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1
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What are the three components of the cardiovascular system?

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The heart, blood, blood vessels

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2
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What serves as the transport medium within which materials being transported are dissolved or suspended?

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Blood

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3
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What are the five main functions of the cardiovascular system?

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  1. Distribute O2 and nutrients throughout body
  2. Transport CO2 and metabolic waste products
  3. Distribute water, electrolytes, and hormones throughout body
  4. Contribute to infrastructure of immune system
  5. Thermoregulation
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4
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What is the pump for the body?

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The heart

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5
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Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) does what?

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Lowers blood pressure by increasing urine production, thus reducing blood volume

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6
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___________ function as the passageways through which blood is directed and distributed.

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Blood vessels

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7
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Vascular endothelial cells are found where?

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Lining the inner surface of blood vessels

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8
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________ and ________ are two important endothelial vasodilators.

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Nitric oxide and prostacyclin

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9
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________ and __________ are two important endothelial vasoconstrictors.

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Endothelin and thromboxane A2

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10
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The heart’s main function is a pump. Its second function is an _________?

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Endocrine organ

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11
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When atrial blood pressure is increased, what is released?

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Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)

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12
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The two main circuits of the cardiovascular system are: ________ and ___________.

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Systemic circulation and pulmonary circulation

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13
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The rate blood is pumped from each ventricle: __________.

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Cardiac output

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14
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The rate blood is returned to the atria from the vein: ______.

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Venus return

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15
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What is the definition of stroke volume?

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The volume of blood pumped out of each ventricle with each contraction of the heart

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16
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The pressure in the artery when no blood is being ejected from the left ventricle: __________.

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Diastolic pressure

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17
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The lowest arterial pressure measured during a cardiac cycle is ____________.

A

Diastolic pressure

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18
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Pulse pressure is ___________.

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The difference between systolic and diastolic pressure

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19
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The __________________ reflects the volume of blood pumped from the left ventricle in a single beat.

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Magnitude of the pulse pressure

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20
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The volume in the ventricle before ejection is called what?

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End-diastolic volume or preload

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21
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The volume in the ventricle after ejection is called what?

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End-systolic volume

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22
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What circuit of the cardiovascular system pumps blood of all organs?

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Systemic circulation

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23
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The pulmonary circulation circuit consists of the _________, __________, ___________, and __________.

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Right heart, pulmonary arteries, veins, and capillaries

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24
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Systemic circulation is what type of circulation?

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High pressue

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25
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What circulatory circuit utilizes of the left heart, systemic arteries, capillaries, and veins?

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Systemic circulation

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26
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Pulmonary circulation pumps blood to the _________ via __________.

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Lungs, low pressure circulation

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27
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The period of cardiac contraction and emptying is known as ____________.

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Systole

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28
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Systolic pressure is the ___________ arterial pressure measured during a cardiac cycle.

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Highest

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29
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The pressure in the artery after blood has been ejected from the left ventricle is _____________.

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Systolic pressure

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30
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Diastole is the period of cardiac _________ and __________.

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Relaxation and filling

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31
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Blood is pumped sequentially from the ________ ventricle into systemic circulation, the ________ ventricle into _________ circulation, then back to the left heart.

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Left, right, pulmonary

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32
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MAP stands for ___________?

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Mean arterial pressure

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33
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The average pressure responsible for driving blood into the tissues through the cardiac cycle is _____________?

A

Mean arterial pressure

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34
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Mean arterial pressure is monitored and regulated by ___________.

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Blood pressure reflexes

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35
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The heart pumps against this type of pressure __________..

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After-load

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36
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The three primary classes of blood plasma proteins are __________, ___________, and __________.

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Albumin, globulin, and fibrinogen

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37
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How does EDTA effect blood ?

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Prevents it from clotting

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38
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Heparin is a natural product of what three types of cells?

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Mast, endothelial, and WBCs

39
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What two groups establish the osmotic gradient between blood and interstitial fluid?

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Free carboxyl (–COOH) and free amino (–NH2)

40
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The buffer system in blood plasma allows what to be released when pH rises?

A

H+ ions of the protein carboxyl group

41
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If pH falls in the blood, a _________ animo group can ___________ with H+ ions to establish equilibrium.

A

basic, combine

42
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What is the primary force responsible for preventing excessive loss of plasma from the capillaries into the interstitial fluid?

A

Osmotic pressure

43
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What helps maintain plasma volume?

A

The osmotic gradient

44
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This component of the blood makes up 55% of plasma proteins and is the major contributor to osmotic pressure.

45
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Albumin is also important in the _________ of fatty acids.

46
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There are _________ types of transport globulins.

47
Q

38% of plasma proteins are what?

48
Q

Thryoid binding globulin transports and binds what hormone?

49
Q

Transcortin transports _________ and __________ in the blood.

