Exam 13: The Cardiovascular System: Transport and Supply

The role of hemoglobin in the red blood cell is to ________.

If heart rate decreases, what happens to blood pressure?

A substance that decreases the body's ability to clot is ________.

In a blood transfusion, if the patient receives blood of the wrong blood type, the donor's antigens and the recipient's antibodies ________ and cause serious harm or death.

A person with type A blood ________.

________ is an inherited bleeding disorder.

The epicardium is also the ________________________.

The sinoatrial node is also called the ________.

This clotting disorder is an inherited disorder.

________ is a less than normal level of platelets, that may be due to leukemia, or bone marrow aplasia.

What is the most common blood type among Americans?

________ is an inherited condition in which red blood cells and hemoglobin molecules do not form properly.

Since type AB doesn't contain plasma anti-A antibodies or anti-B antibodies, it can't clump with any donated blood that contains A or B antigens.Because of this, a type AB person is labeled a(n) ________.

________ also exhibits as a situation in which there is a higher than normal number of white blood cells.In this case, the cause is often an infection that is being fought.

A(n) ________ is a result of blood leaking backward due to a faulty heart valve or a narrowed valve opening.

Which cells are involved in the production of antibodies?

________ is a type of blood cancer that can cause increased WBCs.

Another name for "hardening of the arteries" is ________.

It is called systole when the heart contracts.