Cardiovascular System — Flashcards

Increased sympathetic discharge causes, increases venous tone and mean systemic filling pressure, and causes a(n) _____ in venous return

Cardiac output is _____ immediately following delivery.

When the value of Reynold s number is 2000-3000, the flow is said to be _____

Increase in blood pressure at the beginning of the Valsalva maneuver is due to increase in intrathoracic pressure adding to _____ pressure.

Among the fetal blood vessels, the _____ has the lowest oxygen concentration.

_____ can be responsible for Bezold Jarisch reflex.

Fick principle, _____, and ECHO can be used to measure cardiac output.

In Baroreceptor reflex pathway, Nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) releases _____

Hypothyroidism leads to a decrease in myocardial contractility and pulse rate, resulting in _____ stroke volume and bradycardia.

Low blood pressures tend to _____ and high blood pressures become _____ as the individuals grow older.