Hemo

The aortic arch gives off branches that supply all of the following areas of the body, except the...

Abdomen

Choose the correct order of vessels leaving and then returning to the heart.

Arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, veins

During the flow of blood through the body...

Blood travels from the right ventricle to the lungs

The internal carotid arteries enter the cranial cavity through which opening?

Carotid canal

The hepatic veins are formed by...

Central Veins

Heart rate and stroke volume decrease under decreased parasympathetic stimulation.

False

In general, fluid moves into capillaries at their arterial ends and moves out at their venous end.

False

Increased sympathetic stimulation causes vasodilation, bringing elevated blood pressure back to normal.

False

The arterial end of the capillary has a negative net filtration pressure.

False

The hepatic portal system is a series of veins that transports blood directly to the left atrium of the heart.

False

The lower limbs receive blood from branches of the ascending aorta.

False

The major blood supply to the cerebrum is from the...

Internal carotid arteries

Pulmonary veins enter the...

Left atrium

Inward and outward movement of fluid at each end of the capillary is regulated by...

Net filtration pressure

The difference between blood and interstitial fluid pressure is...

Net hydrostatic pressure

What parts of the liver are responsible for filtering the blood?

Sinusoids

Which of the following organs is not drained by the splenic vein?

Stomach

The majority of the venous blood from the small intestine drains into the...

Superior mesenteric vein

Oxygen leaves the blood and carbon dioxide enters the blood in the...

Systemic Capillary Beds

Action potentials are conducted from the baroreceptors to the brain via...

The vagus and glossopharyngeal nerves

The action potential from the brain to the heart travels along...

The Vagus Nerve

The cardiovascular system consists of...

The heart, blood and blood vessels

From the confluence of sinuses blood enters the...

Transverse sinuses

All arteries carry blood away from the heart.

True

An end-to-end communication between vessels is known as an anastomosis.

True

The difference between blood and interstitial colloid osmotic pressures is the oncotic pressure.

True

The pulmonary veins contain oxygenated blood.

True

Nutrient and gas exchange occur in...

capillary beds

Baroreceptors are located in the aorta and...

carotid arteries

Blood in the dural venous sinuses is...

deoxygenated