Cardiovascular System Flashcards

1
Q

Amount of tension (stretch) applied to a muscle before contraction = force of venous return

A. Preload
B. Loading
C. Afterload

A

A. Preload

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2
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Load against which a muscle exerts its force = arterial pressure that the left ventricle overcomes to eject blood

A. Preload
B. Loading
C. Afterload

A

C. Afterload

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3
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One of the goal of antihypertensive therapy is to achieve a blood pressure of less than 140/90mmHg and for patients with hypertension and diabetes, less than 130/90mmHG

A. True
B. False
C. None

A

A. True

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Drugs that accelerate the rate of urine formation that results to the removal of sodium and water from the body.

A. Clodipogrel
B. Diuretics
C. Niacin (Nicotinic acid)

A

B. Diuretics

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5
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Solution used to treat cardiac conditions.

A. Lidocaine
B. Cardiac glycosides
C. Clodipogrel

A

A. Lidocaine

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6
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Alter platelet function without preventing the platelets from working.

A. Anti-fibrinolytic
B. Hemorrheologic
C. Anti-coagulants

A

B. Hemorrheologic

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7
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Breaks down clots and thrombi that have already formed

A. Anti-fibrinolytic
B. Thrombolytic
C. Anti-platelet

A

B. Thrombolytic

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Hemostatic drugs, promote blood coagulation

A. Hemorrheologic
B. Lidocaine
C. Anti-fibrinolytic

A

C. Anti-fibrinolytic

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9
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Inhibits ADP to prevent signal to aggregate and from a clot

A. Colostazol
B. Diuretics
C. Clodipogrel

A

C. Clodipogrel

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10
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Colostazol reduced platelet aggregation via inhabitation of ___ Phosphodiesterase

A. T3
B. T2
C. T4

A

A. T3

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The mechanism of action is unknown but believed to inhibit lipolysis in adipose tissue, increase of lipoprotein lipase

A. Niacin (Nicotinic acid)
B. Cardiac glycosides
C. Clodipogrel

A

A. Niacin (Nicotinic acid)

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12
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Oldest group of cardiac drugs, came from foxglove or Digitalis plant

A. Colostazol
B. Lidocaine
C. Cardiac glycosides

A
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13
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Early stage of progressive artery disease characterized by pain increasing in severity and frequency and may even occur at rest

A. Chronic Stable Angina
B. Unstable Angina
C. Vasospastic Agina

A

B. Unstable Angina

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14
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Increase the force of myocardial contraction

A. Positive Chronotropic drugs
B. Positive dromotropic drugs
C. Positive inotropic drugs

A

C. Positive inotropic drugs

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Increase the rate in which the heart beats

A. Positive Chronotropic drugs
B. Positive dromotropic drugs
C. Positive inotropic drugs

A

A. Positive Chronotropic drugs

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