Exam 13: The Vascular System

The function of the lining of an artery is to:

To compensate for a small loss of blood, the kidneys will ____________________.

The effect of the hormone aldosterone on blood pressure is to:

If venous return decreases, cardiac output will ____________________.

Capillaries are the site of ____________________ between the blood and tissues.

In pulmonary capillaries, ____________________ diffuses from blood to air, and ____________________ diffuses from air to blood.

Arteries carry blood from the ____________________ to ____________________.

In the fetus, the ductus arteriosus permits blood to flow:

Slow blood flow is important to:

Which statement is NOT true of the structure of arteries and veins?

In capillaries, osmosis is the process by which:

Following a small loss of blood, the heart will:

Which of the following does NOT have capillary networks?

In capillaries, nutrients dissolved in plasma are brought to tissues by the process of:

During exercise, blood flow to the skin will:

Blood flow is slowest in ____________________, and this is important to permit enough ____________________ for exchanges of materials.

In pulmonary circulation, blood is pumped to the lungs by the ____________________, and returns to the ____________________ of the heart.

In hepatic portal circulation, blood from the ____________________ and the ____________________ flows through the ____________________ before returning to the heart.

Starling's law of the heart states that when cardiac muscle fibers are stretched, they will ____________________.

Hypertension is considered to be a blood pressure that is consistently higher than ____________________.