Endocrinology
Protein hormones exhibit this type of solubility
What is water-soluble?
The resting potential of a cardiac nodal cell.
What is -60mV?
This layer of a centrifuged blood sample is comprised of leukocytes and platelets.
What is the buffy coat?
Pulmonary veins carry this type of blood
What is oxygenated?
The anatomical structure where oxytocin is synthesized.
What is the hypothalamus?
To initiate a cardiac muscle cell contraction, this molecule binds to troponin.
What is calcium?
The most numerous formed element.
What are erythrocytes?
The largest arteries of the body are classified as this type of artery.
What is an elastic artery?
A fluid made of mostly water and white blood cells.
What is lymph?
The most prevalent plasma protein that acts as a transporter.
What is albumin?
This cavity lies between the parietal and visceral pericardium.
What is pericardial cavity?
Thrombopoiesis is the production of this formed element.
What are platelets?
Blood flows through two capillary beds before being sent back to the heart.
What is a portal system?
Involves bulk flow of fluid out of the blood of a metarteriole.
What is filtration?
Organ located on the posterior aspect of the thyroid.
What is the parathyroid gland?
The cell to cell contacts of the cardiac muscle fibers.
What is the intercalated discs?
Equals the net hydrostatic pressure minus the net colloid osmotic pressure.
What is the net filtration pressure (NFP)?
Attaches to the chordae tendineae and the endocardium.
What are papillary muscles?
A molecule that binds a guanine nucleotide and helps transduce a signal inside a target cell.
What is a G protein?
This less known heart structure is responsible for providing the framework for the attachment of the myocardium and provide electrical insulation.
What is the fibrous skeleton of the heart?
An eicosanoid that acts as a platelet repellant.
What is prostacyclin?
This type of receptor will respond to high carbon dioxide and low pH in the blood of the carotid arteries.
What are chemoreceptors?
The primary function is to stimulate glucocorticoid release from the adrenal glands.
What is adrenocorticotropic hormone?