Blog

Dr. Hansen goes to the doctor for her routine annual physical. The exam begins with the nurse taking her vitals. Her blood pressure is 102/71. Her heart is beating 73 times per minute. Prior to each contraction, there is 160 ml of blood in her left ventricle, and 55 ml remains in the ventricle after the heart contracts. What is Dr. Hansen’s cardiac output?

Arteriography of an elderly patient’s left renal artery shows narrowing of the radius of the artery by 50%. What is the expected change in local blood flow through this occluded artery?

How would a decreased end-diastolic volume affect mean arterial pressure?

Compared to resting conditions, how does exercise affect blood flow to the gastrointestinal tract?

Which of the following is not a property of glycolytic fibers compared to oxidative fibers?

How would a muscarinic agonist affect mean arterial pressure?

Place the following events of synaptic transmission in the correct order. (0.5 point each)

How would an increased arteriolar diameter affect mean arterial pressure?

Opening of T-type calcium channels ________.

Is increased membrane potassium permeability a direct result of increased cAMP in contractile cardiac cells?