Nephrons are the filtering units found in the

A series of tests used to identify pathogenic microorganisms and determine their susceptibility to various antibiotics is called a:

Which type of diagnostic agent helps to visualize abnormal cells

Diuretics are most commonly used in surgery to:

Which term indicates abnormally low potassium concentration in the blood?

The abbreviation MRSA means

A patient comes to the hospital with severe cramping.  A routine blood test determines that he has an elevated potassium level.  This elevated potassium level may have which effects on cardiac output?

Baroreceptor releaxes may be triggered by receptors found in the wall of which of the following blood vessels?

During which phase of the cardiac cycle does the tricuspid valve open?

To assist with venous return, muscles of the lower extremity contract which pushes blood proximally up through valves into large veins near the heart.  This mechanism is called the: