Blood Pressure
In the clinical setting, blood pressure refers to
arterial pressure
The ____ have walls that are one cell thick.
What is capillaries
Which part of the cardiac conduction system is known as the pacemaker of the heart?
This occurs when mismatched blood is given to a patient?
The blood received will be destroyed.
The outermost layer of the heart wall, which contains fat that helps cushion the heart, is known as the __
visceral pericardium
Blood pressure is greatest in the arteries
When the ventricles contract
The ____ are small vessels that carry deoxygenated blood.
What are venules
Which part of the cardiac conduction system is located in the walls of the ventricles and cause the ventricles to contract?
What is the Purkinjie Fibers
People w/which blood type are universal recipients?
What is AB
The thickest layer of the heart, which is made up of muscle?
What is myocardium
The following results in an increased blood pressure?
What is cardiac output
Which artery supplies blood to the thigh
What is the femoral
This causes dysrhythmia when elevated?
Potassium ions
Which blood type are universal donors?
What is O
Which valve is between the left atrium and left ventricle?
What is the Bicuspid
This does not decrease the blood pressure?
What is vasoconstriction
Which arteries supply blood to the rib area?
What are the intercostals
This does not cause an increase in the heart rate?
What is parasympathetic nerve stimulation
People with which blood type can receive only one type of blood?
What is type O
The ____ valve prevents blood from flowing back into the left ventricle.
What is the aortic semilunar
How is blood pressure recorded
As a fraction
This vein takes blood to the liver from the intestines.
What is the mesenteric
The cardiac control center responds to ____.
What is changes in blood pressure
The most likely result of agglutination following a blood transfusion is
severe anemia
This valve prevents blood from flowing back into the right ventricle
Pulmonary semilunar