Question 1

The effective circulating volume is reduced when blood collects in distended varicose veins.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Choose the appropriate letter from the answer code to make the statement correct.
-Increased parasympathetic nerve activity ____________________ the heart rate.

Accepted Answer

A) stimulates or increases 
B) decreases or inhibits 
C) has no effect on 
A) stimulates or increases 
B) decreases or inhibits 
C) has no effect on

Question 3

During exercise,a larger percentage of the cardiac output travels to the skin and skeletal muscles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Choose the appropriate letter from the answer code to make the statement correct.
-Decreased cardiac output ____________________ the mean systemic arterial blood pressure.

Accepted Answer

A) stimulates or increases 
B) decreases or inhibits 
C) has no effect on 
A) stimulates or increases 
B) decreases or inhibits 
C) has no effect on

Question 5

What can edema result from?

Accepted Answer

A)  blockage of lymph vessels, increased capillary blood pressure, and decreased blood-colloid osmotic pressure 
B)  blockage of lymph vessels and decreased capillary blood pressure 
C)  increased capillary blood pressure and increased blood-colloid osmotic pressure 
D)  dilation of lymph vessels and decreased blood-colloid osmotic pressure 
A)  blockage of lymph vessels, increased capillary blood pressure, and decreased blood-colloid osmotic pressure 
B)  blockage of lymph vessels and decreased capillary blood pressure 
C)  increased capillary blood pressure and increased blood-colloid osmotic pressure 
D)  dilation of lymph vessels and decreased blood-colloid osmotic pressure

Question 6

MATCHING
Indicate which type of vessel performs the function listed by using the answer code (options may be used more than once or not at all):
-major resistive vessels

Accepted Answer

A) arteries 
B) arterioles 
C) capillaries 
D) veins 
E) lymphatics 
A) arteries 
B) arterioles 
C) capillaries 
D) veins 
E) lymphatics

Question 7

What does NOT occur as a compensation for haemorrhage?

Accepted Answer

A)  shift of fluid from the interstitial fluid into the plasma 
B)  reduced urinary output 
C)  increased capillary permeability 
D)  increased cardiac output 
A)  shift of fluid from the interstitial fluid into the plasma 
B)  reduced urinary output 
C)  increased capillary permeability 
D)  increased cardiac output

Question 8

What effects do the kidneys play on blood pressure maintenance?

Accepted Answer

The kidneys play a crucial role in the m

Question 9

The wall of an artery contains ____________________ and ____________________ connective tissue fibres.

Accepted Answer

-collagen,

Question 10

The two hormones primarily involved in fluid balance that are also potent vasoconstrictors are ____________________ and ____________________.

Accepted Answer

-vasopressin,angiote

Question 11

Normally most of the blood at any one time is in the capillary beds,because this is where material exchange is taking place.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What is Active hyperaemia?

Accepted Answer

A)  It refers to the arteriolar dilation that occurs within a tissue in response to local chemical changes that accompany increased metabolic activity of the tissue. 
B)  It refers to local arteriolar mechanisms that are aimed at keeping tissue blood flow fairly constant in spite of rather wide deviations in mean arterial driving pressure. 
C)  It refers to the increase in blood flow to a tissue that occurs after removal of an occlusion of its blood supply. 
D)  It is important in maintaining an adequate pressure head to drive blood forward into a tissue. 
A)  It refers to the arteriolar dilation that occurs within a tissue in response to local chemical changes that accompany increased metabolic activity of the tissue. 
B)  It refers to local arteriolar mechanisms that are aimed at keeping tissue blood flow fairly constant in spite of rather wide deviations in mean arterial driving pressure. 
C)  It refers to the increase in blood flow to a tissue that occurs after removal of an occlusion of its blood supply. 
D)  It is important in maintaining an adequate pressure head to drive blood forward into a tissue.

Question 13

What force continues to drive blood through the vasculature during ventricular diastole?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ventricular contraction forces blood into the vasculature during ventricular diastole. 
B)  The elastic recoil of the stretched arterial walls provides the force to continue blood flow in the remaining vascular system during ventricular diastole. 
C)  Sympathetic stimulation produces arterial vasoconstriction, which drives the blood forward into the arterioles during ventricular diastole. 
D)  Skeletal muscle contraction squeezes the blood forward from the arteries during ventricular diastole. 
A)  Ventricular contraction forces blood into the vasculature during ventricular diastole. 
B)  The elastic recoil of the stretched arterial walls provides the force to continue blood flow in the remaining vascular system during ventricular diastole. 
C)  Sympathetic stimulation produces arterial vasoconstriction, which drives the blood forward into the arterioles during ventricular diastole. 
D)  Skeletal muscle contraction squeezes the blood forward from the arteries during ventricular diastole.

Question 14

Indicate whether arteriolar vasoconstriction or vasodilation would occur in the tissue in question by using the answer code (options may be used more than once or not at all):
-a hyperemic response in the heart

Accepted Answer

A) would produce arteriolar vasoconstriction 
B) would produce arteriolar vasodilation 
C) would not cause any change in arteriolar calibre 
A) would produce arteriolar vasoconstriction 
B) would produce arteriolar vasodilation 
C) would not cause any change in arteriolar calibre

Question 15

Choose the appropriate letter from the answer code to make the statement correct.
-Decreased venous return ____________________ the stroke volume.

