Exam 22: Anatomy and Physiology of the Cardiovascular and Immune Systems

The _______, the inner layer of the heart, consists of a smooth endothelial lining resting on connective tissue.

Fill in the correct labels for the following figure using the word bank below. -B ________

Fill in the correct labels for the following figure using the word bank below. -C ________

The _______ pump(s) blood into the great arteries leaving the heart.

The volume of blood pumped by one ventricle during one beat is called the _______.

The smallest branches of an artery are called _______.

Fill in the correct labels for the following figure using the word bank below. -A ________

Sympathetic nerves release the neurotransmitter _______, which speeds the heart rate and increases the strength of contraction.

_______ is the red pigment that transports oxygen in the blood.

The left ventricle pumps blood into the largest artery in the body, the _______.

Fill in the correct labels for the following figure using the word bank below. -D ________

The normal heart rate is about _______ beats per minute.

Fill in the correct labels for the following figure using the word bank below. -B ________

Fill in the correct labels for the following figure using the word bank below. -D ________

Platelets, also called _______, are tiny fragments of cytoplasm that become detached from certain very large cells in the bone marrow.

The period of contraction is known as _______.

Which is not a characteristic of inflammation?

In cell-mediated immunity, _______ cells attack invading pathogens.

_______ carry blood from the ventricles of the heart to each of the organs of the body.

While the Rh system consists of more than 40 kinds of Rh antigens, by far the most important is antigen ________.