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A&P Final 14-22

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The aorta carries the blood out of the: Left ventricle
The superior vena cava returns blood to the: Right atrium
Blood returns from the lungs during pulmonary ciruclation via the: pulmonary veins
The hepatic portal circulation serves the body by: Remove excess glucose & store it in the liver as glycogen,detoxify blood, assisting the body to maintain proper blood glucose balance
The structure used to bypass the liver in the fetal circulation is the: ductus venosus
The foramen ovale serves the fetal circulation by: Shunting blood from the right atrium directly into the left atrium
The structure used to connect the aorta and pulmonary artery in the fetal circulation is the: ductus arteriosus
Which of the following is not an artery? Inferior vena cava
Blood pressure is highest in the veins and lowest in the arteries: T or F False
The difference between two blood pressures is referred to as blood pressure deficit: T or F False
If the blood pressure in the arteries were to decrease so that it became equal to the average pressure in the arterioles, circulation would increase: T or F False
A stroke is often the result of low blood pressure: T or F False
Massive hemorrhage increases blood pressure: T or F False
Blood pressure is the volume of blood in the vessels: T or F True
Both the strength and the rate of the heartbeat affect cardiac output and blood pressure: T or F True
The diameter of the arterioles helps to determine how much blood drains out arteries into arterioles: T or F True
A stronger heartbeat tends to decrease blood pressure and a weaker hearbeat tends to increase it: T or F False
The systolic pressure is the pressure being exerted against the vessels while the ventricles relax: T or F False
If blood becomes less viscous than normal, blood pressure increases: T or F False
A device called a sphygomomanometer is used to measure blood pressures in clinical situations: T or F True
Loud, tapping Korotokoff sounds suddenly begin when the cuff measured by the mercury column equals the systolic pressure: T or F True
The venous blood pressure wihin the left atrium is called the central venous pressure: T or F False
The pulse is a vein expanding and then recoliling: T or F False
The radial artery is located at the wrist: T or F True
The common carotid artery is located in the neck along the front edge of the seternocleidomastoid muscle: T or F True
The artery located at the bend of the elbow that is used for lcated the pulse in the dorsalis pedis: T or F False
The medical term for high blood pressure is: Hypertension
Septic shock is caused by: Complications of toxins in the blood
Hypovolemic shock is caused by: A drop in blood volume
Which vessels collect blood from capillaries and return it to the heart? Veins
the innermost coat of an artery that comes into direct contact with blood is called the: Tunica intima
Hemorrhoids can best be described as: Varicose veins in the rectum
In fetal circulation: ductus venous allows most blood from the placenta to bypass the fetal liver.
This would not cause the blood pressure to increase: Hemmorrhage
Arteriosclerosis is a disorder of the: Arteries
A common type of vascular disease that occludes arteries by lipids and other matter is: Atherosclerosis
What is the fluid that leaves the blood capillaries and is not directly returned to the blood? Lymph
Lymph from about 3/4ths of the body drains into the thoracic duct
Lymph from the right upper extremeityand the right side of the head drains into the right lymphatic duct
An abnormal condition in which tissue swells because of accumulation of lymph is called lymphedema
The enlarged pouchlike structure in the abdomen that serves as a storage area for lymph cisterna chyli
The function of ________ is to filter and clean the lymph. lymph node
The many lymphatic vessels that enter the lymph node are called _________ vessels, the single vessell the lymph node is called the ________> afferent, efferent
The __________ are white blood cells that mature in the thymus. The Thymus also produce a hormone called ______________ T cells,thymosin
What are the three pairs of tosils? Palatine, pharyngeal,lingual
What is the largest lymphoid organ? Spleen
Wha are signs of inflammation? heat,redness,pain,and swelling
What is complememt fixation? kills target cells by drilling holes in their plasma membrane, which disrupts the sodium and water balance
Which type of cell produces antibodies? B Cells
What type of cell develop into plasma cells? B cells
What type of cell is involved in cell-mediated immunity? T cells
What type of cell is involved in humoral immunity? B Cells
What type of cell divides rapidly into clones onice it is activated? B cells
What types of processing does cell perform with regards to metabolism? Absorption and digestion
What is the layer called that helps to produce peristalsis in the GI Tract? muscularis
The layer of the wall of the GI tract that contains blood vessels and nerves? Submucosa
What is the innermost layer of the wall of the GI tract? Mucosa
What is the outermost part of the GI tract wall called? Serosa
What part of the digestive tract prevent food and liquids from entering the nasal cavity? uvula & soft palate
