Exam 30: Transport and Exchange 1: Blood and Breath

What is the relationship of bone marrow to the cardiovascular system?

What technique is used to separate blood into plasma and formed elements?

Which factor contributes to plaque formation in coronary arteries?

People with high blood pressure often take medication to lower blood pressure.Some of these medications might do this by:

Which vessels are structurally suited for the central purpose of allowing substances to pass in and out of them through their entire lengths?

Pulmonary ventilation occurs because of pressure differences between the lungs and the external environment.

The coronary arteries that bring blood to the heart branch off from the:

Because they are cell fragments,not cells,platelets are a component of plasma,not a formed element.

When the thoracic cavity gets smaller,the pressure inside the lungs increases.

Which of the following usually drain blood from a capillary bed?

Why does exchange occur only in capillaries and not in arteries or veins?

During gas exchange,oxygen and carbon dioxide always move:

Arteries branch into smaller and smaller arteries until they become small-diameter ________ that enter the capillary bed.

The trachea branches into left and right bronchioles.

Which structure contains deoxygenated blood?

Many people regularly donate plasma.Which of the following substances is not given when the plasma is donated?

The movement of air in and out of the lungs is called:

Which of the following may be found in blood plasma?

Ions in plasma are also known as electrolytes.

What force is most important in returning blood back to the heart in the veins?