B4M2Q3 23-24 Flashcards
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Which term refers to the equilibrated pressure level during conditions where
blood in the circulation ceases to move forward?
A. Median circulatory filling pressure
B. Mean circulatory filling pressure
C. Central venous pressure
D. Peripheral venous pressure
B. Mean circulatory filling pressure
The quantity of blood that empties into the right atrium every minute is defined
as:
A. Arterial return
B. Venous return
C. Arterial cardiac load
D. Venous cardiac load
B. Venous return
Which of the following factors regulates the central venous pressure?
A. ability of the heart to pump blood out of the left atrium
B. force that propels blood flow into the left ventricle
C. tendency for blood to flow into the right atrium
D. volume of blood stored within the central veins
C. tendency for blood to flow into the right atrium
Which condition will result in a decreased right atrial pressure?
A. Heart failure
B. Septic shock
C. Volume overload
D. Arteriolar dilatation
B. Septic shock
This barometric change in a person’s cardiovascular system is an expected consequence when he/she performs the Valsalva maneuver?
A. Decreased central venous pressure
B. Increased peripheral venous resistance
C. Decreased peripheral venous pressure
D. Increased venous return
D. Increased venous return
When all other factors are omitted, the central venous pressure and the cardiac
output will exhibit what relationship?
A. directly proportional
B. inversely proportional
C. non-linear
D. parabolic
A. directly proportional
The lower limit of the right atrial pressure is equal to:
A. the pressure exerted by the left lung
B. pressure of the thoracic cavity
C. diaphragmatic pressure
D. atmospheric pressure
B. pressure of the thoracic cavity
During a marathon, a runner collapses and is brought to the emergency room with severe dehydration. There will most likely be ____________in this patient as
a result.
A. Decreased firing of baroreceptors
B. Decreased plasma osmolality
C. High renal water excretion
D. Low plasma Antidiuretic Hormone levels
A. Decreased firing of baroreceptors
Performing a carotid sinus massage would produce the following effect:
A. Increased heart rate
B. Increased aortic blood pressure
C. Increased activity and discharge from carotid baroreceptors
D. Inactivation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
C. Increased activity and discharge from carotid baroreceptors
After being involved in a motor vehicular accident, a patient sustained multiple
fractures over his lower extremities. His initial BP was 80/50mmHg with a heart
rate of 140 bpm. He was then assessed to have hypovolemic shock. Which of the following parameters are known to increase his cardiac output?
A. increased venous capacitance
B. decreased left ventricular end diastolic volume
C. decreased afterload
D. decreased inotropy
C. decreased afterload
This statement describes the mean arterial pressure:
A. It is one-third of the sum of diastolic and systolic pressures.
B. It is the average of systolic and diastolic pressures.
C. It is determined from about 40% by diastolic and 60% by systolic pressure.
D. It is the average of arterial pressures measured millisecond by millisecond
over a period of time .
D. It is the average of arterial pressures measured millisecond by millisecond
over a period of time .
This statement is TRUE regarding the Baroreceptor Reflex:
A. Signals from carotid baroreceptors are transmitted through the vagus nerves.
B. Signals from aortic baroreceptors are transmitted to the tractus
solitarius of the medulla.
C. The carotid baroreceptors are stimulated by pressures ranging from 0-50/60
mmHg.
D. The baroreceptors respond much more to a stationary pressure.
B. Signals from aortic baroreceptors are transmitted to the tractus
Which of the following conditions triggers Vasopressin secretion?
A. low blood volume; low blood pressure; high urine osmolality
B. high blood volume; high blood alcohol; low plasma osmolality
C. high blood pressure; high body alcohol; high urine osmolality
D. low blood volume; low blood pressure; high plasma osmolality
D. low blood volume; low blood pressure; high plasma osmolality
Renin is a component of the RAAS system, which enables the body to control blood pressure. Which of the following will lead to an increase in the circulating
levels of renin in the blood?
A. Decreased renal sympathetic nerve activity
B. Increased blood pressure
C. Decreased NaCl delivery to the macula densa
D. Increase in renal blood flow
C. Decreased NaCl delivery to the macula densa
Which of the following structures control the access of blood to segments of a
capillary network?
A. Metarterioles
B. Precapillary sphincters
C. Post capillary sphincters
D. Clefts or pores
B. Precapillary sphincters
The clefts between endothelial cells of the brain are referred to as which of following?
A. Venules
B. Metarterioles
C. Blood brain barrier
D. Epidural space
C. Blood brain barrier
The clefts called sinusoids are found in which of the following organs?
A. Lungs
B. Kidneys
C. Liver and intestines
D. Thyroid gland
C. Liver and intestines
Lipid soluble substances that cross the capillary endothelial cells include which of
the following?
A. Oxygen and carbon dioxide
B. Glucose
C. Protein
D. Amino acids
A. Oxygen and carbon dioxide
Large water soluble substances cross the membrane by which of the following?
A. Facilitated diffusion
B. Pinocytosis
C. Simple diffusion
D. Osmosis
B. Pinocytosis
The flow through the capillaries are regulated by which of the following structures?
A. Smooth muscles
B. Arterioles and precapillary sphincters
C. Post capillary venules
D. Capillary endothelial cells
B. Arterioles and precapillary sphincters
Lipid soluble substances cross the capillary endothelial cell membrane by which
of the following mechanisms?
A. Simple diffusion
B. Facilitated diffusion
C. By a carrier substance
D. Capillary osmotic pressure
A. Simple diffusion
Which of the following correctly describes the Frank-Starling Mechanism?
A. Named in honor of Ernest Frank and Otto Starling, two great physiologists
B. Refers to the intrinsic ability of the heart to adapt to decreasing volumes of
inflowing blood
C. States that the more the heart muscle is stretched during filling, the greater is the force of contraction and the greater is the quantity of blood pumped into the aorta
D. The ability of stretched muscle, up to an optimal length, to contract with
increased work output is characteristic only of cardiac muscle
C. States that the more the heart muscle is stretched during filling, the greater is the force of contraction and the greater is the quantity of blood pumped into the aorta
Which of the following statements correctly describes the fluid movement
throughout the capillary membrane?
A. The capillary hydrostatic pressure tends to force fluid outward through capillary membrane
B. The interstitial fluid hydrostatic pressure tends to force fluid outward
through the capillary membrane
C. The capillary plasma colloid osmotic pressure tends to cause osmosis of
fluid outward through the capillary membrane
D. The interstitial fluid colloid osmotic pressure tends to cause osmosis of
fluid inward through the capillary membrane
A. The capillary hydrostatic pressure tends to force fluid outward through capillary membrane
The net filtration pressure (NFP) is calculated as:
A. NFP = capillary hydrostatic pressure + interstitial fluid hydrostatic pressure
- capillary plasma colloid osmotic pressure + interstitial fluid colloid
osmotic pressure
B. NFP = capillary hydrostatic pressure - interstitial fluid hydrostatic pressure
+ capillary plasma colloid osmotic pressure + interstitial fluid colloid
osmotic pressure
C. NFP = capillary hydrostatic pressure - interstitial fluid hydrostatic pressure - capillary plasma colloid osmotic pressure + interstitial fluid colloid osmotic pressure
D. NFP = capillary hydrostatic pressure + interstitial fluid hydrostatic pressure
- capillary plasma colloid osmotic pressure - interstitial fluid colloid osmotic
pressure
C. NFP = capillary hydrostatic pressure - interstitial fluid hydrostatic pressure - capillary plasma colloid osmotic pressure + interstitial fluid colloid osmotic pressure