BIOL 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Atrioventricular Node, Superior Mesenteric Artery, Hemoglobin
23 Aug 2016
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Prepared by nina nguyen, kirsten kjome, and maddy maechler. Circulatory: contains heart, blood vessels, and blood. Hematology: define: artery, vein, capillary, plasma, formed elements. Artery: any blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart. Vein: any blood vessel that carries blood towards the heart. Capillary: the narrowest type of vessel in the cardiovascular system and lymphatic system, connects arteries to veins. Plasma: the non cellular portion of the blood, fluid portion of the portion. Formed elements: an erythrocyte, leukocyte, or platelet; any normal component of blood or lymph that is a cell of cell fragment: describe the three main circuits of the circulatory system. Right side pumps blood to the lungs only (pulmonary circuit) Left side pumps blood everywhere in the body except the lungs (systemic circuit: know the external structures of the heart listed in the lecture notes and be able to answer:
