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Pass CVP Exam 4 with verified answers on kidney function, cardiac physiology, osmoregulation, diving response, and nitrogenous waste excretion.

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CVP EXAM 4 PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT


3 common U/P ratios and what they indicate - correct
answer- U/P = 1 isosmotic
U/P < 1 hyposmotic (dilute urine)
U/P > 1 hyper osmotic (concentrated urine)


Ammonotelic - correct answer- Ammonia or ammonium
is the principal nitrogenous waste product
Most commonly aquatic animals due to high toxicity of ammonia
- enough water to quickly void


Arterioles control the ... ? - correct answer- Blood flow


Atria and ventricles have gap junctions within them. However,
there are no gap junctions between atria and ventricles. Why
not? - correct answer- We don't want atria and
ventricles contracting at the same time!


AV node is attached to a nerve called ... ? - correct answer-
The Bundle of His

,Blood flows the slowest through ... ? - correct answer-
Capillaries


Brackish Water - correct answer- Partially salt and
partially fresh water. Certain fish can adjust to these conditions.
Ex. The Chesapeake bay


Cardiac output equation - correct answer- SV x HR = CO


Cardiac output is higher for which animals: big or small? -
correct answer- Small, all because of their fast heart rates


Compact myocardium in salmon correlates how far ... ? -
correct answer- The salmon must travel


Decompression Sickness - correct answer- Occurs when
person suddenly surfaces. Outgassing of nitrogen causes
macroscopic bubbles to form within the blood


Define bradycardia - correct answer- Heart rate slower
than normal

, Define Co-Transporters - correct answer- For sodium and
glucose (a total of 21)


Define colloids and explain their purpose in the blood -
correct answer- Proteins produced by liver that are sort
of dissolved, but not really - SUSPENDED
We use in the blood to increase osmotic pressure


Define edema - correct answer- Extra fluid leaking out of
the plasma into tissues


Define EDV and ESV and be able to label them on that graph -
correct answer- 1) End Diastolic Volume - 120
- the fullest our ventricle can get
- happens at the end of the relaxation of the ventricle
2) End Systolic Volume - 80


Define elephantiasis - correct answer- Severe edema due
to a lymph vessel blockage
Common in legs because gravity

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