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What are the three main factors that influence total peripheral resistance (TPR) |
Vessel diameter Blood viscosity Total vassal length |
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Name three hormones that act as vasoconstrictors. |
Epinephrine Angiotensin II Vasopressin (ADH) |
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Name two hormones that directly increase blood volume |
Aldosterone Vasopressin (ADH) |
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Track the effect on blood pressure by reducing venous return. Go through all the steps |
Decreased venous return Decreased stroke volume Decreased cardiac output Decreased blood |
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Assuming the following factor increase, categorize as increase blood pressure or decrease blood pressure: Arterial diameter |
Decrease |
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Assuming the following factor increase, categorize as increase blood pressure or decrease blood pressure: vessel elasticity |
Decrease |
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Assuming the following factor increase, categorize as increase blood pressure or decrease blood pressure: blood volume |
Increase |
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Assuming the following factor increase, categorize as increase blood pressure or decrease blood pressure: stroke volume |
Increase |
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Assuming the following factor increase, categorize as increase blood pressure or decrease blood pressure: total vessel length |
Increase |
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Assuming the following factor increase, categorize as increase blood pressure or decrease blood pressure: plasma epinephrine |
Increase |
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Assuming the following factor increase, categorize as increase blood pressure or decrease blood pressure: plasma angiotensin |
Increase |
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Assuming the following factor increase, categorize as increase blood pressure or decrease blood pressure: plasma ADH |
Increase |
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Assuming the following factor increase, categorize as increase blood pressure or decrease blood pressure: parasympathetic stimulation |
Decrease |
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Assuming the following factor increase, categorize as increase blood pressure or decrease blood pressure: sympathetic stimulation |
Increase |
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A decrease in hematocrit will result in a ____in blood viscosity and a ____ in blood pressure |
Decrease, decrease |
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An increase in fatty tissue will result in an____in total vessel length and an_____ in blood pressure |
Increase, increase |
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Arteriosclerosis will result in a ____in vessel elasticity and an ____ in blood pressure |
Decrease, increase |
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Excessive sweating will result in a short term____in blood volume and an____in blood pressure |
Decrease, increase |
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An increase in epinephrine will result in a ____in vessel diameter and in ____ in blood pressure |
Decrease, increase |
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Short term mechanisms for regulating blood pressure include regulating what three things? |
Vessel diameter Heart rate Contractibility |
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Long term mechanisms will regulate |
Blood volume |
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Two major arterial baroreceptors are located where? |
Aortic arch Carotid sinus |
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Explain the effect of increased blood pressure on the impulses sent to the brain, the effect on the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems and the resulting change in blood pressure. |
An increase in blood pressure results in an increase in impulses sent to the brain. This increase stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system (SNV not stimulated) resulting in a drop in blood pressure |
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As a result of these changes in the PNS and SNS, list two effects on the heart and one on blood vessels..
(an increase in blood pressure results in an increase in impulses sent to the brain. This increase stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system (SNV not stimulated) resulting in a drop of blood pressure). |
Heart: heart rate decreases Cardiac output decreases Blood vessel: vasodilation ( increased arterial diameter due to relaxation of smooth muscle) |
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Explain the effect of decrease blood pressure on the impulses sent to the brain, the effect of parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems and the resulting change in blood pressure |
Decrease on BP results in decrease in impulses sent to the brain. This stimulates the sympathetic nervous system (PNS not stimulated) causing an increase in BP |
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In addition to effects on heart and blood vessels, what two hormones were released from the adrenal gland? |
Epinephrine and norepinephrine |
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What cells in the kidney monitor low blood pressure? |
Juxtaglomerular |
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What enzyme is released as a result of low blood pressure? |
Renin |
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What does Renin act on on the blood? |
Angiotensinogen |
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Name two effects of angiotensin II |
Increase in levels of aldosterone Vasoconstriction |
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The man effect of aldosterone is? How does this increase blood volume? |
Increase in Na+ reabsorption in kidneys Water follows Na+ |
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What other hormone will increase water reabsorption from the kidneys? |
ADH |
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What is the major stimulus for ADH? |
An increase in plasma osmolarity |
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What regulates the flow of blood into true capillaries? |
Precapillary sphincters |
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If all precapillary sphincters are closed, blood is ____ to the venules through ____ capillaries |
Shunted, thoroughfare |
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Show whether high or low levels of the following would cause the feeder arterioles to dilate and the sphincters to relax O2, CO2, PH, nutrients |
O2: decrease CO2: increase PH: decrease Nutrients: decrease |
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Physical factors also act as regulatory stimuli. How would decrease blood pressure and increased blood pressure affect arterioles? |
Decreased blood pressure: more perfusion Increased blood pressure: less perfusion |
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Name three structural characteristics of capillaries which allow for passage of materials out of the capillaries. |
Fenestration Clefts Cytoplasmic vesicles |
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Diffusion accounts for the passage of |
O2 and CO2 |
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Non lipid solvable molecules move by? |
Exocytosis |
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Water soluble solute a, such as amino acids and sugars, move through? |
