Endocrine
In the presence of high concentrations of hormone, receptors may be.
What is down-regulated?
The functions of blood.
What is to transport, to regulate, to protect?
The names of the atrioventricular valves.
(And tell which is on which side)
What are the tricuspid and bicuspid valves?
The 3 layers of a blood vessel.
(From most deep to superficial.)
What are the tunica interna, tunica media, and tunica externa?
Hormones that act on the same cell that secretes them are known as.
What are autocrines?
The formation of blood cells is known as.
What is hemopoiesis?
The death of tissues due to interrupted blood supply.
What is a myocardial infarction?
This is the union of the branches of 2 or more arteries supplying the same region of the body, and also provides an alternate route for blood flow.
What is an Anastomosis?
Estrogen and Prolactin on a mammary gland are acting in what type of hormone effect.
What is a permissive effect?
During an invasion, many white blood cells are able to leave the bloodstream and collect at sites of invasion.
What is emigration?
This is known as a rapid depolarization, plateau, and repolarization
What is an action potential?
The condition when venous valves become weak or damaged.
What are varicose veins?
This is known as both an exocrine and endocrine.
(And please tell me why.)
What is the pancreas?
The process of hemostasis includes...
1. vascular spasm
2. platelet plug formation
3. blood clotting (coagulation)
SA Node to AV Node to AV Bundle to Right and Left bundle branches to Purkinje Fibers.
What is the Conduction System?
The pressure-driven movement of fluid and solutes from blood capillaries into interstitial fluid
What is filtration?
The second stage of the stress response.
(And tell me what happens when this lasts too long)
What is the resistance reaction?
Is needed for normal clot formation because it is used in the synthesis of 4 clotting factors
What is Vitamin K?
Factors that regulate stroke volume.
(And explain them to me.)
What are preload, contractility, and after load?
The ability of a tissue to automatically adjust its own blood flow to match its metabolic demand for delivery of oxygen and nutrients and removal of wastes
What is autoregulation?