Exam 36: Circulation

Respond to the following statements in reference to the five components of vertebrate blood listed below. -This blood component helps to transport steroid hormones.

Figure 36.3 -A circulatory system that does not allow mixing of oxygenated and oxygen-poor blood is indicated by the letter(s)____.  

Figure 36.6 -The anatomical structure identified with the letter "R" in the figure above is the ____.  

Blood passes to the lungs from this structure.

Respond to the following statements in reference to the five components of vertebrate blood listed below. -This stimulates red blood cell production by bone marrow.

Small molecules can move between capillaries and interstitial fluid by _____  

Deoxygenated blood exits the heart from this structure.

Figure 36.18 -The anatomical structure identified with the letter "C" in the accompanying figure illustrates ____.  

Figure 36.6B -The structure between "C" and "E" is the ____.  

A _____ delivers recovered water and solutes from the interstitial fluid to veins near the heart.  

Blood usually continues on from arterioles to ____ in its travel through the human body.  

Reduced quantity of red blood cells results in ____.  

Figure 36.6 -The anatomical structure identified with the letter "H" in the accompanying figure is the ____.  

Figure 36.2B -Circulation in the accompanying diagram functions primarily as a(n)____.  

High blood pressure/hypertension is defined as consistently measuring over __________________.

Which hormone,made by the kidney,is necessary for red blood cell production by bone marrow?  

After an action potential crosses the ________ node,it travels along conducting fibers in the heart's septum and up the ventricles,ejecting blood into the aorta and pulmonary arteries.

Figure 36.6B -Oxygen-poor blood circulates through the component(s)labeled as ____.