Cardiovascular — Flashcards

Flashcard 181: The _____ is a fast, neurally mediated mechanism of regulating arterial pressure

Answer: baroreceptor reflex

Flashcard 182: Which thyroid hormone (T3 or T4) is more active? _____

Answer: T3

Flashcard 183: Which female sex steroid is responsible for spiral artery development? _____

Answer: Progesterone

Flashcard 184: The pituitary hormone _____ acts on the Sertoli cells to maintain spermatogenesis

Answer: FSH

Flashcard 185: _____ is the enzyme responsible for oxidation and organification of iodide

Answer: Thyroid peroxidase

Flashcard 186: How does ECF volume change with diarrhea? _____

Answer: Decreased

Extra: * due to isotonic net loss of Na+ + H2O -> ECF contracts, while ICF remains normal Other: Goljan

Flashcard 187: Gamma motoneurons innervate _____-fusal muscle fibers

Answer: intra

Flashcard 188: Depending on the severity of diffuse axonal injury, patients may present with _____

Answer: motor posturing

Flashcard 189: Blood flows from the pulmonary artery to the _____ for oxygenation

Answer: lungs

Flashcard 190: The _____ lobe of the cerebellum spans through the vermis and lateral hemispheres

Answer: flocculonodular