Exam 10: The Blood Vessels and Blood Pressure

Complete each of the following statments. The average driving force that gets blood into the tissues throughout the cardiac cycle is called the ____________________.

Which is not true about blood pressure?

Through which vessel is the velocity of blood flow the slowest?

Which of the following does not occur to compensate for a fall in blood pressure below normal?

Shock may develop from

As the total cross-sectional area of the vascular tree ____, the velocity of blood flow ____.

Blood flow is affected by

The skeletal muscle pump adds to the effect of gravity on the venous system.

For the following questions, choose the appropriate letter from the answer code below to make the statement true. a. increases b. inhibits or decreases: c. has no effect on Decreased cardiac output ____ the mean systemic arterial blood pressure.

Primary hypertension refers to chronically elevated blood pressure of unknown origin.

Increased tissue respiration rates cause local vasodilation of arterioles.

Resistance

For the following questions, choose the appropriate letter from the answer code below to make the statement true. a. increases b. inhibits or decreases: c. has no effect on Increased venous return ____ the end-diastolic volume and ____ the stroke volume.

The movements of fluid across the capillary wall is influenced by

Which of the following properties does not pertain to the arterioles?

Complete each of the following statments. The integrating center for baroreceptor reflexes is the ____________________ located in the ____________________ part of the brain.

Complete each of the following statments. The primary mechanism for exchange of individual solutes across the capillary wall is ____________________.

Which vessels contain the highest percentage of total blood volume?

Each of the following local factors produces the relaxation of arteriolar smooth muscle except increased

The sphygmomanometer and stethoscope can be used for a direct measurement of arterial blood pressure.