- The parasympathetic fibers of the vagus nerve secrete _________, which _________the heart rate.
- A rise in blood pressure detected by baroreceptors would result in a(n) ________ in heart rate due to _________ stimulation.
- With a decrease in venous pressure, which branch of the autonomic nervous system is triggered to stimulate smooth muscles and initiate venoconstriction?
- true or false: At the capillaries, the amount of fluid filtered is equal to the amount of fluid reabsorbed.
- In capillary exchange, _________ is favored at the arteriole end of a capillary due to the higher _________pressure
- the recreated fluid is contained within the ______ _____
- The ________ ventricle pumps blood to the pulmonary circuit while the ________ ventricle pumps blood into the systemic circuit.
- the _______ _____ _____ is measured when the heart is relaxing and represents the lowest pressure exerted in the walls of the arteries during the heart cycle.
- the outermost layer of the wall of the heart (still inside - not parietal ) is the _____ ______ which is also called the ______
- which valve is located in between the right atrium and ventricle?
- As food enters the small intestine, the presence of acid stimulates _____ _____ which stops secretion of gastric juice
- The left ventricle pushes blood into what vessel(s)?
- the _____ ______ lines the fibrous pericardium and secretes _____ _____
- the outer layer of the pericardium is called the _____ ______ and is composed of dense connective tissue
- What is the term for a mass of cells that act as a unit?
- When the first heart sound is heard, what is occuring with the heart valves?
- Gastric secretions are enhanced by ______ _____ through acetylcholine and the hormone gastrin
- the ______ circuit sends oxygen _______ blood and nutrients to the body
- at one point during the cardiac cycle, both atria and ventricles are _______
- the ______ circuit sends oxygen _____ blood to the lungs