A

ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone) and cortisol

50
Q

What transport globulin shuttles iron?

A

Transferrin

51
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Sex hormones are transported by ______________, which are globulins.

A

Steroid-binding proteins

52
Q

_________________ are crucial to the defense mechanisms of the body.

A

Immunoglobulins

53
Q

Fibrinogen’s job is to _____________ and makes up ______________ percent of plasma proteins.

A

Clot blood, 7%

54
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These three polypeptide hormones are referred to as regulatory proteins: ____________, ____________, ___________.

A

Prolactin, thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), and insulin

55
Q

More than 90% of plasma proteins are produced in what organ?

56
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Lymphocytes produce _____________________.

A

Immunoglobulins

57
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Plasma hormones are produced by various ____________.

A

Endocrine organs

58
Q

The primary difference between plasma and interstitial fluid are __________ and _________.

A

Concentration of dissolved proteins and levels of respiratory gasses

59
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O2 enters the blood in the ___________ and CO2 enters the blood from the __________.

A

Lungs, tissues

60
Q

Hemopoiesis takes place in the _____________.

A

Bone marrow

61
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True or false: hemopoiesis and hematopoiesis are the same processes?

62
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True or false: platelets are cells.

A

False, they are pieces of cells.

63
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A hemocytoblast will produce _________ or __________ stem cells.

A

Myeloid or lmyphoid

64
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What cell can either replace itself or commit to a particular pathway when it divides?

A

Hemocytoblast

65
Q

Lymphoid stem cells are mostly formed in the __________ and ___________.

A

Lymph nodes and spleen

66
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Myeloid stem cells develop into their respective formed elements under the influence of what three hormones?

A

Erythropoietin, thrombopoietin, and colony stimulating factors

67
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Myeloid stem cells differentiate into basophils, neutrophils, eosinophils, and monocytes under the influence of ________________.

A

Colony stimulating factors

68
Q

Megakaryocytes then platelets develop from myeloid stem cells under the influence of _____________.

A

Thrombopoietin

69
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Reticulocytes then RBCs develop from myeloid stem cells under the influence of this hormone ________________.

A

Erythropoietin

70
Q

What are the four hematopoietic growth factors that stimulate white blood cell production?

A
  1. Macrophage colony stimulating factor (M-CSF)
  2. Granulocyte CSF (G-CSF)
  3. Granulocyte-macrophage CSF (GM-CFS)
  4. Multi-CFS
71
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Multi-CFS does what to production of granulocytes, monocytes, megakaryocytes, and erythrocytes?

A

Accelerates

72
Q

Erythropoietin (EPO) operates on what kind of system?

A

Negative feedback

73
Q

How many stages of development are there in erythropoiesis?

74
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Erythrocytes are derived from ____________ and hemocytoblasts in _______________.

A

Committed stem cells and red bone marrow

75
Q

Erythropoietin is a hormone produced mostly in the ___________.

76
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Reduced ______________ stimulates EPO replease from the kidneys to launch the development of erythrocytes.

A

O2 carrying compacity

77
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___________ and ____________ of erythrocytes are maintained at an equal rate.

A

Production and destruction

78
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True or false: a reticulocyte loses its endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria, and ribosomes as it matures into a erythrocyte.

79
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An immature erythrocyte is called a ___________.

A

Reticulocyte

80
Q

What shape are erythrocytes?

81
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What has many important effects on RBC function?

A

Its unique shape

82
Q

How many effects does the shape of the RBC have on its function?

83
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True or false: RBCs have a large surface area to allow O2 diffusion across membrane.

84
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True or false: Thickness of the cell allows for reapid diffusion of O2 between the exterior and interior of the cell.

A

False, thinness does.

85
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True or false: the erythrocyte’s flat, disc-like shape helps it travel through the capillaries without rupturing.

86
Q

Oxygenated hemoglobin is referred to as __________.

A

Oxyhemoglobin

87
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Hemoglobin transports O2 and consists of two portions: ______________ and ________________.

A

A globin and four heme groups.

88
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What are heme groups?

A

Four highly folded iron-containing, non-protein polypeptide chains that make up hemoglobin

89
Q

Four ___________ molecules bind reversibly with _________ molecules on the RBC.

90
Q

Oxygen is ________________ in plasma.

A

Poorly soluble

91
Q

What percentage of O2 is bound to hemoglobin in the blood?

92
Q

True or false: the globulin portion of hemoglobin also binds CO2.

93
Q

Carbanimophemoglobin carries _________% of CO2 in the blood?

94
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What is the physiological significance of the 1% dissolved O2 in the blood?

A

It drives hemoglobin to drop off bound O2 molecules in the lungs by binding with CO2.

Physiology 1- Circulatory System- Blood: DVM (1 decks)

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