Cardiovascular — Flashcards

Flashcard 11: Cones are characterized by _____ acuity and _____ sensitivity

Answer: high

Flashcard 12: Most of the deoxygenated blood from the fetal SVC is conducted to the _____ via the ductus arteriosus, which bypasses the lungs

Answer: descending aorta

Flashcard 13: _____ contractions of GI smooth muscle are periodic contractions followed by relaxation

Answer: Phasic

Flashcard 14: Which female sex steroid is responsible for the maintenance of pregnancy? _____

Answer: Progesterone

Extra: Other:

Flashcard 15: The _____ is the contractile unit of the myocardial cell

Answer: sarcomere

Extra: Other:

Flashcard 16: Gastrin is secreted from _____ cells in the antrum of the stomach and the duodenum

Answer: G

Flashcard 17: What is the effect of M2 muscarinic agonists on heart rate? _____

Answer: Decreased HR (SA node)

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Autonomics (Cholinomimetics)

Flashcard 18: Which type of sensory receptor is characterized as a dendritic ending with a capsule? _____

Answer: Ruffini corpuscle

Flashcard 19: Activation of which adrenergic receptor increases production of insulin? _____

Answer: β2

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Endocrine (diabetes)

Flashcard 20: The primary event that initiates puberty is the onset of pulsatile secretion of _____ from the hypothalamus

Answer: GnRH