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A&P 2

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1. Blood vessels called ____ carry blood toward the heart, and ____ carry blood away from the heart. Pg 570   Veins; arteries  
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2. Why is the cardiovascular system vital to survival? Pg 597   It supplies oxygen and nutrients to cells.  
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3. What is a function of the pulmonary circuit? Pg 570   It carries oxygen-poor blood to the lungs.  
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4. What is a function of the systemic circuit? Pg 570   supplies oxygenated blood to all tissues of the body and returns it to the heart  
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5. During ventricular contraction, what is the status of the atrioventricular valves? Pg 577   The mitral and tricuspid valves both are closed  
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6. Name the tough outermost layer of the sac that surrounds the heart. Pg 572   pericardium  
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7. What forms the skeleton of the heart? Pg 575   Fibrous connective tissue around the valves  
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8. What layer lines the chambers of the heart? Pg 573   endocardium  
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9. Name the layers of the wall of the heart and surrounding structures from deep to superficial. Pg 574   Endocardium, myocardium, epicardium, pericardial cavity, parietal pericardium, fibrous pericardium  
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10. Blood entering the right atrium comes from what structure(s)? Pg 578   superior and inferior vena cava  
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11. What is the function of atrial natriuretic peptide? Pg 601   Reduce blood volume and pressure  
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12. The pain of angina pectoris results from a blockage in an artery that supplies what structure/area? Pg 579   heart  
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13. What chambers of the heart will contain oxygen-poor blood? Pg 574   right atrium and right ventricle  
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14. Which valve is located between the left atrium and left ventricle? Pg 576   bicuspid (mitral) valve  
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???? 15. Which ECG wave is correctly described? Pg 586   P wave-depolarization of atria  
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16. What is the correct sequence of components of the cardiac conduction system? Pg 573   SA node ➡️ AV node ➡️ bundle of his ➡️ bundle branches ➡️ purkinje fibers  
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17. What is the normal pacemaker of the heart? Pg 976   sinoatrial (SA) node  
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18. What causes the P wave on an ECG? Pg 586   atrial depolarization  
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19. What causes the T wave on an ECG? Pg 587   ventricular repolarization  
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20. What term refers to an abnormally slow heart rate? Pg 592   bradycardia  
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21. The ventricular walls and the atrial walls each form a functional syncytium. What does this term mean? Pg 582   A mass of cells functioning as a unit  
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22. How does potassium affect heart rate? Pg 590   It affects the electrical potential of the cell membranes.  
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23. What is released by the endothelium? Pg 592   nitric oxide  
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24. What is the effect of nitric oxide in blood vessels? Pg 592   causes vasodilation  
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25. In capillary beds, the net inward pressure at the venular ends of the capillaries is less than the net outward pressure at the arteriolar ends of the capillaries. What is the result of this difference in pressures? Pg 598   more fluid leaves the capillaries than returns  
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26. What blood vessels hold the greatest volume of blood? Pg 602   Veins  
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27. Why does fluid leave capillaries at their arteriolar end and enter at the venular end? Pg 598   Hydrostatic pressure is higher than osmotic pressure at the arteriolar end and lower at the venular end.  
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28. What is described by the Frank-Starling law of the heart? Pg 604   the quantity of blood that enters the heart equals the quantity that is pumped out  
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29. Which of the following is increased when sympathetic stimulation to the heart increases? Pg 604   increased stroke volume and heart rate  
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30. What is preload? Pg 603   volume of blood in ventricles at end of diastole  
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31. What is the effect of vasoconstriction? Pg 595   it decreases blood flow and increases blood pressure  
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32. Plasma proteins contribute to the __________________ pressure of the blood. Pg 598   osmotic  
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33. When is blood pressure in the large systemic arteries the greatest? Pg 589   during ventricular systole  
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34. What vessels helps return blood to the heart? Pg 570   Veins (both superficial and deep veins)  
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35. How is stroke volume calculated? Pg 603   end diastolic volume - end systolic volume  
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36. How is pulse pressure calculated? Pg 603   difference between systolic and diastolic pressure  
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37. How does angiotensin II cause an increase in blood pressure? Pg 605   By increasing vasoconstriction and peripheral resistance  
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38. What structures contain chemoreceptors that monitor blood levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide? Pg 608   aortic bodies  
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39. The longest vein in the body is the __________? Pg 621   great saphenous vein  
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40. What is an example of a change due to aging of the cardiovascular system? Pg 624   The tunica interna of arteries thickens, decreasing arterial diamenter  
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41. What is the function of the papillary muscles of the heart? Pg 577   To prevent atrioventricular valves from prolapsing  
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42. During the cardiac cycle, at the time of highest ventricular pressure, what is the status of the heart valves? Pg 588   Atrioventricular valves are closed; semilunar valves are open  
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43. What causes the first heart sound? When does this occur? Pg 587   Closure of the atrioventricular valves soon after the beginning of ventricular systole  
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44. What occurs in arteries that results in the disease called atherosclerosis? Pg 602   Plaques containing cholesterol and other fats accumulate in the vessel walls  
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45. What type of capillary is "leakiest"? Pg 596   sinusoidal capillaries  
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46. The ___________________ of the medulla oblongata send(s) sympathetic signals to arteriolar smooth muscle, helping to maintain peripheral resistance. Pg 605   vasomotor center  
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47. Where would oxygen-poor blood be found? Pg 608   pulmonary arteries and systemic veins  
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48. What happens that allows the SA nodal cells to spontaneously depolarize? Pg 583   Progressive increase in membrane permeability to calcium and sodium ions; decreasing permeability to potassium ions  
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49. How does the hepatic portal system differ from other parts of the circulation? Pg 620   Blood flows from capillaries to another set of capillaries before returning to the heart  
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