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Blood from the digestive organs does not pour directly into the Inferior Vena Cava. Instead it goes to the liver through the ____ ____ ___.
hepatic portal vein
what are the digestive organs? (5)
spleen, stomach, pancreas, gallbladder, intestines
The liver stores excess __________, from food, normalizing blood sugar levels.
glucose
Besides storing glucose, what else does the liver cells do?
remove and detoxify toxic substances that may be present in the blood.
how is the fetal circulation different?
the fetus must secure oxygen and food from the mom's blood instead from it's own lungs and digestive organs.
there are 3 specialized blood vessels within the umbilical cord. what are they?
2 small umbilical arteries, 1 larger umbilical vein
in fetal circulation, arteries carry __________.
oxygen-poor blood
in fetal circulation, veins carry _____________.
oxygen-rich blood
what is defined as the force exerted on your blood vessel wall as blood flows through the body
blood pressure
what is it when the heart contracts and it sends a surge of blood through the blood vessels an pressure INCREASES
systolic pressure
what is it when the heart relaxes between each contraction
diastolic pressure
blood pressure is written as a ____________.
fraction
in the blood pressure fraction - which number is on top
systolic
in the blood pressure fraction - which number is on the bottom
diastolic
what is a normal blood pressure for adults?
120/80
what is a normal blood pressure for a 17 year old female
111/66
