What is the main function of the Circulatory System?
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Circulates blood throughout the body.
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What are the main components for Cardiovascular?
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Heart, Blood Vessels and Blood
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What are the main components for Lymphatic?
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Lymph Vessels, Lymph Nodes and Lymph
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What are the four chambers of the heart?
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R-Ventricle, L-Ventricle, R-Atria & L-Atria
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Thin outer layer of the heart.
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Epicardium
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Middle muscle layer of the heart.
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Myocardium
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Thin inner layer of the heart.
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Endocardium
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Partitions or "walls" separating the right and left sides of the heart.
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Septa
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Blood going back to the heart.
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Coronary Circulation
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Inadequate supply of oxygen to tissue, often caused by partial obstruction of coronary artery (Heart Pain).
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Ischemia
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Palpable rhythmic throbbing caused by alternating expansion & contraction of an artery as blood passes through.
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Pulse
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Force exerted by blood on walls of blood vessels.
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Blood Pressure
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Blood pressure cuff
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Sphygmomanometer
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Pressure in arteries during contraction of ventricles.
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Systolic
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Arterial pressure during relaxation of ventricles.
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Diastolic
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Carries oxygenated blood away from the heart to the tissues.
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Arteries
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What is the largest artery?
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Aorta
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Small branches of arteries that join capillaries.
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Arterioles
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Returns deoxygenated blood from the tissues to the heart.
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Veins
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Small veins that join capillaries.
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Venules
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Microscopic, one-cell-thick vessels that connect arterioles and veins.
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Capillaries
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Red Blood Cells
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Erythrocytes
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White Blood Cells
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Leukocytes
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Thrombocytes
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Platelets
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Fluid portion of blood remaining after clotting.
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Serum
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Fluid portion of whole blood separated from the RBCs, WBCs & Platelets by centrifugation.
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Plasma
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Which veins are the most commonly used for venipunctures?
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Median cubital and cephalic
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Which element is part of a bone marrow cell called megakaryocyte?
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Thrombocyte
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When you are feeling a distinct pulse while selecting a vein for venipuncture, what are you feeling?
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Artery
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What is a function of the lymphatic system?
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To remove microorganisms.
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What is an artery that carries deoxygenated blood?
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Pulmonary artery
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Diastolic blood pressure is the pressure in the arteries during _____________ relaxation?
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Ventricular
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The sound of the heartbeat comes from the opening and closing of what?
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Valves
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What is a fast heart rate?
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Tachycardia
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What is the function of the right ventricle?
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To deliver blood to the pulmonary artery.
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What is another name for Bicuspid Valve?
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Mitral Valve
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What is the main component of Red Blood Cells?
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Hemoglobin
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What are the nodes in the armpit?
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Axillary Lymph Nodes
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What is not suitable for venipuncture?
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An arm on the same side as a mastectomy.
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The presence of valves within veins is a major structural difference between arteries and what?
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Veins
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Veins on the underside of the wrist are never acceptable for what?
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Venipuncture
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What differs somewhat from person to person that you may not see the exact textbook pattern for a venipuncture?
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Vein location
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What is described as an anuclear, biconcave disk?
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Erythrocyte
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What is the chamber of the heart that receives blood from the systemic circulation?
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Right Atrium
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When taking a blood pressure, the systolic pressure is the pressure reading when the first heart sounds are heard as the cuff is what?
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Deflated
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What is the purpose of the pulmonary system?
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To carry blood to and from the lungs.
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What is the proper order of the blood flow of the blood vessels?
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Capillary, Venule, Vein
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What is the internal space of a blood vessel?
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Lumen
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What is the longest vein and the largest artery in the body in that order?
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Great Saphenous and Aorta
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What is the preferred vein for venipuncture in the "H" pattern?
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Median Cubital
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What is the major difference between plasma and serum?
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Plasma contains fibrinogen, serum does not.
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An individual's blood type is determined by the presence or absence of what on the red blood cells?
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Antigens
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What does lymph originate from?
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Tissue fluid
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What is a heart disorder characterized by fluid buildup in the lungs?
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Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
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What is the first choice vein location for venipuncture?
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Antecubital Veins
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