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Quiz Circulatory Test

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Hard QUIZ 29 QUESTIONS
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1

The heart is enclosed in a double layered membrane called the _____.

2

The outer protective layer of the heart is called the _____.

3

The actual cardiac muscle responsible for the muscular pumping action of the heart is called the _____.

4

The _____ divides the heart into right and left halves.

5

The right and left _____ receive blood into the heart from veins.

6

The _____ valve is located between the right atrium and right ventricle.

7

The _____ valve permits blood to be pumped from the left ventricle into the aorta but not the reverse.

8

The _____ are thick-walled muscular and elastic vessels that transport oxygenated blood from the heart.

9

In the process of _____, substances move from an area of higher concentraction to an area of lower concentration.

10

_____ is the blood circulation from the heart to the lungs and back again to the heart.

11

_____ is a disorder of the blood vessels that is characterized by an accumulation of fatty deposits on the inner walls of the arteries.

12

A(n) _____ is caused by a disturbance in cerebral circulation. Symptoms include weakness, dizziness, confusion, blurred or double vision, and paralysis.

13

Circulatory massage is _____ for persons with advanced or diagnosed atherosclerosis.

14

_____ are characterized by protruding, bulbous, distended superficial veins particularly in the lower legs.

15

An average size adult male (160 lbs) has approximately _____ pints of blood.

16

The solid components of blood include all of the following elements EXCEPT _____.

17

_____ are double concave dis-shaped cells that function to carry oxygen from the lungs to the body cells.

18

White blood cells are produced in all of the following sites EXCEPT the _____.

19

_____ is the fluid component of blood.

20

_____ refers to a number of conditions where there is a rapid loss of or inadequate production of red blood cells.

21

___ is an inherited condition where the hemoglobin molecule changes the shape of the red blood cells to a rodlike shape after delivering it oxygen to the cells.

22

_____ is a form of cancer in which there is an uncontrolled production of white blood cells, which do not fully mature.

23

Lymph capillaries are located throughout the body with the exception of the epidermis of the skin, the central nervous system, the _____ , and the endomysium of most muscles.

24

_____ are lymphatic capillaries located in the villi of the small intestines.

25

Lymph from the legs, abdomen, left arm, lefty side of the head, neck, and chest flows into the _____.

26

__-cells work chiefly by producing antibodies.

27

__-cells coordinate immune defenses and kill organisms in cells on contact.

28

Certain white blood cells associated with the immune system neutralized antibody-antigen complexes and organisms by the process call _____.

29

_____ is present from before birth, consisting of many nonspecific factos and blood based immunity from the mother.