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39. What is the pulse? 



40. Where is the pulse usually counted best? 



41. What is the pulse due to? 



42. What do you understand by a frequent or infrequent pulse? 

 Hard or soft? Tense or compressible? Large, full, or small? 



43. Define blood pressure. 



44. What do you understand by the term peripheral resistance? 



45. How can you differentiate a hemorrhage from a vein or 

 artery? 



46. What causes the difference in character of an arterial from 

 a venous hemorrhage? 



47. What vessels carry the blood from the right ventricle of the 

 heart to the lungs? 



48. How does the blood leave the left ventricle of the heart? 



49. How does the blood from the lungs reach the left auricle of 

 the heart? 



50. What large vein empties the systemic blood into the right 

 auricle of the heart? 



51. What are the divisions of the aorta. 



52. Name the arteries supplying the following organs: stomach, 

 kidney, liver, heart, lungs, uterus, large bowel, appendix. 



53. Give the location of the superficial and deep palmar arches 

 in the palm of the hand. 



54. What are the branches of the transverse arch of the aorta? 



55. What veins form the portal vein? 



56. Name the organs which are drained by the portal vein and 

 its tributaries. 



57. What is the function of the blood? 



58 Is blood alkaline or acid in reaction? What is the color of 

 arterial blood? Venous blood? 



59. What causes the red color of arterial blood? The bluish 

 color of venous blood? 



60. What are the constituents of blood? 



61. What is the function of fibrinogen in blood? 



62. Is sugar found in the blood? Fat? 



63. What are the dimensions of a red cell? 



64. Describe the appearance of blood under the microscope. 



65. What is the function of the hemoglobin in the red cells? 



66. What is the normal average number of red cells found in one 

 cubic millimeter of blood in the male? Female? 



67. What is the normal average number of white cells found in a 

 cubic millimeter of blood? 



68. What do you understand by the terms diapedesis, phago- 

 cytosis? 



69. Describe the coagulation (clotting) of blood. 



70. What are the functions of the white cells? 



