Cardiovascular — Flashcards

Flashcard 271: Which trigeminal nerve nuclei forms the sensory limb of the jaw jerk reflex? _____

Answer: Mesencephalic nucleus

Flashcard 272: Which type of immunity includes macrophages and monocytes? _____

Answer: Innate immunity

Flashcard 273: What is the effect of estrogen on LH, estrogen, and progesterone receptors? _____

Answer: Up-regulation

Flashcard 274: Oxytocin causes _____ from the breast when stimulated by suckling

Answer: ejection of milk

Flashcard 275: Activation of A1 receptors in the myocardium by adenosine _____ outward K+ current

Answer: increases

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Cardiovascular (Antiarrhythmics)

Flashcard 276: What effect does glucagon have on insulin secretion? _____

Answer: Increased

Flashcard 277: Contractility, or _____, is the intrinsic ability of myocardial cells to develop force at a given muscle length

Answer: inotropism

Flashcard 278: Epinephrine causes _____ diastolic pressure

Answer: decreased

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Autonomics (Sympathomimetics)

Flashcard 279: Glucose-insulinotropic peptide causes increased release of _____ in response to a(n) oral glucose load (endocrine effect)

Answer: insulin

Flashcard 280: Why is weight loss a first-line treatment for PCOS? _____

Answer: Decreases insulin resistance

Extra: * hyperinsulinism (PCOS is one cause) sensitizes androgen-producing theca cells to LH