What are the 3 components of the cv system

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Answer the following questions:

1. What are the 3 "circuits" of circulation and what is supplied by each?

2. What are the 3 components of the CV system?

3. What are the ways that blood maintains homeostasis?

4. What are the 4 components of blood, describe them and tell the function of each?

5. What percentage of blood cells are RBCs? How many types of WBCs?

6. How are the blood cells formed? What stem cell do blood cells originate from?

7. Describe the appearance and structure of RBC. What is hemoglobin? Describe it's structure.

8. How is carbon dioxide transported in the blood (what is the chemical equation? What enzyme catalyzes this reaction?) How is oxygen transported?

9. Describe erythropoiesis. What controls it? What is the lifespan of an RBC?

10. Define and describe: anemia, polycythemia.

11. List the two ways platelets function in clotting.

12. Describe hemostasis and the steps involved.

13. Outline (in detail) the blood clotting pathway. What is the difference(s) between the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways?

14. What is clot retraction and fibrinolysis?

15. What are the functions of the heart?

16. Describe the anatomy of the heart-include the chambers, valves, and the layers of the heart in your description.

17. What is the interatrial septum, the fossa ovalis, and the interventricular septum---what is the function of each?

18. Outline the blood flow through the heart - include the valves.

19. Describe 5 coronary artery disorders (and treatments if appropriate)

20. Explain depolarization, early repolarization, plateau, final repolarization, absolute refractory period and relative refractory period.

21. Outline the conducting system of the heart.

22. Describe the parts of ECG recording and the electrical events occurring at each peak.

23. What are the 2 parts of the cardiac cycle and what happens during each?

24. Describe heart sounds and what is occurring during each.

25. Be able to calculate cardiac output (in LITERS) when given the formula.

26. How is the heart regulated? (compare and contrast intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms)

27. Describe the foramen ovale, ductus arteriosus, ductus venosus.

28. What are the functions of the peripheral circulation?

29. Describe the 3 layers of blood vessels and how they differ in arteries and veins.

30. What are capillaries? Function? Veins (include each type)-function? Arteries (include each type)-function?

31. List the types of blood vessels in order from the heart, to the body and back to the heart.

32. Which type of blood vessel has valves? Why are these valves needed?

33. Define blood pressure.

34. Describe capillary exchange in detail

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