Human Body


E. B.
This flashcard set covers advanced topics in human physiology, tailored for university-level students. It delves into the intricacies of the cardiovascular system, focusing on blood pressure, heart function, and blood flow dynamics. Additionally, it explores muscle physiology, including skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle mechanics, as well as hormonal regulation and endocrine functions. Medical students and professionals will find this set invaluable for understanding complex physiological processes and preparing for exams.
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451
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English
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Medical
Level
University
Created / Updated
23.11.2016 / 25.08.2019

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3. Stroke volume is dependent on:

4. Left ventricular filling pressure is dependent on:

5. Electrocardiography holter monitoring is used for:

4. During relative refractory period:

3. The precence of myelin allows an axon to:

2. What causes the depolarization phase of the action potential:

  • 12. Recording speed is 25 mm/s, R-R interval is 15 mm. What is the heart rate?

11. In quadrant method the right axis deviation is:

10. P-Q interval represents:

8. According to the Frank-Starling law of the heart, cardiac output is directly relate to the:

7. All the following statements concerning the conduction system of the heart are true EXCEPT that the:

6. Contractile ventricular cells receive impulses directly from the:

1. Which of the structures below is characteristic only for cardiac muscle:

4. Absolute refractory period of contractile cells is a period when:

The rhythmicity of the normal cardiac cycle is dependent upon an irritable focus of cardiac tissue called the:

2. The resistance in bronchi increases:

3. During inspiration the intrapleural pressure is:

5. Increased activity of vagal nerve on heart has:

5) Smooth muscle is present in the walls of

6) The highly branched contractile cells that regulate capillary permeability are called

8)  The only blood vessels whose walls permit exchange between the blood and the surrounding interstitial fluids are the

  1. 10)  Angiostatin and endostatin may be useful in the treatment of

  1. 12)  Which of the following is occurring during systole?

  1. 13)  The mean arterial pressure (MAP) is important because

  1. 14)  Blood flow to a tissue will increase if the

  1. 15)  Blood pressure is determined by

  1. 16)  The difference between the systolic and diastolic pressures is called the

19)  If cardiac output increases and resistance in arterioles does NOT change, what happens to arterial blood pressure?

20) Increased blood volume ________ blood pressure.

  1. 22)  The matching of blood flow to the changing metabolic needs of a tissue is due to

  1. 23)  Myogenic autoregulation means that

25)  Reactive hyperemia is

 

  1. 26)  Reactive hyperemia is triggered by

  1. 27)  The elevated blood pressure that sometimes accompanies pregnancy is known as

28)  In order to cause vasodilation of most vascular smooth muscle, 

  1. 29)  Several blood-borne chemicals affect the lumen size of arterioles. Which are NOT paired correctly? 

 

 

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  1. 30)  ________ capillaries are very porous and allow high volumes of fluids to pass through them, whereas ________ capillaries consist of more tightly joined cells that allow a high degree of
    selective materials to pass.

31) Sinusoids are modified vessels that replace ________ in some tissues.

  1. 32)  Compared to arteries, the velocity of flow of the blood through the capillaries is

  1. 33)  Due to the differences in opposing forces, there is net ________ occurring at the arteriolar end of most capillaries, coupled with net ________ at the venous end.

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