Hormone released in response to increased blood glucose
Insulin
Red blood cells carry oxygen and which other dissolved gas?
CO2
Which chamber of the heart pumps blood into the systemic circuit?
Left ventricle
The vessels that carry blood back to the heart are termed:
Veins
Flow down gradients
What percentage of the pancreas is exocrine?
99%
What determines an individual's blood type?
Antigens
What is the name of the fluid filled sac surrounding the heart?
Pericardium
The smallest veins are called?
Venules
A complex fracture to which lower limb bone carries with it a significant risk of internal bleeding due to potential artery damage?
The femur risks severing the femoral artery
What is the difference between a primary and a secondary endocrine organ?
A primary organ has the endocrine system as its primary function, secondary organs have endocrine functions but do something else first
What is the term for the formation of new red blood cells?
Erythropoiesis
What is the name of the condition that involves inflammation of the heart's external fluid-filled sac?
Pericarditis
Cardiac output is a function of which two variables
Stroke volume and heart rate
Name an artery other than brachial that can be used for blood pressure
What is the primary mineralocorticoid released by the adrenal cortex?
Aldosterone
What are the three phases of blood clotting?
Vascular
Platelet
Coagulation
What is the general name for the vessels that supply blood to the myocardium?
Coronary arteries
Systole and Diastole refer to which two terms respectively?
Contraction and relaxation
Ejection and filling are also acceptable
This bleeding disorder is characterized by reduced production of clotting factors.
Hemophilia
Which class of hormone is released from the zona fasciculata of the adrenal cortex?
Glucocorticoids
What are the five types of leukocytes?
Neutrophils
Lymphocytes
Monocytes
Eosinophils
Basophils
What is the intrinsic rate of the heart's secondary pacemaker, the AV node?
For reference, the SA node has a rate of 60-100bpm
40-60 bpm
What is the name of the sounds generated by turbulent flow that are heard when taking blood pressure?
Korotkoff sounds
During this period, conductive cells in the heart are unresponsive to any stimuli
Absolute refractory period