What are the three parts of the a tooth? crown,neck, and root
What are the three salivary glands called? Parotid, submandibular,and sublingual
What are the three divisions of the stomach? fundus,body, and pylorus
What are the three divisons of the small intestines? Duodenum,jejunum, ileum
What are the tiny finger-like projections convering the pilcae of small intestine? villi
What are the vessels called that are located in the villi? Lacteals
What part of the colon is located between ascending and descending colon? transverse colon
What are the two most prominent extensions of the peritoneum are called? Mesentery & greater omentum
The effect bile has on fat droplets? emulsification
An enzyme that is made in the stomach and digests proteins? Pepsin
AN enzyme that is made in both the salivary glands and the pancreas and digests starch? Amylase
A hormone that stimulateds the contraction of the gallbladder? Cholecystokinin
An enzyme that is made in the small intestine and digests proteins? Peptidase
A duct that connects the gallbladder to the common bile duct? cystic
An enyzme made in the pancreas and digests protiens? trypsin
The rate at which food is catablolized under basal conditions is the: BMR
Total amount of energy used by the body per day is: TMR
Which of the following is a factor when determining the BMR? Sex, Age, Size
Which of the following is a factor when determing TMR? Exercise, Food intake, and enviromental temp
A/an is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of wather 1 degree Celsius Kilocalorie
What percentage of energy is released from food molecules during catablolism is converted to heat rather than being transferred to ATP: 60%
Maintaining thermoregultation is a function of the: hypothalamus
Transfer of heat energy to the skin, then the external enviorment is known as: Conduction
A flow of heat waves away from the blood is: Radiation
A transfer of heat energy to air that is continually flowing away from the skin is known as: Convection
Heat that is absorbed by the process of water vaporization is called: Evaporation
T or F: Pyrogens cause the thermostatic control centers of the hypothalamus to produce a fever. True
T or F: Malignant hyperthermia is the inablility to maintain a normal body temp in extremely cold enviorments> False
T or F: Frostbite is local damage to tissues caused by extremely low temps. True
T or F: Heat exhaustion is characterized by body temps of 41 degress Celsius or higher False
T or F: Dantrium is used to prevent or releive the effects of frostbite. False
The citric acid cycles changes acetyl CoA to: Carbon dixode
The anabolism of glucose produces which of the following? Glycogen
Which of the following is a major hormome in the body that aids carboyhdrate metabolis? Insulin
The total metabolic rate is which of the following? The amount of energy expressed in calories used by the body per day
When your consumption of calories equals your TMR, your weight will do which of the following? Remain the same
Which of the following is a normal glucose level? 70-120
When glucose is not available, the body will next catabolize which of the following energy sources? Fats
Maintainomg the homeostasis of the body temp is the responsiblity of which of the following? Hypthalamus
The liver plays an important role in the mechanical digestion of lipids because it secretes: Bile
What is the primary molecule the body usually breaks down as an energy source? Glucose
What are the three basic food types for nutrtion? Carbs, Fats, and Proteins
What is the process that changes glucose to pyruvic acid? Glycolysis
The process that begings when pyruvic acid is changed to carbon dixode? Citric Acid cycle
The testes are surrounded by a tought membrane called: Tunica albuginea
These lie near the septa that separate the lobules intersitial cells
Sperm are found in the walls of the Seminiferous tubule
The scrotum provies an enviorent that is approximately ______ for the testes. 3 degress coller than the body temp
What prodcues testosterone Interstital cells
The par of the sperm that contains genetic information that will be inherited is the: Head
Which one of the following is not a function of testosterone? It has a simulatory effect on protein catabolism
Sperm production is called: Spermatogenesis
The section of the sperm that contains enzymes that enable it to breake down the convering of the ovum and permit entry should contact occur is Acrosome
What is the membrane that may cofer the vaginal opening of the female? Hymen
What is the failure of the testes to descend into the scrotum before birth called? Cryptorchidism
Testosterone serves the following functions? Masculinizes,promotes and maintains the development of the male accessory organs, stimulating effect on protein anabolism.
Accessory glands contribute what percentage of of secretions to the fluid part of the semen: 95%
What paired glands contributed 60% of the seminal fluid volume? Seminal vesicles
What percentages of fluid does the prostate gland contribute to the seminal fluid? 30%
What are the three phases of the menstrual cycle? Proliferative phase,secondary phase, and nenses
What is the normal range of potassium in blood? 3.8 to 5.1
Created by: mtddr1
 

 



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