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Which of the following is the most significant source of blood flow resistance? Blood vessel
diameter
Which of the following processes provides a long term response to changes in blood pressure?
Renal regulation
Fever ______. Production is regulated by chemicals that reset the body's thermostat to a
higher setting
As part of a physiology experiment on the effects of ground level CO2 on asthma patients, you
decide to measure the partial pressure of CO2 right outside of University Center. On a
particularly clear, lovely day, you find that CO2 comprises nearly 7% of the ground level air,
oxygen comprises 20%, and water vapor makes up 2%. If the total atmospheric pressure on this
lovely day is 760 mmHg, what is the partial pressure of CO2? 53.2 mmHg
Complement proteins and antibodies coat a microorganism and provide binding sites, enabling
macrophages and neutrophils to phagocytize the organism. This phenomenon is termed
________. Opsonization
Which of the following refers to the movement of air into and out of the lungs> Pulmonary
respiration
, Which of the choices below only reflects the balance or imbalance between the direction and
amount of fluid that flows across the capillary walls? Hydrostatic and osmotic pressure
The walls of the alveoli are composed of two types of cells, type I and type II. The function of
type II is to ________. Secrete surfactant
Which tunic of an artery is most responsible for maintaining blood pressure and continuous
blood circulation? Tunica media
In the plasma, the quantity of oxygen is solution is _______. Only about 1.5% of the oxygen
carried in blood
Reduction in the concentration of albumin in blood plasma would alter capillary exchange by
________. Decreasing colloid osmotic pressure and edema will occur
Permitting the exchange of nutrients and gases between the blood and tissue cells is the
primary function of ________. Capillaries
Tidal volume is air ________. Exchanged during normal breathing
The chemical and mechanical processes of food breakdown are called ______. Digestion