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Heart Flashcards

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Atrium

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Receives blood entering the heart located on the left

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Circulatory system

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Provides a pathway through which blood can carry materials throughtouy your body

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Ventricle

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Located on the right chamber of which pumps blood from heart to the rest of ur body

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Pulmonary

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Pathway that blood flows from heart to lungs

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Systemic

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Route that blood travels from heart to most of the body an then back to the heart

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Arteries

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Thick walled elastic vessels that carry blood away from the heart

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Aorta

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Largest artery in body

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Coronary arteries

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Carrie blood to the heart mucle its self

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Blood pressure

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Force with which blood pushes against the walls of blood vessels

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Systollic

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Force caused by the surge of blood that moves as the contraction of the ventricles 140/85

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Diastolic

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Force recorded when ventricles are relaxed 120/80

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Plasma

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Protein is in plasma and its the liquid part of blood used for injuries

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Red blood cells

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More numerous than any other type of blood vessel

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White blood cells

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Help protect the body against disease

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Platelets

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Pieces of cells that start the process of the blood clotting (help clot blood)

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Atherosclerosis

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Build up of cholesterol amd other fatty materials in the artery walls

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Atherosclerosis mAke coronary arteries clogged which leads to coronary heart disease

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Hdl

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Be disposed found in leafy foods

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Ldl

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Carries cholesterol to walks of arteries found in bAcon and meats

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Stroke

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Blood flow to brain is cut off

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Function of excretory system

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Waste removal is carried out

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4 organs of excretory system

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Kidneys ureters bladder and urethra

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Disorder of excretory system

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Kidney stones which are pebble like masses of salt in kidney

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Urea

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Contains nitrogen and is the maijor waste produced from the break down of nitrogen

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Nephron

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Filtering unit of the kidney

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Kidney dialysis

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Machine is used to filter blood in place of the kidneys

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Epidermis

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Outer layer of skin

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Dermis

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Inner layer of the skin

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Cancer dandruff acne

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Disorders of the integumentary system

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Veins

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Carry blood to the heart

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Arteries

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Carry blood away from the heart

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Cappilaries

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Pass oxygen through the body

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