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SCI220 Anatomy

Week 10 -Cardiovascular System

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A disease that develops as a result of the reaction of a mother’s Rh antibodies with her Rh-positive baby is erythroblastosis fetalis.
A decrease in the amount of white blood cells is called leukopenia.
Neutrophils are highly mobile and phagocytic. They migrate out of blood vessels and into tissue spaces. This process is called diapedesis.
All of the following are components critical to coagulation except prothrombin. thrombin. fibrinogen. fibrin. none of the above; all of these components are critical to coagulation
_____ is used to determine the volume percentage of red blood cells in whole blood Hematocrit
Platelets play an important role in blood clotting.
Which of the following is not a formed element found in the blood? plasma
A glycoprotein hormone that is secreted to increase oxygen concentration in the tissues is erythropoietin
Which division of the autonomic nervous system sends fibers to the heart? sympathetic & parasympathetic both A and B
A type of abnormal heart sound that may signify incomplete closing of the valves is a heart murmur.
Mechanical devices that permit the flow of blood in one direction only are called valves.
A graphic record of the heart’s electrical activity is a(n) ECG.
The heart valves that are located where the trunk of the pulmonary artery joins the right ventricle and where the aorta joins the left ventricle are called semilunar valves.
The normal ECG is composed of all of the following except a E wave.
The type of membranous tissue that lines the heart and blood vessels is the endothelium.
The bulk of the heart wall is the thick, contractile middle layer called the myocardium.
Which sphincters function as regulatory valves that reduce the flow of blood through a network of capillaries when they contract and constrict the arterioles? precapillary sphincters
Blood from the brachiocephalic vein drains into the head, neck, and upper extremity.
The internal iliac artery supplies blood to the pelvis.
Renal veins drain blood from the kidneys.
Blood flow from the heart through blood vessels to all parts of the body and back to the heart is referred to as _____ circulation. systemic
During pregnancy, what happens to the oxygenated blood returned from the placenta via the umbilical vein? It flows into the inferior vena cava.
Which types of arteries are also called conducting arteries and include the aorta? elastic arteries
Starling’s law of the heart states that, within limits, the longer, or more stretched, the heart fibers are at the beginning of the contraction, the stronger the contraction.
The vagus is said to act as a “brake” on the heart. This situation is called vagal inhibition.
Blood viscosity stems mainly from the red blood cells but also partly from the _____ in blood. protein molecules present
Cardiac output is determined by stroke volume and heart rate.
The mechanisms of which three hormones work together to regulate blood volume? aldosterone, ANH, and ADH
The term used to describe the collection of mechanisms that influence the circulation of blood is: hemodynamics.
Which two factors promote the return of venous blood to the heart? blood-pumping action of respirations and skeletal muscle contractions
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