Untitled Flashcards

Front

True or False

The double layered membrane that covers the outside of the heart is the endocardium

Back

False

Front

True or false

The period of ventricular contraction in the heart is called diastole

Back

False

Front

True or False

During diastole the atria are filling with blood and the ventricles contract

Back

False

Front

True or false

The smallest branches of arteries are called arterioles

Back

True

Front

True or false

Capillaries have thin walls containing only one layer of cells

Back

True

Front

True or false

Capillaries allow oxygen and nutrients to pass through to body cells

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True

Front

True or false

Hemoglobin carries both oxygen and carbon dioxide

Back

True

Front

True or false

Hypotension is high blood pressure

Back

False

Front

True or false

Aplastic anemia is a result of injury to or destruction of the bone marrow

Back

True

Front

True or false

Arrhythmias are abnormal heart rhythms and can be mild to life threatening

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True