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allows blood to flow directly from the right atrium into the left atrium to bypass
pulmonary circulation - ANSWER foramen ovale

carries blood from the umbilical vein to inferior vena cava; allows some blood to
bypass the liver - ANSWER ductus venosus

atrial contraction; systole; p wave - ANSWER atrial depolarization

max volume of air that can be exhaled following maximal inhalation - ANSWER
vital capacity

allows blood in pulmonary artery to flow directly into the descending aorta to
bypass the pulmonary circulation - ANSWER ductus arteriosus

ventricular relaxtion; diastole; t wave - ANSWER ventricular repolarization

most important stimulus for the release of aldosterone - ANSWER renin

volume of air in lungs following maximal inhalation - ANSWER total lung
capacity

provides oxygenated blood to brain - ANSWER circle of willis

aorta; left pulmonary veins; left atrium; left ventricle; bicuspid - ANSWER
structures that carry oxygenated blood (left heart)

pulmonary arteries; vena cava; right atrium; right ventricle; tricuspid - ANSWER
structures that carry unoxygenated blood (right heart)

transport unoxygenated blood from the fetus to the placenta - ANSWER
umbilical arteries

transports oxygenated blood from the placenta to the fetus - ANSWER umbilical
vein

volume of air that remains in lung after forceful exhalation - ANSWER residual
volume

ventricular contraction; systole; qrs complex - ANSWER ventricular
depolarization

located between left ventricle and left aorta - ANSWER aortic semilunar valve

,located between right ventricle and pulmonary artery - ANSWER pulmonic
semilunar

two semilunar valves - ANSWER pulmonary and aortic

pushes blood out of the heart into the pulmonary trunk-lungs - ANSWER right
ventricle

stimulates peristalsis in muscle layer of digestive tract - ANSWER parasystemic
system-smooth muscle

decreases thoracic and lung volume and increases pressure in the lungs - ANSWER
on exhalation

space between the vocal cords - ANSWER glottis/rima glottidis

vagus nerve effects - ANSWER sa node

pacemaker of the heart - ANSWER SA node

right heart pumps blood to the - ANSWER pulmonary circulation

acetylcholine; rest; decrease temp; hyperkalemia; hypocalcemia; parasympathetic
nervous system - ANSWER factors that decrease heart rate

norepinephrine; epinephrine; stress; increase in temp; anticholinergic drugs;
hypokalemia; hypercalcemia - ANSWER factors that increase heart rate

Left AV valve - ANSWER Bicuspid

what substance is secreted in urine to decrease bloods ph - ANSWER bicarbonte
ions

what substance is secreted in urine to increase bloods ph - ANSWER hydrogen
ions

plasma protein albumin is produced by - ANSWER liver

volume of blood pumped from one ventricular of the heart with each beat -
ANSWER stroke volume

volume of blood being pumped by heart, in particular by a left or right ventricle in
the time of one minute - ANSWER cardiac output

vagus nerve - ANSWER decreases heart rate

,Right AV valve - ANSWER Tricuspid

septum between right and left atria - ANSWER foramen ovale

eliminated when we have acidosis - ANSWER hydrogen ions

only structure of respiratory tract that is part of digestive system - ANSWER
pharynx

protein inside red blood cells that carry oxygento cells and carbon dioxide to the
lungs - ANSWER hemoglobin

loss of negative intrapleural pressure - ANSWER collapses lung

measured during normal quiet breathing - ANSWER tidal volume

coronary arteries and veins are part of - ANSWER systemic circulation

located between right atrium and right ventricle - ANSWER right av

Lower chambers of the heart and pump blood out of the heart - ANSWER
ventricles

muscles of respiration relax and allow the ribs and diaphragm to return to their
original positions - ANSWER on exhalation

located between the atria and ventricles on each side of heart - ANSWER
atrioventricular veins

left heart pumps blood to the - ANSWER systemic circulation

pushes blood out of the heart into the aorta-body - ANSWER left venteicle

small hole in septum - ANSWER foramen ovale

collects nutrient rich, deoxygenated blood to the liver - ANSWER hepatic portal
vein

excess sodium in the blood and is result of excess water loss - ANSWER
hypernatremia

stimulates the reabsorption of sodium and water; stimulates the excretion of
potassium; acts primarily on the distal tubule - ANSWER aldosterone

forward movement of food is caused by - ANSWER peristalsis

partially surround the trachea for its entire length and serve to keep it open -

, ANSWER c-shaped srings sof scartilage

located sbehind sthe soral scavity sand sbetween sthe snasal scavities sand sthe slarynx s-
ANSWER pharynx

causes sbronchodilation s- sANSWER s sympathetic-epinn/norepin

water ssoluble svitamins s- sANSWER s s B sand sC
s




relaxation sof sinternal ssphincter s- sANSWER s involuntary

protein sis sdigested s- sANSWER
s s stomach sand sduodenum

enzyme sthat sbreaks sdown sstarch s- sANSWER s s amylase
s




caused sby sclosing sof ssemilunar svalves s- sANSWER 2nd sheart ssound

caused sby sclosing sof sthe sav svalves s- sANSWER 1st sheart ssound
s




Causes sbronchoconstriction s- sANSWER Parasympathetic-acetylcholine

lower sthan snormal samount sof spotassium sin sthe sblood s- sANSWER hypokalemia

chemical salteration sof sfood s- sANSWER chemical sdigestion
s




breakdown sof slarge sfood sparticles sinto ssmaller spieces s- sANSWER mechanical
sdigestion




controls sthe sdiaphragm s- sANSWER s phrenic snerve

chief smuscle sof sinspiration s- sANSWER s diaphragm
s




enzyme sthat sdigests sfat s- sANSWER s s lipase
s




excess spotassium sin sthe sblood s- sANSWER hyperkalemia

decrease sin sthe sconcentration sof splasma ssodium s- sANSWER hyponatremia

fluid slocated sin sthe sintracellular sspace s- sANSWER cytoplasm
s




Lowers scalcium slevels s- sANSWER Calcitonin1

stimulates sthe sreabsorption sof swater s- sANSWER adh
s




pharynx sis ssuperior sto sthe s- sANSWER larynx
s




digests, sabsorbs, ssecrets shormones sand sdigestive senzymes s- sANSWER functions
sof ssmall sintestine

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