Exam #4 Flashcards
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What are the five types of blood vessels
arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, veins.
What are the two blood circuits and what areas does each serve?
Pulmonary circuit and Systemic circuit.
Endothelium
Makes up the middle tonic tissue
Layers of the heart (innermost to outermost)
Endocardium, myocardium, epicardium.
Pericardium
The sac that encloses the heart.
Red blood cell
Erythrocyte
Thrombocytes
Platelets
Albumin
most abundant protein
Plasma
liquid portion of blood, including clotting factors
Leukocytes
WBC
Complement
A group of enzymes that participate in immunity
Serum
Group of enzymes that participate in immunity
Hemoglobin
protein that fills rbc
Antibodies
non-enzymes blood protein
Monocytes
the most abundant type of wbc
Macrophanges
A tissue call that develops from monocytes.
Plasma cell
Lypmpocyte that produce antibodies.
Eosinophil
A wbc that stains with acidic dyes
basophil
largest blood wbc
pus
often accumulates when wbc are actively destroying bacteria
Neutrophil
a wbc that stains with basic dyes.
Platelet plug
Cell fragments that tempporarily repairs a vessel injury
coagulation
the process of blood clot formation
Vasoconstriction
result of contraction of smooth muscles in the blood vessel wall