Anatomy Physiology Notes

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Unit 1: Blood

What are the subdivisions of the cardiovascular system?

What is the cardiovascular system?

What are the three functions of blood?

What are the physical characteristics of blood (pH, temp, litres)?

What are the components of blood?

What are the plasma proteins and how much?

List the formed elements in blood?

What is hematocrit?

Explain blood cell formation and the stages?

What are the sites of hematopoiesis?

What are the hemopoietic growth factors?

The function of RBC?

Characteristics of RBC?

What is hemoglobin and explain the components?

How is the blood group determined?

What is an antigen?

What is an antibody?

What antigen and antibody present in each blood group?

What is Rh blood groups?

what is hemolytic disease

What is agglutination?

What is cross-matching?

What are the three stages of the RBC life cycle?

What are the components of heme?

Anatomy and types of WBC (explain)?

WBC physiology?

What are leukocytosis and leukopenia?

Explain the emigration and phagocytosis of WBC?

The function of neutrophil, basophil, eosinophil, monocyte, lymphocyte

Anatomy and life cycle of platelets?

What is hemostasis?

What is a vascular spasm?

What is the 3 step platelet plug formation?

What are the clotting factors?

What is the role of Vitamin K?

Explain the clotting cascade?

What is clot retraction/ blood vessel repair?

What are hemostatic control mechanisms?

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Unit 2: The Heart

Explain the orientation of the heart?

What is the pericardium?

Explain the layers of the pericardium?

What are the layers of the heart wall?

What are the chambers of the heart?

What are the sulci of the heart?

Where does the right atrium receive blood from?

What is the tricuspid valve?

What is the right ventricle?

What is the interventricular septum?

What is the pulmonary semilunar valve?

What is the left atrium?

What is the bicuspid valve?

What is the left ventricle?

What aortic semilunar valve?

Explain the myocardial thickness and function?

Fibroskeleton of heart?

What are the heart valves?

What are papillary muscles?

What is chordae tendineae?

When does AV valve open and close?

What are semilunar valves?