Accepted Answer

A) stimulates or increases 
B) decreases or inhibits 
C) has no effect on 
A) stimulates or increases 
B) decreases or inhibits 
C) has no effect on

Question 16

How do the larger arteries assist with systemic blood flow to tissues?

Accepted Answer

A)  contracting their tunica intima 
B)  beating their semilunar-type valves 
C)  associating with large veins 
D)  elastic recoil of their walls 
A)  contracting their tunica intima 
B)  beating their semilunar-type valves 
C)  associating with large veins 
D)  elastic recoil of their walls

Question 17

Choose the appropriate letter from the answer code to make the statement correct.
-Increased total peripheral resistance ____________________ the mean systemic arterial blood pressure.

Accepted Answer

A) stimulates or increases 
B) decreases or inhibits 
C) has no effect on 
A) stimulates or increases 
B) decreases or inhibits 
C) has no effect on

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT for short-term adjustments in blood pressure?

Accepted Answer

A)  baroreceptor reflexes 
B)  changes in cardiac output 
C)  renal activity 
D)  Hormones 
A)  baroreceptor reflexes 
B)  changes in cardiac output 
C)  renal activity 
D)  Hormones

Question 19

A capillary wall has a measured thickness of about one ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A capillary wall has a measured thickness...

Question 20

Choose the appropriate letter from the answer code to make the statement correct.
-Decreased stroke volume ____________________ cardiac output.

Accepted Answer

A) stimulates or increases 
B) decreases or inhibits 
C) has no effect on 
A) stimulates or increases 
B) decreases or inhibits 
C) has no effect on

The effective circulating volume is reduced when blood collects in distended varicose veins.

Choose the appropriate letter from the answer code to make the statement correct. -Increased parasympathetic nerve activity ____________________ the heart rate.

During exercise,a larger percentage of the cardiac output travels to the skin and skeletal muscles.

Choose the appropriate letter from the answer code to make the statement correct. -Decreased cardiac output ____________________ the mean systemic arterial blood pressure.

What can edema result from?

MATCHING Indicate which type of vessel performs the function listed by using the answer code (options may be used more than once or not at all): -major resistive vessels

What does NOT occur as a compensation for haemorrhage?

What effects do the kidneys play on blood pressure maintenance?

The wall of an artery contains and connective tissue fibres.

The two hormones primarily involved in fluid balance that are also potent vasoconstrictors are and .

Normally most of the blood at any one time is in the capillary beds,because this is where material exchange is taking place.

What is Active hyperaemia?

What force continues to drive blood through the vasculature during ventricular diastole?

Indicate whether arteriolar vasoconstriction or vasodilation would occur in the tissue in question by using the answer code (options may be used more than once or not at all): -a hyperemic response in the heart

Choose the appropriate letter from the answer code to make the statement correct. -Decreased venous return ____________________ the stroke volume.

How do the larger arteries assist with systemic blood flow to tissues?

Choose the appropriate letter from the answer code to make the statement correct. -Increased total peripheral resistance ____________________ the mean systemic arterial blood pressure.

Which of the following is NOT for short-term adjustments in blood pressure?

A capillary wall has a measured thickness of about one ____________________.

Choose the appropriate letter from the answer code to make the statement correct. -Decreased stroke volume ____________________ cardiac output.

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Exam 8: Vascular Physiology

The effective circulating volume is reduced when blood collects in distended varicose veins.

Choose the appropriate letter from the answer code to make the statement correct. -Increased parasympathetic nerve activity ____________________ the heart rate.

During exercise,a larger percentage of the cardiac output travels to the skin and skeletal muscles.

Choose the appropriate letter from the answer code to make the statement correct. -Decreased cardiac output ____________________ the mean systemic arterial blood pressure.

What can edema result from?

MATCHING Indicate which type of vessel performs the function listed by using the answer code (options may be used more than once or not at all): -major resistive vessels

What does NOT occur as a compensation for haemorrhage?

What effects do the kidneys play on blood pressure maintenance?

The wall of an artery contains ____________________ and ____________________ connective tissue fibres.

The two hormones primarily involved in fluid balance that are also potent vasoconstrictors are ____________________ and ____________________.

Normally most of the blood at any one time is in the capillary beds,because this is where material exchange is taking place.

What is Active hyperaemia?

What force continues to drive blood through the vasculature during ventricular diastole?

Indicate whether arteriolar vasoconstriction or vasodilation would occur in the tissue in question by using the answer code (options may be used more than once or not at all): -a hyperemic response in the heart

Choose the appropriate letter from the answer code to make the statement correct. -Decreased venous return ____________________ the stroke volume.

How do the larger arteries assist with systemic blood flow to tissues?

Choose the appropriate letter from the answer code to make the statement correct. -Increased total peripheral resistance ____________________ the mean systemic arterial blood pressure.

Which of the following is NOT for short-term adjustments in blood pressure?

A capillary wall has a measured thickness of about one ____________________.

Choose the appropriate letter from the answer code to make the statement correct. -Decreased stroke volume ____________________ cardiac output.

The Foundation of Physiology

Cell Physiology

The Central Nervous System

The Peripheral Nervous System

Principals of Endocrinology; The Central Endocrine Glands

Muscle Physiology

Cardiac Physiology

The Blood

Body Defences

The Respiratory System

The Urinary System

Fluid and Acid Base Balance

The Digestive System

Energy Balance and Temperature Regulation

The Endocrine Glands

The Reproductive System

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The wall of an artery contains and connective tissue fibres.

The two hormones primarily involved in fluid balance that are also potent vasoconstrictors are and .