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Which of the following laws establishes quality standards for laboratory testing and determines what level of complexity labs can perform?

The diagram below represents a blood vessel.  Pressures along the vessel are given.  Where would blood flow be highest?  Assume resistance is the same along the entire vessel:  

  Patient HR SV (mL) CO (L/min) Opal 72 66.67 4.8 June 80 60 4.8 Harold 62 77.4 4.8 Melvin 112 42.9 4.8 Archie 97 49.5 4.8 If June’s Stroke Volume increased to 65 mL, what would her cardiac output be?

Blood always moves from areas of higher pressure to areas of lower pressure.

Which lymphatic organ filters the blood?

  Patient HR SV (mL) CO (L/min) Opal 72 66.67 4.8 June 80 60 4.8 Harold 62 77.4 4.8 Melvin 112 42.9 4.8 Archie 97 49.5 4.8 If Opal’s EDV increased but her heart rate and contractility remained the same, what would happen to her cardiac output?

If blood pressure is 123/76, what is the pulse pressure?

  Patient HR SV (mL) CO (L/min) Opal 72 66.67 4.8 June 80 60 4.8 Harold 62 77.4 4.8 Melvin 112 42.9 4.8 Archie 97 49.5 4.8 d Which of your patients would benefit most from a medication that increases contractility?  

Pretend you are a drop of blood.  Put the blood vessels in the order you would move pass through them after exiting the heart:

You are treating a patient in the ER with a mean arterial pressure (MAP) of 24.5 mmHg.  Why is this a problem?