What patho you on
What takes the dominant role immediately after eating?
Autonomic, parasympathetic nervous system
Relation of the clavicle to the breast
Superior
In the heart, the largest muscle mass is found in the walls of the?
left ventricle
Primary chemoreceptor that is responsible to initiate inhalation and found in the medulla is the?
carbon dioxide recpetor
How will the systolic blood pressure react to external blood loss?
initially rises then fall.
(heart pumps harder to compensate causing increase pressure but as volume depletes due to blood loss, pressure fails and pressure will fall)
Fight or flight is also known as the __________ nervous system because it causes tachycardia, vasoconstriction, and decreased peristalsis.
sympathetic
Away from the torso
distal
Blood that leaves the right side of the heart travels through which vessels on the way to the lungs?
pulmonary artery
What is the main problem when pulmonary edema is present?
oxygen cannot diffuse through the fluid in the alveoli
The outer most layer of skin
epidermis
What organ acts like a filter for blood as it circulates through the body maintaining salt/water balance
kidney
towards the middle or midline
medial
People often think "cardiac arrest" and "heart attack" are the same thing. The difference is that with a heart attack, you heart is
circulating blood
The mechanical process that moves air in and out of the lungs is called
The ability of the heart cells to depolarize on their own is known as?
automaticity
Blood vessel size is directly controlled by?
sympathetic nervous system
below as in towards the feet
inferior
When the cardiac rhythm is ventricular fibrillation, the muscle cells are still contracting, but there is
no cardiac output.
A primary function of the respiratory system
Removes waste products such as carbon dioxide.
What is the object that carries oxygen in the blood?
Red blood cells
The physiological function of hormones is to
chemically maintain homeostasis
behind towards the back
posterior
Most significant problem associated with ongoing hypovolemia as it relates to preload?
reduced circulation to the heart muscle
The part of the brain that is responsible for body's vital functions such as heart and respiratory rate. Consisting of the medulla, the pons and the midbrain.
Brain Stem
Which organs is the LEAST sensitive to a lack of blood flow?
Intestines.