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___________________________ 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 ________________________________

Electrical signals pass quickly from one cardiomyocyte to another through the _________________ of the intercalated discs.

Which of the blood vessels receives blood directly from the right ventricle?

Assume that one ventricle of a child’s heart has an EDV of 90ml, an ESV of 60 ml, and a cardiac output of 2.55 L/min.  What are the child’s stroke volume (SV), ejection fraction, and heart rate (HR)? SV = EDV – ESV CO = bpm x SV Ejection Fraction = SV / EDV

Where is the greatest volume of blood in the body?

Blood flows faster in a venule than in a capillary because venules

The velocity of the blood flow decreases if

Near the venous end of the capillary, the ______________________________ has dwindled to about 18 mm Hg due to loss of fluid. Because the ____________________________________________  remains steady at 25 mm Hg, water is drawn into the capillary from the interstitial fluid, that is, _____________________________ occurs. 

Which of the following does not move substances across capillary walls?

During isovolumetric contraction, the pressure in the ventricles _____________________.