QUIZ NOTES Flashcards
Stimulation of what nerve reduces heart rate?
Vagus nerve
What is responsible for gas exchange and nutrients of tissues?
Capillaries
Which chamber receives blood from the systemic circuit?
Right atrium
Intestinal blood flows into the liver how?
The hepatic portal vein.
What do lymph nodes have?
More ducts entering the node than leaving
What cell is phagocytic?
Macrophage
How do surfactant help prevent the alveoli from collapsing?
Interfering with the cohesiveness of water molecules by reducing the surface tension of the alveolar fluid.
What alveoli cells produce surfactant?
Type II alveolar cells
What are cytokines?
Stimulate or inhibit normal cell functions such as growth and differentiation.
How do complement proteins work?
Phagocytosis of target cells.
What determines the direction of respiratory gas movement?
Partial pressure gradient
What hormone functions to counteract the affect of gastric acid in the small intestine?
Secretin
What is GHP? Glomerular Hydrostatic Pressure
A force that pushes water and solutes out of the blood across the filtration membrane.
The hormone gastric releases what?
Gastric juice
What does ADH do?
Increase extracellular fluid osmolality
