Question

1. What are the structural differences between veins and arteries?
2. Describe the different functions between veins and arteries:
3. Describe the five components of the adult heart:
4. What are the main differences between the adult heart and the fetal heart?
5. What does the term hemopoietic tissue mean?
6. What major cellular structure do mature red blood cells lack?
7. Describe the function of the each of the following white blood cells:
a. Neutrophils:
b. Monocytes:
c. Basophils:
d. Eosinophils:
8. Describe the function of platelets in hemostasis:
9. The Rh factor is an antigen that is found where?
10. How many chambers does the heart have and what are they called:
11. How many layers of pericardial membranes are around the heart?
12. Explain how blood flows through the heart: The right side receives blood from _________ and pumps it?
13. Describe cardiac output:
14. What is an EKG and what information does it provide?
15. How does a vascular disease affect the function of the heart?
16. What does the term systole mean:
17. What does the term diastole mean:
18. Explain what cardiac output is:
19. What does the endocardium do?
20. Name the following cardiac disorders suggested by each statement:
a. An abnormal extra sound heard during the cardiac cycle:
b. Death of a heart muscle due to lack of oxygen:
c. Lipid deposits within the coronary arteries:

Answer 1

1. The pressure in veins are much lower so they are much thinner. Arteries are larger.
2.Arteries carry blood away from your heart, veins carry blood back toward your heart.
3. Chamber, Walls, valves, vessels, conduction system.
4.Chambers and Valves