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- Distinguished arterial and venal blood
- Galen
- Number of times heart beats in a day
- 100,000
- Gallons of blood pumped every day
- 2000
- Times heart pumps in a lifetime
- 3.5 billion
- Covering on the heart
- Pericardium
- Middle layer of heart
- myocardium
- Endocardium
- Inner layer of heart
- Muscular wall that separates the heart into two halves
- Septum
- Coronary arterial system
- Heart's vascular system that delivers blood to the heart
- Body's largest artery
- Aorta
- Exceptions to double circulation
-
Portal circulation
Lymphatic system - Time fetal heart has formed by
- 8 weeks
- Ostium primum
- Opening in the septum at birth that allows blood to flow through
- Sinoatrial node
- Heart's pacemaker
- Structure of arteries and veins
- Three-layered wall, outer wall consists of connective tissue
- Blood's extracellular matrix
- Plasma
- Main component of plasma
- water (90%)
- Function of plasma
- Maintenance of proper osmotic pressure and viscosity of blood
- Erythrocytes
- Red blood cells
- Leukocytes
- White blood cells
- Myocardial infarction
- Heart attack
- Leading cause of death in the United States
- Coronary heart disease
- Dramatically reduced blood flow
- Arteriosclerosis
- Artificial blood product developed by Alliance Pharmaceutical
- Oxygent
- Time period needed for infant lungs to inflate to full size
- 2 weeks
- External parts of respiratory system
- Nose, mouth
- Another name for the throat
- Pharynx
- Voice box
- Larynx
- Components of pharynx (3)
- Nasopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx
- Windpipe
- Trachea
- Entry point of bronchi on the lungs
- Hilus
- Pleura
- Double-layered lining that protects and covers the lungs
- Phases of external respiration
- Inspiration, expiration
- Tidal volume
- Amount of air inhaled and exhaled during normal resting breathing, approx. 500 mL
- Inspiratory reserve volume
- Amount of air that can be inhaled, approx. 3000 mL
- Expiratory reserve volume
- Amount of air that can be exhaled, approx. 1000 mL
- Tidal Volume + Inspiratory Reserve Volume + Expiratory Reserve Volume
- Vital capacity, measure of fitness
- Number of Americans suffering from asthma
- 20 million
- Risk factors for asthma
- second-hand cigarette smoke, air pollution, poorly ventilated housing
- Single greatest contributor to knowledge of gastric digestion
- William Beaumont (American)
- Function of the large intestine
- Absorb remaining water and excrete digestive waste products
- Merocrine glands
- contains enzymes that hydrolyze proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and vitamins
- Amount of saliva produced each day
- 1-2 liters
- Peristalsis
- wavelike contractions that move food down the esophagus
- Number of layers of stomach and function/description
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3 layers
1) Outer, longitudinal layer of muscles
2) Middle, circular layer of muscles
3) Submucosa layer, copes with acid - Largest organ in the body
- liver
- Liver's function
- produces bile
- Study of diseases affecting the gastrointestinal tract
- Gastroenterology
- what is GERD
- Acid reflux
- Structural and functional unit of the kidneys
- Nephrons
- Amount of filtrate produced by the kidneys every day
- 200 liters
- Common name of urinary calculi
- kidney stones
- Process of artificially extracting toxins from the blood
- Hemodialysis