Cardiovascular — Flashcards

Flashcard 201: Catecholamines are transported into pre-synaptic vesicles by the _____ transporter

Answer: (VMAT) vesicular monoamine

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Autonomics (Indirect Sympathomimetics)

Flashcard 202: A negative chronotropic effect _____ heart rate

Answer: decreases

Flashcard 203: In cases of severe neuronal damage (ex. herniation / diffuse axonal injury) below the red nucleus, patients can present with _____ motor posturing

Answer: decerebrate

Flashcard 204: Which reflex is mediated by CN II and III (afferent and efferent, respectively)? _____

Answer: Pupillary light reflex

Flashcard 205: Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) is secreted by cells of the _____ nuclei of the hypothalamus

Answer: paraventricular

Extra: Other:

Flashcard 206: Which hormones use cAMP as their secondary messenger? _____

Answer: (FLAT ChAMP's CHuGG) FSH LH ACTH TSH CRH hCG ADH (V2) MSH PTH Calcitonin Histamine (H2-receptor) Glucagon GHRH

Flashcard 207: In the muscle stretch reflex, stretch increases afferent impulses via _____ nerve fibers

Answer: Ia

Flashcard 208: When a blood vessel is injured, _____ binds exposed subendothelial collagen

Answer: von Willebrand factor (vWF)

Flashcard 209: Exposure to cold temperatures causes _____ sympathetic nervous system activity

Answer: increased

Flashcard 210: One function of cholecystokinin is to increase _____ of the gallbladder

Answer: contraction