Cardiovascular — Flashcards

Flashcard 111: Type _____ muscle fibers are increased in proportion after weight/resistance training and sprinting

Answer: II

Flashcard 112: Which female sex steroid is responsible for uterine smooth muscle relaxation? _____

Answer: Progesterone

Flashcard 113: Gastrin secretion is stimulated by vagal stimulation via the neuropeptide _____

Answer: gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP, bombesin)

Flashcard 114: _____ is the ability of cardiac cells to initiate action potentials in response to inward, depolarizing current

Answer: Excitability

Flashcard 115: _____ flows from the central vein towards the portal triad

Answer: Bile

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 116: How does Thyroxine-Binding Globulin change in pregnancy and with OCPs? _____

Answer: Increase

Flashcard 117: The pulsatile pattern of GnRH after puberty drives a parallel pulsatile secretion of both _____ and _____ by the anterior pituitary

Answer: FSH

Flashcard 118: The _____ system mediates consciousness, wakefulness, attentiveness

Answer: reticular activating

Flashcard 119: Loss of which hormones/neurotransmitters are implicated in the pathogenesis of achalasia? _____

Answer: NO and VIP

Flashcard 120: Fever in inflammation is mediated by _____, which raises the temperature setpoint

Answer: PGE2