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The death of cardiac tissue from lack of blood flow is commonly known as a heart attack, but clinically called a _____________________.

_________________ is the initial stretching of the cardiac myocytes (muscle cells) prior to contraction. It is related to ventricular filling.   ________________  is the force or load against which the heart has to contract to eject the blood.

Which of the following proteins is NOT normally found in the plasma?

Which of the following cannot cause edema?

Which of the following is not a layer of an artery or vein?

The coronary blood vessels are part of the ________________ circuit of the circulatory system. (Be careful)

The plateau in the action potential of cardiac muscle results from the action of ___________________________.

___________________________ happens when the endothelium becomes damaged, due to factors such as smoking, high blood pressure, high levels of glucose, fat, or cholesterol in the blood. This damage allows a collection of substances, known as __________________, to build up in the artery wall of ________________________________

A woman’s first pregnancy is normal but her second pregnancy results in hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN).  The second child needed a transfusion to completely replace the agglutinating blood.  The mother is most likely type ____________________ and both children are most likely _____________ for the D antigen.

The net filtration pressure (NFP) represents the interaction of the hydrostatic and osmotic pressures, driving fluid out of the capillary.  Why does this happen?