Human
Anatomy & Physiology Winter 05
Cardiovascular
Assignment
Instructions
Please read each section/question carefully. Answer
questions
in complete sentences, and if/when you need to cite outside materials,
please use footnotes. All work is to be typed, and may be submitted
either
by email or in class. This assignment is due no later than
midnight Thursday January 27th. NO LATE PAPERS ACCEPTED.
short answer::
define angiogenesis
define anastomosis
define agglutination
define systolic blood pressure - note where in the cardiac
cycle this represents
define hematocrit - and describe how it is determined
define hemostasis
define thrombus - how is it different from an embolis?
The atrioventricular valves have muscles and tendons associated with
them. Name and describe the muscles and tendons and how they function
to assist the AV valves.
How
do changes in body temperature affect heart rate?
What is erythropoietin/? Where is it produced, and what is its function?
what is the difference between blood serum and blood plasma?
what are the heart auricles? Do they have any function?
what is the relationshp between cardiac output and blood pressure?
case study 1
Several months ago, Darlene noticed symptoms of fatigue and
headaches. At first she thought it was studying for final exams,
but the symptoms persisted, and she also began to have frequent colds,
and bouts of chills, fever and sweats. She finally went to the
doctor when she developed several bruises and had bone pain, as
well as diffiiculty clotting after some minor cuts and
scrapes. The doctor took a blood sample and saw that
there were far too few RBCs and platelets and too many WBCs.
Q1: What is Darlene's Diagnosis?
Q2: There are two variations of this disorder - identify both and
discuss why you believe Darlene has one variation over the other.
Q3: What type of treatment should Darlene begin?