Quiz 2 Material Flashcards
The elastic lamellae of the tunica media are produced by what type of cell?
Smooth muscle cells
While pericytes exercise control over capillary diameter, what structure has the controlling input?
Metarterioles
The tunica adventitia in both arteries and veins is a connective tissue composed of mainly what fibers?
Collagen fibers
The membranous portion of the interventricular septum consists of what two structures?
The endocardial cushions and the aorticopulmonary septum
Cardiac neural crest cells contribute significantly to what part of heart folding?
Division of the outflow tract
Which vessels exist in the umbilical cord?
2 umbilical arteries and 1 umbilical vein
The closure of which valves contribute to the S2 heart sound?
The semilunar valves (aortic and pulmonic)
Which valves of the heart are attached to chordae tendinae?
The tricuspid and mitral valves
Where do visceral afferent neurons responsible for the heart synapse?
The dorsal horn gray matter of spinal cord levels T1-T4
What is an abnormal corrected QT interval in men and women?
Men: greater than 450 ms
Women: greater than 470 ms
Hereditary spherocytosis can be caused by RBC defects in what areas?
Ankyrin, spectrin, and/or Band3 protein
What is responsible for postsynaptic sympathetic innervation of the heart, lungs, larynx, trachea, and bronchi?
The cardiopulmonary splanchnic nerve
How much yellow marrow do infants have at birth?
None; all red marrow
What part of the primitive heart tube is termed the outflow tract?
The truncus arteriosus
During atrial partitioning the foramen secundum forms in the wall of what structure?
The septum primum
What does the endocardial cushion give rise to?
Atrial septation, membranous portion of the intraventricular septum, and left and right atrioventricular canals and valves
What is the role of neural crest cells in outflow tract partitioning?
Migration to create bulbar ridges to form spiral septum
Ventricular and outflow tract partitioning is completed when what event occurs?
The aorticopulmonary septum meets the interventricular septum
What is the round ligament of the liver?
The adult derivative of the umbilical vein
What are the two main effects of atrial natriuretic peptide?
To increase sodium excretion in the urine and to cause vasodilation in order to reduce blood pressure
What occurs during phase 4 of an AP for pacemaker cells?
What occurs during phase 0 of an AP for a pacemaker cell?
What occurs during phase 3 of an AP for pacemaker cells?
What occurs during phase 0 of the myocardial AP?
Rapid depolarization due to INa opening
What occurs during phase 1 of the myocardial AP?
Transient K+ channels AKA ITO
What occurs during phase 2 of the myocardial AP?
What occurs during phase 3 of the myocardial AP?
Delayed rectifier K+ channels AKA IK1
What occurs during phase 4 of the myocardial AP?
K+ leak AKA Ik1
In the case of myelofibrosis, which organs can participate in extramedullary hematopoeisis?
the liver and spleen