Blood & Lymph Systems Flashcards

1
Q

What is wrong with someone if they are hypervolemic or hypovolemic?

A
Hyper = too much blood
Hypo = not enough blood
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2
Q

How much blood is in the avg male/female?

A
Male = 5-6 L
Female = 4-5 L
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3
Q

What is the avg pH of blood?

A

7.35-7.45

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4
Q

What is the temperature of blood?

A

38C

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5
Q

What happens to red BC’s during development?

A

Intracellular structures (ie. nucleus) are ejected from the cell

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6
Q

What is responsible for blood clotting?

A

Platelets

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7
Q

Continuous capillaries go ____ the heart and fenestrated capillaries go ____ the heart.

A

away from, towards

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8
Q

What are the three layers of vessel walls?

A

Tunica interna, tunica media, tunica externa

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9
Q

Which is the thickest layer of the vessel wall?

A

Tunica media

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10
Q

Do we have control over the diameter of arteries or veins?

A

Arteries

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11
Q

What is the benefit of fenestrated capillaries?

A

The pores allow us to draw in things from our cells & into the blood stream

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12
Q

What is the purpose of elastic arteries?

A

They are the largest, and even out pressure surges, making the movement of blood flow constant/consistent

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13
Q

What is the purpose of muscular arteries?

A

they distribute blood to skeletal muscles, vasoconstrict and vasodilate

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14
Q

What is the purpose of arterioles?

A

Delivering blood to capillaries

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15
Q

What is the purpose of capillaries?

A

Connecting arterioles and venules

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16
Q

In medium/large veins, which layer is the thickest?

A

Tunica externa

17
Q

Off of the aortic arch stems the ______ and ______ arteries.

A

R/L subclavian and R/L common carotid

18
Q

The subclavian artery turns into the ____ artery at the first rib.

A

axillary

19
Q

the ____ ____ artery goes into the brain, while the ____ ____ artery goes to the face and neck.

A

internal carotid, external carotid

20
Q

The internal thoracic artery goes to the ____

A

breasts

21
Q

the external iliac artery becomes the _____ artery at the inguinal ligament.

A

femoral

22
Q

The deep brachial arteryis posterior and the artery is anterior to the ____ bone.

A

humerus

23
Q

the ____ ____ vein goes into the brain, while the ____ ___ vein goes to the outside of the skull

A

internal jugular, external jugular

24
Q

The ______ vein is on the medial side of the arm and the _____ vein is on the lateral side of the arm

A

basilic, cephalic

25
Q

Lymph flows (actively/passively) and blood flows (actively/passively)

A

passively, actively

26
Q

What is the function of the lymphatic system?

A

immune response

27
Q

The ____ lymphatic duct drains the upper right corner of the body, while the ____ lymphatic duct drains the rest of the body

A

right, left

28
Q

What is the difference between B- and T- lymphocytes?

A

B-lymphocytes produce antibodies targeted to destroy specific antigens, while T-lymphocytes themselves destroy pathogens.

29
Q

What are Natural Killer (NK) cells?

A

they are for surveillance, circulating through peripheral tissue

30
Q

What do secondary lymphatic structures do?

A

they initiate the immune response

31
Q

Where do T-lymphocytes come from?

A

the thymus gland

32
Q

What does the spleen do.

A

filters abnormal blood cells out, stores iron