Monitoring the Human Body Flashcards

Flashcards covering the following and much more:

• Word equations: anaerobic, aerobic, burning, cardiac output
• ATP: production, breakdown, how its used.
• Respiration: oxygen debt, aerobic and anaerobic (what happens etc,)
• Structure of the heart: valve names, ventricular contraction, nerves,
• Pulmonary circuit: vein, capillary and artery structures, features
• The cardiac cycle: changes in rhythm, tachycardia, bradycardia, ventricular fibrillation, arrhythmia
• The cardiovascular center: two regions, what it does, where it is,
• Ventilation system
• Cartilage in the trachea
• Goblet cells
• Volume and air pressure in the thorax
• The lung system
• Transport of: oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients
• Glucose
• Breathing: rate, tidal volume, vital capacity, peak flow
• Blood pressure: male, female, 20s male, 20s female, 40s male, 40s female
• Pulse rate (normal)
• Body temperature: normal, hypothermia, fever, death,
• Anemia
• Leukemia
• Diabetes: glucagon and insulin, monitoring diabetes
• Asthma
• Blood tests: blood sample procedure, types of sampling, ELIZA blood test,
• Recreational drugs
• Performance enhancement drugs
• Enzymes
• Sphygmomanometer
• Blood pressure reading
• Elecrocardiogram
• Spirometer
• Heat: exhaustion and stroke
• Where and how to take a pulse
• X-rays, CT scans, MRI, ultrasound