In the myogenic response, ________.a. muscle contraction promotes venous return to theheartb. ventricular contraction strength is decreasedc. vascular smooth muscle responds to stretchd. endothelins dilate muscular arteries

Q: A patient has tachycardia. Would you recommend a drug that prolongsor shortens the plateau of…

A: Tachycardia is a condition that makes our heart beat more than 100 times per minute. There are three…

Q: In a normal heartbeat the ventricles begin to contract ______.   A at exactly the same time as the…

A: The blood circulating through the circulatory system is responsible for the transport of oxygen and…

Q: Which of the following is unique to cardiac musclecells?a. Only cardiac muscle contains a…

A: The cardiac muscles show the characteristics of both smooth and striated muscles. The cells of…

Q: Action potentials pass from one cardiac muscle cell to anothera. through gap junctions.b. by a…

A: The structures which provide adhesion and communication between cells are called intercellular…

Q: Reductions in heart rate are normally caused by _____.   A sympathetic stimulation of the…

A: Heart rate is controlled by the two branches of the autonomic (involuntary) nervous system. The…

Q: Nodal (conductile) cells in the heart differ from other myocardiocytes (contractile cells) in that…

A: There are two major types of cardiac muscle cells present: myocardial contractile cells and…

Q: When the ventricles are no longer acting as a syncytium and can't pump blood, they are in ____.…

A: The conditions where the heart of a normal person is unable to function properly is called as heart…

Q: Compared to the ventricles, the atria ____.   A do not contract as many times per minute   B…

A: It also removes waste products from the body. It has three components: blood, heart and the blood…

Q: Parasympathetic stimulation of the sinoatrial node ______.   A is necessary; without it the heart…

A: Parasympathetic system of the body is responsible for the body's rest and digestion response when…

Q: Unlike skeletal and smooth muscle tissue, cardiac muscle is “self-excitable”. Explain how this…

A: There are three major types of muscles. They are skeletal muscles, smooth muscles, and cardiac…

Q: The vessels that carry oxygen to the myocardium are called __________.   A pulmonary arteries   B…

A: Blood is the body fluid that flows in tube-like structures known as vessels and functions in the…

Q: Fill in the blank:  The first sound of a cardiac cycle occurs when the _______________________ are…

A: The AV valves or atrioventricular valves are located at the junction of the atria and ventricles.…

Q: In pacemaker cells the movement of __________ into the cell through voltage-gated channels is…

A: The opening of channels that let positive ions flow into the cell can cause depolarization. Flow of…

Q: Which statement about activation of heart muscle cells is TRUE?   A when a person is resting only a…

A: The electrical conduction system of the heart transmits signals generated usually by the sinoatrial…

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A: The cardiovascular system, sometimes referred to as the circulatory system, is in charge of…

Q: The return venous blood is aided by all of the factors except? ________.     A. pressure changes…

A: Venous return is defined as the rate at which blood is returned to heart.At steady state venous…

Q: Which is the main structural feature that distinguishes elastic arteries from muscular arteries?…

A: Elastic arteries have a significantly higher quantity of elastic fibres in tunica media than…

Q: During the depolarization phase of the pacemaker potential O a. Ca+2 permeability increases O b. Na+…

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Q: This diagram shows a _______ and the green things being released into the space are _____. A.…

A: The branch of biology associated with studying the functions of living organisms’ body can be…

Q: ulmonary circulation differs from systemic circulation in that the______.   A blood pressure in…

A: Pulmonary circulation moves blood between the heart and the lungs. It transports deoxygenated blood…

Q: If the left ventricle failed to pump blood effectively, blood would back up in the _____."   A left…

A: HEART FAILURE (HF) -The most common type of HF is left-sided HF. The left side of the heart must…

Q: Ventricular relaxation immediately follows ________.a. atrial depolarizationb. ventricular…

A: The cardiac cycle is the duration of time that starts with atrial contraction and ends with…

Q: The patient's ECG indicates that _____.   A action potentials are passing from his atria into his…

A: Electrocardiography -- The process by which electrocardiogram is done defined as electrocardiography…

Q: At the time point indicated on the ECG ____.   A blood would be flowing from the ventricles into…

A: An electrocardiogram can be defined as the type of test in which the heart's electrical activity is…

Q: Contrast action potentials in ventricular muscle cells with SA node action potentials.

A: A fast, sudden, propagating and transitory change of the muscle and nerve cell's resting membrane…

Q: Prothrombin is converted to thrombin during the ________.a. intrinsic pathwayb. extrinsic pathwayc.…

A: The process initiated by an injured blood vessel to decrease the rate of blood flow and trigger the…

Q: The atrioventricular valves open because ______.   A relaxation of the ventricles causes the…

A: Atrioventricular valves These are the valves which connect the atrium to the ventricles. There are…

Q: he blood pressure in the left ventricle during systole is ______ the blood pressure in the right…

A: The blood pressure is the pressure of the blood within the arteries. It is produced primarily by the…

Q: In veins the ______ than in capillaries.   A blood pressure is higher and flow velocity is slower…

A: The Blood vessels are the part of our vascular system that is responsible for transporting blood and…

Q: Cardiac action potentials have _________ duration than neuronal action potentials. A. a shorter…

A: Introduction Unlike the action potential in skeletal muscle cells, the cardiac nerve impulse isn't…

Q: After passing through the inferior vena cava blood passes through the ____.   A coronary sinus   B…

A: The cardiovascular system or circulatory system is comprised of blood pumping muscular organ, heart,…

Q: raw a ventricular muscle cell action potential in the figure below. Briefly describe the changes in…

A: Similar to skeletal muscle, the resting membrane potential of ventricular cells, is around -90…

Q: Unlike skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle doesn’t undergo tetany. Explain how this is achieved and why…

A: Cardiac muscle or myocardium is the muscle that forms the heart tissue. These are striated and…

Q: Which is a clotting pathway system? Group of answer choices   a.None b.Extrinsic system c. Both are…

A: Blood coagulation refers to the process of forming a clot to stop bleeding.  To stop bleeding, the…

Q: describe cardiac pacemaker cells then give two functions of the cardiac pacemaker cells.

A: The heart is a muscular organ, which pumps blood throughout the body. It is located in the middle…