Cardiovascular — Flashcards

Flashcard 361: Erythropoiesis occurs in the _____ from 18 weeks to adulthood

Answer: bone marrow

Flashcard 362: Which layer of the heart wall is most vulnerable to hypoxia/ischemia? _____

Answer: Subendocardium (LV)

Flashcard 363: Oxytocin causes contraction of _____ in the breast, forcing milk stored in the mammary alveoli into the ducts for ejection

Answer: myoepithelial cells

Flashcard 364: Which androgen is responsible for libido? _____

Answer: Testosterone

Flashcard 365: In which type of immunity is microbial resistance not heritable? _____

Answer: Adaptive immunity

Flashcard 366: What unique antibodies in plasma do patients with the AB blood type have? _____

Answer: none

Flashcard 367: Stress causes increased secretion of _____ and _____, particularly in the absence of insulin

Answer: epinephrine

Extra: * causes stress hyperglycemia

Flashcard 368: During the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle, basal body temperature _____ due to the effect of progesterone on the hypothalamic temperature set-point

Answer: increases

Flashcard 369: Severing or injuring the pituitary stalk leads to _____ serum prolactin levels *bonus: why?

Answer: increased

Flashcard 370: What is the major factor determining autoregulation of blood flow to the resting skeletal muscle? _____

Answer: Sympathetic innervation