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1
Erythrocyte production is regulated mainly by
A)the liver.
B)the kidneys.
C)the lungs.
D)the thymus and bone marrow.
E)the spleen.
2
Doubling the radius of the arterioles in an organ would ___________ the blood flow to the organ.
A)Double.
B)Quadruple.
C)Increase by eight-fold.
D)Increase by a factor of sixteen.
E)Increase by a factor of thirty-two.
3
Which of the following statements regarding the pacemaker activity of the heart is true?
A)The pacemaker of the heart is normally in the AV node.
B)Heart rate is increased when adrenergic receptors on the pacemaker cells are activated.
C)The pacemaker potential is caused by a spontaneous decrease in membrane permeability to Na+.
D)A and B.
E)B and C.
4
Which of the following statements regarding the cardiac cycle is true?
A)The AV valves are open during most of diastole.
B)The aortic valve is closed throughout the interval between the QRS and T waves.
C)The first heart sound is the opening of the aortic valve.
D)The ventricular pressure is greater than the aortic pressure during isovolumetric contraction.
E)None of the above is true.
5
Following hemorrhage, reflexes are triggered that attempt to compensate for the blood loss. As a result of the blood loss and the reflex mechanisms, which of the following will be true, compared to prehemorrhage values?
A)Heart rate will be increased.
B)Stroke volume will be decreased.
C)Capillary filtration will be decreased.
D)A and B.
E)A,B and C.
6
Immediately after a hemorrhage, baroreceptors_________ their firing rate, signaling the medullary cardiovascular center to __________the activity of the sympathetic nerves to the heart, arterioles and veins. The result of this reflex would be to increase the__________and____________over normal and to bring the ___________,____________and ____________back toward pre-hemorrhage values.
A)increase; increase; stroke volume and peripheral resistance; heart rate, cardiac output and arterial blood pressure.
B)decrease; increase; heart rate and peripheral resistance; stroke volume, cardiac output and arterial blood pressure.
C)increase; decrease; heart rate and peripheral resistance; stroke volume, cardiac output and arterial blood pressure.
D)decrease; increase; heart rate and arterial blood pressure; peripheral resistance, stroke volume and cardiac output.
E)decrease; decrease; heart rate and cardiac output; stroke volume, peripheral resistance and arterial blood pressure.
7
Compared with resting levels of blood flow, during strenuous exercise
A)blood flow to the heart, brain, and skeletal muscles would increase.
B)blood flow to the kidneys and abdominal organs would decrease.
C)blood flow to the skin and brain would decrease.
D)A and B.
E)B and C.
8
The formation of plasmin
A)occurs as a result of activation of clotting factors in the blood.
B)results in the dissolution of the blood clot.
C)is part of a cascade of reactions in response to injury to blood vessels.
D)is a direct result of activation of plasminogen.
E)is described by all of the above.
9
The left ventricle ejects a larger volume of blood during systole than does the right ventricle because the left ventricular pressure is greater than the right.
A)True
B)False
10
Because sympathetic stimulation of the arterioles causes vasoconstriction, the sympathetic nerves play no role in reflex vasodilation.
A)True
B)False







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