What capillary-level mechanisms cause edema?

Q: What happens to plasma volume and interstitial fluid volume following a hemorrhage?

A: Brain hemorrhage or intracranial hemorrhage refers to bleeding inside brain. Causes include injury…

Q: What account for the increase in blood pressure at old age?

A: High blood pressure also said to be hypertension. It is very commonly seen in old age…

Q: What can affect the central venous pressure?

A: Central venous pressure (CVP) is that the pressure within the venae cavae, close to the right atrium…

Q: What is the overall net filtration pressure in a capillary?

A: NET FILTRATION PRESSURE  is the total pressure that encourages filtration. NFP=GBHP-(CHP+BCOP)NET…

Q: What effect does polycythemia have on resistance to blood flow and thus on mean arterial blood…

A: Polycythemia is the abnormal increase in the number of erythrocytes or red blood cells (RBCs) in the…

Q: What is the vicious cycle of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction?

A: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction or HFpEF is also known commonly as diastolic HF or…

Q: How does a change in vessel diameter affect peripheral resistance?

A: Blood vessels can be defined as the channels or the behavior through which blood is distributed to…

Q: What happens when the Mean arterial pressure Increases?

A: Introduction:Blood pressure is the pressure exerted by the blood on the walls of the arteries.…

Q: Why is monotheraphy in the management of hypertension is not effective?

A: ▪︎Monotherapy means medical treatment given using single drug or therapy . ▪︎We can have many…

Q: How does gravity influence effective blood volume?

A: The cardiovascular system includes heart and blood vessels that work together to pump blood all…

Q: How does heart failure lead to edema in the pulmonary and systemic vascular beds?

A: The human heart is defined as an organ that will pump the blood throughout the human body via the…

Q: What is the structure of the arterioles?

A: Arterioles are primary resistant vessels and involved in the distribution of blood flow into…

Q: What does an ECG record?

A: The heart of humans has four chambers within it. These four chambers are the Left and Right atria…

Q: What are the main dissolved substances found in plasma?

A: Plasma is the unmistakable, straw-hued fluid part of blood that stays after red platelets, white…

Q: Which solute is found in the highest concentration in plasma?

A: Plasma  Plasma is a clear transparent fluid that contains RBCs, WBCs, platelets, ect. About 55% of…

Q: What is the primary cause of the low velocity of bloodflow in capillaries?

A: The circulatory system is one of the major systems of the human body. The circulatory system…

Q: Why does the total cross-sectional area in the capillary system lower the resistance to flow?

A: Cardiovascular system comprises of Heart, blood vessels and blood. The function of cardiovascular…

Q: What are the closed circulating systems?

A: Almost all multicellular organisms need a circulatory system to transport oxygen and nutrients…

Q: Define the term Hypertension and Edema?

A: The normal blood pressure is 80mm Hg and 120 mmHg for diastolic and systolic pressure, respectively.…

Q: Which are the major factors responsible for limiting the increase in stroke volume?

A: Contraction of heart muscle by compression of ventricles ejected a small volume of blood in…

Q: What is the main parts of ECG Explain it briefly?

A: The technique of creating an electrocardiogram is known as electrocardiography (ECG). It is a heart…

Q: Why does bloodflow decrease significantly at the capillaries?

A: Capillaries is a network of vessels which connects the arteries to vein

Q: What is the equation for mean arterial pressure?

A: The fluids that are produced in the body and either circulated within the body or secreted out are…

Q: What is the P wave in ECGs?

A: Step 1 ECG is an electrocardiogram. An electrocardiogram is a graphic recording of electrical…

Q: Which are the major categories of drugs used to treat hypertension?

A: Hypertension or high blood pressure individual heart is not able to blood pump with the full…

Q: Which two factors of systemic arterial pressure is the arithmetic product?

A: The pressure measured within big arteries in the systemic circulation is referred to as an…

Q: Why is afterload important to cardiac function?

A: Introduction: For the proper functioning of heart, optimum pressure for the ejection of blood flow…

Q: What is the normal value for mean arterial pressure?

A: Blood is an important component of the human body as this fluid tissue helps in the transportation…

Q: What four variables determine the net filtration pressure across the capillary wall?

A: NTP stands for net filtration pressure. It is the interaction between osmotic pressure and…

Q: How long does a 12 lead ECG take?

A: ECG:An electrocardiograph(ECG) is nothing but a voltmeter that records the changes in the electrical…

Q: List the Regional Differences in Capillary Pressure?

A: Capillary pressure is the pressure difference existing across the interface separating two…

Q: viscosity of the fluid affect the capillary height?

A: Viscosity is the resistance for fluidity of liquid. Hence it also affects the capillary height.…

Q: Define and why vasodilator drugs are of limited value in arterial disease?

A: Arteries are the vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to the tissues of the…

Q: How does an increase in capillary hydrostatic pressure cause edema?

A: Introduction: Edema is described as a perceptible swelling brought on by an increase in the volume…

Q: What are short term goal and long term goal for Hypertension.

A: Hypertension occurs when the blood pressure readings of an adult person individual goes above…

Q: Can ECG give false readings?

A: ECG: ECG is referred to as electrocardiography and produces an electrocardiogram. ECG produces a…

Q: What happens when the Pulse pressure Increases?

A: Pulse pressure (Pp) is the difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP). The…

Q: How accurate is a one lead ECG?

A: One of the easiest and quickest diagnostics for cardiac evaluation is an electrocardiogram (ECG).…

Q: What is vasomotion? What is autoregulation of local bloodflow?

A: Answer: Introduction: Vasomotion controls liquid and nutrient exchange amongst the vascular system…

Q: What is bradycardia?

A: Bradycardia is a heart condition which shows a slower heart rate than normal. Generally, elderly…

Hematology

Hematology is the branch of biology. Hematology is the medical field that deals with the treatment of blood disorders and cancers, such as hemophilia, leukemia, lymphoma, and sickle-cell anemia. Hematologists and hematopathologists are medical professionals who specialize in illnesses of the blood and its components.