Consider how molecules move into or out of a red blood cell.  To prevent an uneven distribution of ions as _____________ moves into the plasma, _________ shifts into the red blood cell.

___________________________ is the stiffening of arteries correlated with age and disease, caused primarily by cumulative free radical damage and tissue deterioration.

What does the term “vasomotion” mean?

Blood flows more slowly near the blood vessel wall than it does at the center of the vessel.  This is called

Which of the following cannot cause edema?

The blood contained in a ventricle during isovolumetric relaxation is

Veins physically located within large muscle groups undergo compression as the muscles surrounding them contract, and they become decompressed as the muscles relax. Therefore, with normal cycles of contraction and relaxation, the veins are alternately compressed and decompressed pushing blood back to the heart.     What is being described in this statement?

The net filtration pressure (NFP) represents the interaction of the hydrostatic and osmotic pressures, driving fluid out of the capillary.  Why does this happen?

Assume that one ventricle of a child’s heart has an EDV of 90ml, an ESV of 60 ml, and a cardiac output of 2.55 L/min.  What are the child’s stroke volume (SV), ejection fraction, and heart rate (HR)? SV = EDV – ESV CO = bpm x SV Ejection Fraction = SV / EDV

Which of the following is not a type of capillary?