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Autopsy: Life and DeathBlood and Circulation

1. What does the aorta deliver blood to?

2. What do each of these smaller arteries deliver blood to?

a. The carotid artery –

b. The vertebral artery –

c. The iliac artery –

3. Where does the word “capillary” come from? What occurs in the capillaries?

4. What is the yellowish tissue underneath the skin?

5. What is a consequence of narrowing of the arteries (arteriosclerosis), as shown by the demonstration?

6. What changes occur in the plastinated models of the aortas as they increase in age?

7. Compare the two microscopic artery images shown below.

8. What happens if one of the coronary arteries is blocked?

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9. Describe the changes that occur in heart muscle microscopically during a heart attack.

10. What changes occur in the lungs, intestines, and liver as the blood is removed?

11. What is ischemia?

12. How do areas of heart ischemia compare to healthy areas?

13. Label and explain what is wrong with each of these transverse cut slides of the thoracic cavity?

14. Why does cutting the coronary artery in the specimen make such a loud noise?

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15. What damage occurred in the lining of the specimen’s aorta?

16. Describe what happens during embolism within the heart or aorta.

17. Describe what happens during embolism within the veins of the legs.

18. What is an aneurysm? What can eventually happen to an artery experiencing an aneurysm?

Questions

19. Why can a sudden shock or surprise cause a heart attack?

20. Why would an athlete take drugs to increase blood cell concentration? Would this blood be thicker or thinner? What can be a side effect of this?

21. Why can people be susceptible to embolism during long-distance airline flights? What can a person do to avoid this problem?

22. What can a person do to avoid arteriosclerosis?

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