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Circulatory System: BP & Blood

           Medical Assistant Program - 3rd Phase
Horizontales
Blood cells that clot the blood
Waste gas created during respiration; usually travels thru the body in veins (2 words)
Bottom number of BP; measures pressure in the arteries during resting or relaxation phase of the ventricles
Smaller blood vessels that carry CO2 rich blood back to the heart
Blood flow that delivers oxygen-rich blood to the entire body; originates with the left side of the heart (2 words)
Vessels under no pressure to move CO2 rich blood back to the heart; require valves & skeletal muscle contractions to move blood thru them
Type O (negative) blood (2 words)
Blood test performed to measure the % of RBC's in blood; anemia is often Dx'd from it
Watery portion of the blood; makes up 55% of blood volume; includes electrolytes, H2O, protein, wastes & nutrients
Top number of a BP; measures the pressure of the blood in the arteries during ventricular contraction
Smallest blood vessels; walls are one cell thick; often called "exchange vessels"
Verticales
A blood clot that usually develops in the leg; if it breaks loose - it can move to the lungs
One heart beat (2 words)
Gas necessary to sustain life; highest levels move thru arteries in the body
Measurement of the pressure the blood exerts on the arterial walls of the body; usually measured in the brachial artery (2 words)
Strongest blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart; have muscular walls to constrict/dilate to help control BP
Blood cells that fight/prevent infection; neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, lymphocytes & monocytes
Blood cells that carry oxygen; have bi-concave shape
Smaller blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart; carry O2 rich blood
Chant: Right, Right, XXXXX, Left, Left, XXXX (2 words)
The globe-shaped protein molecule in blood; it binds oxygen to the RBC; also referred to as "Iron"
Keeps blood flowing in one direction through the heart