KAAP 180 EXAM 3 VERIFIED STUDY GUIDE
Affinity - Answers - a spontaneous or natural liking for something
Erythrocyte - Answers - red blood cell
High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE) - Answers - a condition in which the brain swells
with fluid because of the physiological effects of traveling to a high altitude
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema - Answers - a condition where there is abnormal
accumulation of fluid in the lungs when ascending to higher altitudes
Left ventricular wall thickness - Answers - determines stroke volume
Angiogenesis - Answers - the development of new blood vessels
Asthma - Answers - a respiratory condition marked by spasms in the bronchi of the
lungs, causing difficulty in breathing - usually results from hypersensitivity
Cardiorespiratory fitness - Answers - component of physiologic fitness that relates to the
ability of the circulatory and respiratory systems to supply oxygen during
Carotid bodies - Answers - small cluster of chemoreceptor cells
Chemoreceptors - Answers - sensory receptor that translates a chemical substance into
a biological signal
Chronic obtrusive pulmonary disease (COPD) - Answers - chronic inflammatory lung
disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs
Nitric oxide - Answers - vasodilator
Sherpa - Answers - a person of Tibetan ancestry in Nepal, who serves as the traditional
mountain guide of the Mount Everest region
Porter - Answers - a person employed to carry loads
Circulation - Answers - moves energy substrates and hormones, and removes
metabolic wastes like CO2 and blood lactate
Heart valves - Answers - separate chambers of the heart and control direction of blood
flow
Myocardium - Answers - heart muscle
, Pacemaker cells - Answers - a group of cells that generate electrical impulses to initiate
the heart's contractions
Arterial circuit - Answers - carries oxygenated blood
Venous circuit - Answers - returns deoxygenated blood to the heart
Coronary artery - Answers - supplies blood to the heart
Pulmonary circuit - Answers - carries blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the
heart
Systemic circuit - Answers - carries blood from the heart to the organs and back
Capillaries - Answers - fine branching blood vessels that increase surface area for
exchange of substances across membranes
Right atrium - Answers - Receives deoxygenated blood from the body
Right ventricle - Answers - sends blood to lungs to oxygenate
Left atrium - Answers - receives oxygenated blood from the lungs
Left ventricle - Answers - sends oxygenated blood to the body
Blood pressure - Answers - peripheral resistance to blood flow
Systolic - Answers - blood pressure in the arteries during contraction
Diastolic - Answers - blood pressure during ventricular relaxation
Sphgmomanometer - Answers - measures blood pressure
Syncope - Answers - fainting
BP response to exercise - Answers - it will rise linearly because the blood is pumped
against added resistance of contracted muscles
Cardiac output (Q) - Answers - the volume of blood pumped per minute (HR x SV)
Stroke volume - Answers - volume of blood pumped per beat (dependent on left
ventricle size)
Vasoconstriction - Answers - contraction of smooth muscle in arteries to reduce blood
flow - during exercise there will be a redistribution of blood flow so that essential
mechanisms receive ample amounts
Affinity - Answers - a spontaneous or natural liking for something
Erythrocyte - Answers - red blood cell
High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE) - Answers - a condition in which the brain swells
with fluid because of the physiological effects of traveling to a high altitude
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema - Answers - a condition where there is abnormal
accumulation of fluid in the lungs when ascending to higher altitudes
Left ventricular wall thickness - Answers - determines stroke volume
Angiogenesis - Answers - the development of new blood vessels
Asthma - Answers - a respiratory condition marked by spasms in the bronchi of the
lungs, causing difficulty in breathing - usually results from hypersensitivity
Cardiorespiratory fitness - Answers - component of physiologic fitness that relates to the
ability of the circulatory and respiratory systems to supply oxygen during
Carotid bodies - Answers - small cluster of chemoreceptor cells
Chemoreceptors - Answers - sensory receptor that translates a chemical substance into
a biological signal
Chronic obtrusive pulmonary disease (COPD) - Answers - chronic inflammatory lung
disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs
Nitric oxide - Answers - vasodilator
Sherpa - Answers - a person of Tibetan ancestry in Nepal, who serves as the traditional
mountain guide of the Mount Everest region
Porter - Answers - a person employed to carry loads
Circulation - Answers - moves energy substrates and hormones, and removes
metabolic wastes like CO2 and blood lactate
Heart valves - Answers - separate chambers of the heart and control direction of blood
flow
Myocardium - Answers - heart muscle
, Pacemaker cells - Answers - a group of cells that generate electrical impulses to initiate
the heart's contractions
Arterial circuit - Answers - carries oxygenated blood
Venous circuit - Answers - returns deoxygenated blood to the heart
Coronary artery - Answers - supplies blood to the heart
Pulmonary circuit - Answers - carries blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the
heart
Systemic circuit - Answers - carries blood from the heart to the organs and back
Capillaries - Answers - fine branching blood vessels that increase surface area for
exchange of substances across membranes
Right atrium - Answers - Receives deoxygenated blood from the body
Right ventricle - Answers - sends blood to lungs to oxygenate
Left atrium - Answers - receives oxygenated blood from the lungs
Left ventricle - Answers - sends oxygenated blood to the body
Blood pressure - Answers - peripheral resistance to blood flow
Systolic - Answers - blood pressure in the arteries during contraction
Diastolic - Answers - blood pressure during ventricular relaxation
Sphgmomanometer - Answers - measures blood pressure
Syncope - Answers - fainting
BP response to exercise - Answers - it will rise linearly because the blood is pumped
against added resistance of contracted muscles
Cardiac output (Q) - Answers - the volume of blood pumped per minute (HR x SV)
Stroke volume - Answers - volume of blood pumped per beat (dependent on left
ventricle size)
Vasoconstriction - Answers - contraction of smooth muscle in arteries to reduce blood
flow - during exercise there will be a redistribution of blood flow so that essential
mechanisms receive ample amounts
