Cardio Vascular System: Blood Chapter 19 Flashcards
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3 Components of the circulatory system
heart, blood, and blood vessels
The cardiovascular system is the first system developed by week ___ of gestation
3
The heart serves as a pump and has to have a form of _________.
transportation
5 Purposes of blood
- Transportation
- Regulation of pH
- Maintenance of Body temp
- Protection Against Foreign Substances
- Clot Formation
Blood transports which gases and what else?
oxygen, carbon dioxide, and waste, nutrients, and vitamins, and regulatory molecules and hormones/enzymes
pH is regulated by
hydrogen
______ buffer system
bicarbonate
acid indicates _____ hydrogen
high
base indicates ______ hydrogen
low
bicarbonate buffers concentrations of _________
hydrogen
the bicarbonate buffers concentrations of hydrogen by ________ concentrations in acids and __________ concentrations in bases.
absorbing, providing
warm blood shunts to the surface to release heat when hot, thus ______.
sweating
blood will stay inside of deeper tissue to maintain heat loss when ______
cold
Blood has access to parts of your body that could be invaded by _____
pathogens
2 Cells in the blood that fight against pathogens
WBC and antibodies
Clot formation _____ blood loss
seals
______ monitor blood loss
platelets
a collection of _____ form a clot at damage
cells
blood clots prevent blood ___
loss
blood is _______ tissue
connective
Blood has an extensive ________ ______ thus meaning fewer cells
extracellular matrix
extracellular matrix is ______
fluid
55% of blood is
plasma
45% of blood is
hematocrit