Question |
Answer |
hypertension |
high blood pressure
|
Capillaries |
permit gas exchange between the blood and tissue cells |
erythrocyte |
red blood cell |
femoral vein |
deep vein of thigh |
hepatic vein |
vein that drains the liver |
gonadal vein |
vein that drains the ovaries and testies |
cardiac vein |
vein that drains the heart |
systolic pressure |
top number of blood pressure, represents pressure on the arteries when your heart contracts |
diastolic pressure |
bottom number of blood pressure, represents the pressure on the wall of arteries when your heart relaxes |
angina pectoris |
check pain resulting from ischemia of the myocardium (lack of oxygen to the heart? |
bradycardia |
abnormally slow heart beat less than 50 bpm |
tachycarida |
abnormally fast heart beat greater than 100 bpm |