C10 Extra

Question 1

Epicardium

Answer 1

Outer layer covering the surface of the heart 

Question 2

Myocardium

Answer 2

Middle layer consisting of cardiac muscle 

Question 3

Endocardium

Answer 3

Inner most layer that lines the chambers of the heart and covers its valves 

Question 4

Pericardium

Answer 4

Tough, sack like membrane enclosing heart 

Question 5

Atrium

Answer 5

Upper two chambers

Question 6

Ventricles

Answer 6

Lower two chambers

Question 7

Bicuspid valve

Answer 7

Valve with two flaps 

Question 8

Semilunar valve

Answer 8

Shaped like a half moon

Question 9

Erythrocytes

Answer 9

Red blood cells

Question 10

Leukocytes

Answer 10

White blood cells

Question 11

Thrombocytes

Answer 11

Platelets

Question 12

Erythropoiesis

Answer 12

Formation of erythrocytes

Question 13

Erythrocytes

Answer 13

Containing a nucleus

Question 14

Akaryocyte

Answer 14

Having no nucleus

Question 15

Hypoxia

Answer 15

Insufficient oxygen in the body 

Question 16

Coagulation

Answer 16

The process during which blood cells clump together to form a blood clot

Question 17

Haemostasis

Answer 17

The arrest of bleeding 

Question 18

Metabolism

Answer 18

The sum of all chemical changes in an organism

Question 19

Anabolism

Answer 19

The building up of chemical processes in a living organism

Question 20

Catabolism

Answer 20

The tearing down of chemical processes in a living organism

Question 21

Corona capitis

Answer 21

The crown of the head

Question 22

Corona dentis

Answer 22

The crown of a tooth

Question 23

Valvulitis

Answer 23

Inflammation of a valve

Question 24

Diastole

Answer 24

The expansion period when the heart dilate in the atria and ventricles fill with blood

Question 25

Systole

Answer 25

The period during which the heart contracts to sending blood through the arteries

Question 26

Hypertension

Answer 26

High blood pressure

Question 27

Hypotension

Answer 27

Low blood pressure