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Anatomy & Physiology: Arteries, Blood Pressure, Heart Sounds, Immune Response, Edema, Conn, Quizzes of Physiology

Definitions for various terms related to anatomy and physiology, including the functions of arteries and arterioles, blood pressure, heart sounds, immune response, edema, and connective tissue.

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2009/2010

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TERM 1
Arterioles
DEFINITION 1
Small branch of an artery that communicates with a capillary
network
TERM 2
Artery
DEFINITION 2
Vessel that transports blood away from the heart
TERM 3
Blood Pressure
DEFINITION 3
Force the blood exerts against the inner walls of the blood
vessel
TERM 4
Diastolic Pressure
DEFINITION 4
minimum pressure
TERM 5
Dupp
DEFINITION 5
Second heart sound, occurs during ventricular diastole,
pulmonary and aortic semilunar valves closing
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Arterioles

Small branch of an artery that communicates with a capillary

network

TERM 2

Artery

DEFINITION 2

Vessel that transports blood away from the heart

TERM 3

Blood Pressure

DEFINITION 3

Force the blood exerts against the inner walls of the blood

vessel

TERM 4

Diastolic Pressure

DEFINITION 4

minimum pressure

TERM 5

Dupp

DEFINITION 5

Second heart sound, occurs during ventricular diastole,

pulmonary and aortic semilunar valves closing

Endothelial

Layer of epithelial cells that forms the inner lining of blood

vessels and heart chambers

TERM 7

Hydrostatic Pressure

DEFINITION 7

Pressure exerted by fluids, such as blood pressure

TERM 8

Lubb

DEFINITION 8

First heart sound, occurs during ventricular systole, A-V

valves closing

TERM 9

Metaarteriole

DEFINITION 9

Connectes arteriole directly to venule

TERM 10

Murmur

DEFINITION 10

Abnormal heart sound

Connective Tissue

Basic type of tissue that consist of cells within an

extracellular matrix, including bone, cartilage, blood, loose

and fibrous connective tissue

TERM 17

Edema

DEFINITION 17

Fluid accumulation within tissue spaces

TERM 18

Hapten

DEFINITION 18

Small molecule that combines with a larger one; forms an

antigen

TERM 19

Humoral Immune Response

DEFINITION 19

Circulating antibodies destruction of cells bearing foreign

(non self) antigens

TERM 20

Lymph Nodes

DEFINITION 20

Mass of lymphoid tissue located along the course of a

lymphatic vessel

Smooth Muscle

Type of involuntary muscle tissue found in the walls of hollow

viscera; visceral muscle.