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Final Study
Anatomy & Physiology Study
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The term used to describe the collection of mechanisms that influence the circulation of blood is: | hemodynamics. |
| Blood viscosity stems mainly from the red blood cells but also partly from the _____ in blood. | protein molecules present |
| Neutrophils are highly mobile and phagocytic. They migrate out of blood vessels and into tissue spaces. This process is called | diapedesis. |
| Atria are often called _____ because they receive blood from vessels called veins. | receiving chambers |
| Renal veins drain blood from the | kidneys. |
| A decrease in the amount of white blood cells is called | leukopenia. |
| Fluid shift is when | then body's fluids move between the fluid compartments. |
| The second step of hemostasis occurs when additional coagulation factors beyond factor VII respond in a cascade to form fibrin strands. Fibrin stands strengthen what? | platelet plug |
| Pulmonary circulation is the portion of the circulatory system which carries ____________ blood away from the right ventricle, to the lungs, and returns ____________blood to the left atrium and ventricle of the heart. | deoxygenated; oxygenated |
| In an electrocardiogram the T wave represents | repolarization of the ventricles. |
| What causes the ventricles to contract? | The inpulse to the Perkinje Fiber |
| Veins from our digestive organs send blood to the Hepatic Portal Vein in order for | nutrients and toxins can be extracted from digested contents.. |
| The amount of water that moves into the blood from the interstitial fluid depends on the concentration of | plasma protein. |
| A common condition characterized by acute inflammation of the tracheobronchial tree is | acute bronchitis. |
| During respiration, the thorax | becomes larger when the chest is raised. |
| Which organ consists largely of cartilages that are attached to one another and to surrounding structures by muscles or fibrous and elastic tissue components? | larynx |
| The trachea divides at its lower end into two | primary bronchi. |
| The air-containing spaces that open, or drain, into the nasal cavity are called | paranasal sinuses. |
| The small leaf-shaped cartilage that projects upward behind the tongue and hyoid bone is the | epiglottis. |
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