Exam 12: The Heart

The right ventricle pumps blood into the ____, to the ____.

During strenuous exercise, cardiac output is 13,650 mL and stroke volume is 105 mL. What is the pulse?

During the cardiac cycle, the ____________________ contract first, followed by contraction of the ____________________.

The heart is directly superior to the ____________________ and is medial to the ____________________.

The walls of the chambers of the heart are formed by the ____________________.

A basketball player has a resting cardiac output of 5400 mL, a stroke volume of 90 mL, and a resting pulse of ____________________.

A basketball player has a resting cardiac output of 5500 mL and a stroke volume of 100 mL. What is the pulse?

The function of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) is to:

The cardiac cycle is the sequence of events in ____________________.

Pressoreceptors that detect changes in blood pressure are located in the:

The heart is ____________________ to the diaphragm and ____________________ to the lungs.

The cardiac accelerator center uses these nerves:

Exercise cardiac output is 10,070 mL. What are the pulse and stroke volume?

Which statement is NOT true of the sensory and motor nerves from and to the heart?

The coronary arteries are branches of the ____ and supply ____ to the myocardium.

The flaps of the AV valves of the heart are anchored by the:

The difference between resting cardiac output and maximum exercise cardiac output is the:

The vein that returns blood from the upper body to the right atrium is the:

Cardiac output is the amount of blood pumped by the left ventricle in one:

The response to a sudden drop in blood pressure is a rapid ____________________ in heart rate, brought about by ____________________nerve impulses.