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When deoxygenated blood returns from circulation, it passes through the heart chambers and valves in what order?
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RA > mitral valve > RV > pulmonary valve > LA > tricuspid valve > LV > aortic valve
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RA > tricuspid valve > RV > pulmonary valve > LA > mitral valve > LV > aortic valve
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LA > mitral valve > LV > pulmonary valve > RA > tricuspid valve > RV > aortic valve
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LA > pulmonary valve > LV > tricuspid valve > RA > aortic valve > RV > mitral valve
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What artery directly provides the blood supply to the heart?
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subclavian artery
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coronary arteries
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interlobular artery
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pulmonary artery
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What is the correct order of an vein's structure, starting from the layer closest to the lumen?
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endothelium > internal elastic lamina > tunica media > tunica adventitia
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epithelium > tunica muscularis > serosa > vaso vasorum > tunica media
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endothelium > tunica adventitia > internal elastic lamina . tunica media
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epithelium > tunica adventitia > serosa > tunica media > external elastic lamina
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What provides proteins to nourish a capillary's endothelium?
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pericytes
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endothelial cell
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internal elastic lamina
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basal lamina
Frage 5
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Sympathetic vasoconstrictor fibers are located in which arterial layer?
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tunica media
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tunica adventitia
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tunica intima
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internal elastic lamina
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What are known as capacitance vessels?
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veins
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arterioles
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capillaries
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large arteries
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Which part of the capillary has the lowest filtration rate?
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What is considered the pacemaker of the heart?
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sinoatrial node
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atrioventricular node
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purkinje system
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aortic valve
Frage 9
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What is the correct order of conduction of the cardiac system?
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SA node > atria > AV node > purkinje system > ventricular muscle
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SA node > purkinje system > AV node > ventricular muscle > atria
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AV node > atria > SA node > purkinje system > ventricular muscle
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AV node > purkinje system > SA node > ventricular muscle > atria
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What causes the "funny" current?
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calcium using leaky channels to enter the cell
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opening of potassium channels
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sodium using leaky channels to enter the cell
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opening of calcium channels
Frage 11
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Once threshold is hit during a pacemaker action potential, which ion channels open?
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What is the electrochemical link that allows cardiac muscle to act as a functional syncytium?
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"Fast" type action potentials occur in which cardiac region?
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Which cardiac tissue has a shorter action potential duration?
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pacemaker
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ventricular tissue
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AV valves are open during which stage(s) of the cardiac cycle?
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ventricular diastole only
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ventricular diastole and atrial systole
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ventricular systole only
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ventricular systole and atrial systole
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What valves are open during the isovolumetric phase of the cardiac cycle?
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Overall, diastole makes up approximately what fraction of the cardiac cycle?
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Aortic pressure is highest during
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atrial systole
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ventricular systole
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isovolumetric phases
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ventricular diastole
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The dicrotic notch is caused by
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the closure of the aortic valve
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the closure of the pulmonary valve
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the bulging of the AV valves
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the closure of the AV valves
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"Lub dub" is often used to describe the heart sounds of the cardiac cycle. What causes the "dub?"
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The QRS complex of an electrocardiogram refers to
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Using an ECG, what defines a first degree AV block?
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What would cause a decrease in heart rate?
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An abnormally low heart rate is known as
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bradycardia
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tachycardia
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normocardia
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arrhythmia
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What could cause a lowered ventricular ejection fraction?
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Which would increase cardiac output?
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Preload is synonymous with
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venous pressure
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arterial pressure
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peripheral resistance
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arterial volume
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The energy of contraction of a cardiac muscle fiber is proportional to the initial fiber length at rest. This is known as
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bohr's law
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starling's law
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wolff's law
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poiseuille's law
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Which of the following is a short-term regulator of blood pressure?
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What type of myocytes directly respond to both sympathetic and parasympathetic stimulation?
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What type of innervation would result in decreased inotropy?
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Baroreceptors are located in which layer of the arterial wall?
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tunica adventitia
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tunica media
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basal lamina
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endothelium
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Baroreceptors are located in the
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How would a decrease in blood pressure affect baroreceptor firing?
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baroreceptor firing would rapidly increase during the change in pressure but eventually stabilize at a slightly faster firing rate
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there would be a brief halt in firing during the change in blood pressure with a lowered rate of firing after the change
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baroreceptor firing would be unaffected
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baroreceptor firing would rapidly increase during the change but eventually stabilize at a lowered firing rate
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Changes in blood pressure are sensed by which part of the brain?
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medulla oblongata
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pons
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cerebral cortex
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hypothalamus
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What would activate the renin-angiontensin-aldosterone system (RAAS)?
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What regulates vasopressin release?
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What is NOT caused by natriuretic peptide release?
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'Internal transfusion' occurs during
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Which type of thrombosis has a large platelet component?
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arterial thrombosis
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venous thrombosis
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all types of thromboses
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What would inhibit platelet adhesion?
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increased release of serotonin
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increased thromboxane synthesis
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increase in platelet cGMP
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decrease in platelet cAMP
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What is the enzymatic process in platelet adhesion involving the conversion of proenzymes to active enzymes?
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coagulation cascade
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haemostasis
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contact activation
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fibrinolysis
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Which of the following is an endogenous anticoagulant?
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thromboxane
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ATIII
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serotonin
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ADP
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Which of the following would inhibit coagulation?
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Which drug acts independently of ATIII?
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hirudin
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heparin
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LMW heparin
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Which parasite can cause pulmonary thromboembolism in dogs?
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Toxocara
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Dirofilaria
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Leishmania
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Filaroides
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Which lead is most commonly displayed on an ECG?
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Lead I
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Lead II
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Lead III
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Lead IV
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Which pulse site is more sensitive to lowered blood pressure?
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peripheral
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central
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there is no difference
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While monitoring anesthesia for a patient during an orthopaedic procedure, you noticed the O2 saturation is at 99% while EtCO2 is 80 mmHg as well. Is the patient well ventilated? Which value would determine this?
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No because of the high EtCO2
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No because of the high O2
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Yes because of the high O2
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Yes because of the high EtCO2