Clefts or fenestration |
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Bulk fluids flows cause___at the arterial end and____at the venous end of the capillary |
Filtration, reabsorption |
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In a capillary, what is equivalent to hydrostatic pressure? |
Blood pressure |
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Why is hydrostatic pressure low in the interstitial fluid? |
Excess fluid is picked up by lymphatic |
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Net hydrostatic pressure tends to move fluid____the capillary |
Out of |
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Osmotic (or Colloid Osmotic) pressure is the capillaries is ___compared to the interstitium |
High |
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Net osmotic pressure tends to move fluid ___ the capillaries |
Into |
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Given a net hydrostatic pressure of 34mmHg ad a net osmotic pressure of 22 mmHg, the force favoring filtration would equal ___mmHg |
12 (34-22) |
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Indicate which of the following move through the capillary walls by diffusion and which move through fenestration and/or clefts: Butter, Fish, Cola, Potatoes |
Butter: diffusion Fish: fenestration or clefts Cola: fenestration or clefts Potatoes: fenestration or clefts |
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Lymph from the lower abdomen, pelvis, and lower limbs is received by the? |
Cisterna chyli |
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Lymphoid stem cells that can form all types of lymphocyte occur in the? |
Bone Marrow |
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Lymphatic vessels are located everywhere except the? |
Central nervous system |
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The body's largest collection of lymphoid tissue is in the? |
Adult spleen |
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Red blood cells that damaged or defective are removed from the bloodstream by the? |
Spleen |
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Phagocytes move through capillary walls by squeezing between adjacent endothelial cells, a process known as? |
Diapedesis |
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Perforins and protectin are proteins associated with the activity of? |
NK cells |
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Complement activation.. |
Stimulates inflammation Attracts phagocytosis Enhances phagocytosis |
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CD4 markers are associated with? |
Helper T cells |
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Function of cytotoxic T cells? |
Lymphocyte responsible for cell mediated immunity |
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Which two large collecting vessels are responsible for returning lymph to the veins of the circulatory system? What areas of the area does each serve? |
1. Thoracic Duct: Collects lymph from the body below the diaphragm and from the left side of the body above the diaphragm 2. Right thoracic duct: collects lymph from the right side of the body above the diaphragm |
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What is the function of helper T cells? |
Stimulate the activation and function of T cells and B cells |
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What is the function of suppressor T cells? |
Inhibit the activation and function of both T cells and B cells |
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What is the function of plasma cells? |
Produce and secrete antibodies |
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What is the function of NK cells? |
Recognize and destroy abnormal cells |
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What is the function of stromatolites cells? |
Produce interleukin-7 which promotes the differentiation of B cells |
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What is the function of reticular epithelial cells? |
Maintain the blood thymus barrier and secrete the thymic hormones that stimulate stem cell division and T cells differentiation |
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What is the function of interferons? |
Interfere with viral replication inside the cell and stimulate the activities of macrophages and NK cells |
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What is the function of Pyrogens? |
Reset the body's thermostat causing a rise in body temperature (fever) |
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What is the function of T cells? |
Provide cell mediated immunity which defends against abnormal cells and pathogens inside cells |
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What is the function of B cells? |
Provide humoral immunity which defends against antigens and pathogens in the body (but not inside cells) |
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What is the function of interleukins? |
Enhance nonspecific defenses and increase T cells sensitivity and stimulate B cells activity |
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What is the function of tumor necrosis factor? |
Slow tumor growth and kill sensitive tumor cells |
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What is the function of colony stimulating factor? |
Stimulate the production of blood cells in the bone marrow and lymphocytes in lymphoid tissues and organs |
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What are the three classes of lymphocytes and where does each class originate? |
1. T cells derived from the thymus 2. B cells derived from bone marrow 3. NK cells derived from bone marrow |
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What seven defenses, present at birth, provide the body with the defensive capability known as nonspecific resistance? |
Physical barriers Phagocytic cells Immunological surveillance Interferons Complement Inflammation Fever |
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Compared with nonspecific defenses, specific defenses... |
Protect against threats on an individual basis |
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T cells and B cells can be activated only by? |
Exposure to a specific antigen at a specific site on a cell membrane |
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Class II MHC proteins appear in the cell membrane only when... |
The cell is processing antigens |
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List the four general properties of immunity; give an explanation of each |
Specificity: the immune response is triggered by a specific antigen and defends against only that antigen
Versatility: the immune system can differentiate among tens of thousands of antigens it may encounter during a normal lifetime
Memory: the immune response following the second exposure to a particular antigen is stronger and lasts longer than before
Tolerance: some antigens, such as those on your own cells, don't elicit an immune response
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How does the formation of an antigen antibody complex cause the elimination of an antigen? |
By neutralization, agglutination and precipitation, the activation of phagocytes, optimization, the stimulation of inflammation, or the prevention of bacterial and viral adhesion |
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What effects follow the activation of the complement system? |
The destruction of target cell membranes, the stimulation of inflammation, the attraction of phagocytes. And the enhancement of phagocytosis |
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