Cardio Review

Which component of blood carries oxygen?

What is the function of neutrophils in the blood?

Which component of blood is responsible for clotting?

What is the role of platelets in the response to vascular damage?

What happens when a blood vessel is damaged?

What is the shape of sickle cells?

Which component of blood is responsible for immune support?

What is the function of lymphocytes in the blood?

What is the function of macrophages in the blood?

What is the role of arachidonic acid in the response to vascular damage?

Which pathway is activated by damage within the tissue?

Which pathway is activated outside the vessel?

What protein converts fibrinogen into fibrin?

What protein breaks down fibrin?

Which type of anti-inflammatory drug blocks all the pathways?

Which type of anti-inflammatory drug blocks part of the pathways?

Which type of blood vessel carries blood to the heart?

Which type of blood vessel carries blood from the heart?

Which chamber of the heart contracts first during the cardiac cycle?

Which chamber of the heart contracts second during the cardiac cycle?

Which type of blood vessel has low pressure and high capacity?

What is the function of precapillary sphincters?

Which type of capillaries have larger holes for more transported items?

What is the main pressure that drives osmosis in capillaries?

What is the net flow of fluid at the arterial end of capillaries?

What happens to venous pressure as you go down the vessels?

What regulates the opening and closing of precapillary sphincters?

What is the main factor that determines blood flow in vessels?

What happens to blood flow when a vessel is more constricted?

What can occur if coronary blood flow is blocked?

Which chamber of the heart receives de-oxygenated blood from the body?

Which valve separates the right atria from the right ventricle?

Which blood vessel carries de-oxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs?

What type of blood vessel carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atria?