Midterm Flashcards
Which of the following blood vessels has the largest effect on total peripheral resistance?
Arterioles
Capillary hydrostatic pressure is increased by
increased in venous resistance
In response to severe
hemorrhage
haematocrit remains normal
The pressoreceptors located in the ___ respond to stretching by slower the rate of the heart.
Aortic sinus
Which of the following is the
property of a cardiac cell to initiate and fire an action potential on its own without external stimulation?
automacity
According to poiseulle’s law for
flow along a cylindrical tube
resistance to flow is
proportional to vessel length
The first heart sound is caused by the
closure of the av valves
T/F systemic circulation carries blood towards the lungs
False
The purpose of the medullary cardiac centers is to
maintain blood pressure
The cardiac reflex control centers are located within the
medulla oblongata
Which of the following blood vessels has the greatest
compliance?
Veins
The events associated with blood flow through the heart
during one complete heartbeat.
cardiac cycle
Which of the following is not affected by the preload in the heart muscle
end diastolic
volume
The second heart sound is caused by the
closure of the semilunar valves
When does blood flow into the coronary arteries
during ventricular relaxation
The highest pressure exerted by
the heart is called the
systolic
pressure
The average blood pressure in an artery is the
mean arterial pressure
The ___ layer of an artery
contains the greatest amount of smooth muscle
tunica media
The amount of blood pumped by
each ventricle in one minute
cardiac output
Three factors that contribute to arterial blood pressure are cardiac output, blood volume
and ___.
resistance
Lining of the heart chambers is called
endocardium
The superior vena cava enters the ___ of the heart
right
atrium
The volume of blood pumped by one ventricle with each heartbeat
cardiac output
Edema results from a decrease in
plasma oncotic pressure
The __ valve lies between the right atrium and right ventricle
tricuspid
Blood from the cardiac muscle
itself drains into the
coronary sinus
The membrane closest to the
heart muscle is the
visceral pericardium
Which of the following contains blood with a relatively low oxygen content?
pulmonary
artery
An abnormally high heart rate is termed
tachycardia
Exercise affects cardiac output
by
increasing muscle
metabolism and vasoconstriction
located in the atrial septum,
close to the top of the interventricular septum. T/F
False
Bicarbonate ions and hydrogen ions result from the reaction of ___ with water
Carbon Dioxide
States that the pressure of a given quantity of gas is inversely proportional to its volume
Boyle’s law
According to Henry’s law, the
amount of gas that will dissolve in blood plasma or any other liquid is determined by all of the following factors EXCEPT
pH of the liquid
The amount of air left in the lungs after a forceful expiration is called
RESIDUAL VOLUME
During inspiration, the following mechanism occurs except
movement of air from higher pressure to lower pressure
Oxygen binds to the __ Of deoxyhemoglobin
heme groups
The increase pulmonary
ventilation that occurs during exercise is called
Hyperpnea
the bohr effect is that
hemoglobins
Unloads more carbon dioxide at low pH than at high pH
The primary chemical stimulus for breathing is the
concentration of Co2 in the blood
External respiration refers to
Everything except cellular respiration
The air pressure with the alveoli is called
Intrapulmonary pressure
States that gif it were not for the pulmonary surfactants, we should expect the surface
tension in a small alveolus to produce greater pressure than in a larger one, and air would flow from the smaller alveolus into the larger one
Laplace’s law
any lung disease that reduces the forced expiratory volume(FEV) but does nit
significantly affect the vital cavity is referred to
Obstructive lung disorder
a chest wound can introduce air
into the intrapleural space a condition known as
Pneumothorax
the total minute of volume of the lungs is obtained by multiplying the at the rest by the number of breaths per minute -
tidal volume
One atmospheric pressure is defined as
-760 torr
The tendency of the lungs to get
smaller when the stitching force ceases is called
ELASTICITY
It is very difficult, if not impossible to voluntarily overinflate the lungs due to the
strong inhibitory effect of the
Herring- Breuer reflex
A restrictive lung disease is most likely to reduce the
TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY
Any lung disease that reduces the forced expiratory volume
(EFV) but does not significantly
affect the vital cavity is referred to as
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Gas exchange in the lungs happends by the process of ____
DIFFUSION
The ability of the lungs to stretch is called
COMPLIANCE
Which of the following does NOT belong to the conducting portion of the respiratory system
Bronchi, trachea, alveoli, nose
ALVEOLI
During normal, relaxed respiration, about 500cc of air
enters and leaves the lungs with each respiratory cycle, This is called _____
TIDAL VOLUME
When there is less oxyhemoglobin in the blood, RBCs produce 2,3 DPG, This metabolic product
ENHANCES OXYGEN UNLOADING AT THE
SYSTEMIC CAPILLARIES
Alveolar structure acts to increase pulmonary blood flow and ____
COMPLIANCE
The exchange of gases between the blood and the cells is called
INTERNAL RESPIRATION