Exam 31: Homeostasis: Internal Fluids and Respiration

Explain the reason for the differences in blood pressure during systole and diastole.

Describe the components of vertebrate plasma and vertebrate "formed" elements.

A blood clot is formed by a fibrin meshwork in a reaction that is catalyzed by the enzyme

Contraction of the right ventricle forces blood initially into the

The external openings to the tracheal systems of arthropods are called ________________.

The enzyme that catalyzes the formation of fibrin from fibrinogen is ___________________.

The contraction of the heart is known as ____________,and the relaxation is diastole.

The rhythm and depth of breathing normally are controlled by the level of ________ _______ in the blood.

Extracellular fluid is subdivided into

Platelets

Extracellular fluid in animals with a closed circulatory system is subdivided into blood plasma and _________________ (intercellular)fluid.

Trace a drop of blood from where it picks up oxygen in the lung to when it returns to the lung,naming the vessels and heart chambers and valves it passes in correct order.

Outline the formation of red blood cells and white blood cells.Why have red blood cells (erythrocytes)lost the nucleus?

Blood in vertebrates constitutes

Which of the following can NOT serve as a respiratory pigment?

The _____________ are minute,incomplete cells that release substances to initiate the process leading to blood coagulation.

The heartbeat originates in specialized muscle tissue called _______ _______ in the sinoatrial node.

Oxygen passes from the air sacs of the lungs into the blood capillaries by a process called __________________ along partial pressure gradients.

What are the physiological roles of fibrinogen,fibrin,prothrombin,and thromboplastin? Where,why,and when are these compounds made?

Which of the following associations of blood components and functions is NOT correct?