- What are two examples of negative inotropic agents? (decrease contractility)
- What is the percentage of stroke volume called?
- What are two examples of negative chronotropic agents? (decrease heart rate)
- Which hormone decreases blood glucose levels?
- What are two examples of positive inotropic agents? (increase contractility)
- What are the 2 main organs that insulin stimulates to absorb glucose from the blood?
- What are two examples of positive chronotropic agents? (increase heart rate)
- What part of the brain detects changes in the body and send messages to the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system?
- A persistent pulse rate slower than 60 bpm is called what?
- Which organ detects changes in blood glucose concentration?
- What condition results when blood flow is completely blocked by a blood clot or fatty deposit, resulting in the death of myocardial cells?
- How much blood do the ventricles typically eject?
- What distributes impulses to the muscle cells of both ventricles causing them to contract?
- What is the bpm of a typical resting heart rate?
- The series of events that occur from the beginning of one heartbeat to the beginning of the next is called what?
- What triggers the opening and closing of the heart valves?
- What is it called when a heart valve fails to prevent the backflow of blood during contraction?
- What heart valve prevents backflow from the left ventricle to the left atrium?
- What are the strands of fibrous connective tissue that extend from the papillary muscle to the valve cusps?
- What is the record of electrical currents that travel throughout the heart?