Circulatory System Flashcards
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| 10993348492 | Systole | the phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from the ventricles into the arteries. | 0 | |
| 10993348493 | Diastole | Relaxation of the heart ventricles. | 1 | |
| 10993348494 | Agglutination | process by which cells or other particles adhere to each other to form clumps. |  | 2 |
| 10993348495 | Anterior vena cava | drains deoxygenated blood from the upper body to the right atrium. | 3 | |
| 10993348496 | Antibody | A protein that acts against a specific antigen. | 4 | |
| 10993348497 | Antigen | A protein that, when introduced in the blood, triggers the production of an antibody. |  | 5 |
| 10993348498 | Aorta | Major systemic artery that receives blood from the left ventricle. | 6 | |
| 10993348499 | Arteriole | Vessel that takes blood from an artery to capillaries. | 7 | |
| 10993348500 | Artery | Vessel that takes blood away from the heart. | 8 | |
| 10993348501 | Atrioventricular (AV) valve | separates the atria from the ventricles (ex: tricuspid and bicuspid valves) | 9 | |
| 10993348502 | Blood pressure | the force that blood exerts on the inside walls of the artery. | 10 | |
| 10993348503 | Capillary | A tiny blood vessel where substances are exchanged between the blood and the body cells. | 11 | |
| 10993348510 | Hemoglobin | Red iron-containing pigment in blood that combines with and transports oxygen. | 12 | |
| 10993348517 | Platelet | small blood fragment that collects at sites of injury to begin the clotting process | 13 | |
| 10993348518 | Posterior vena cava | drains deO2 blood from lower body to right atrium | 14 | |
| 10993348519 | Pulmonary artery | artery carrying oxygen-poor blood from the heart to the lungs. | 15 | |
| 10993348520 | Pulse | Beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries. | 16 | |
| 10993348521 | Red blood cell | Blood cells that carry oxygen from the lungs to the body cells. | 17 | |
| 10993348527 | Venule | Vessel that takes blood from the capillaries to a vein. | 18 | |
| 10993348532 | Hypertension | higher than normal blood pressure | 19 | |
| 10993348534 | Inferior Vena Cava | drains deoxygenated blood from the lower body | 20 | |
| 10993348536 | Pulmonary valve | a semilunar valve that stops blood from backflowing from the pulmonary trunk back into the right ventricle | 21 | |
| 10993348537 | Pulmonary vein | takes O2 blood to the heart from the lungs. | 22 | |
| 10993348540 | Semi-lunar valve | Valve with flaps resembling a half moon located between the ventricles and their attached blood vessels. (ex: pulmonary and aortic valves) | 23 | |
| 10993348541 | Septum | dividing wall between the 2 sides of the heart. keeps O2 and deO2 blood separate. | 24 | |
| 10993348542 | Ventricle | a lower (sending) chamber of the heart | 25 |