Cardiovascular — Flashcards

Which androgen is responsible for the growth spurt, including growth of the penis, seminal vesicles, sperm, and muscle? _____

Hematopoiesis occurs via a stepwise maturation of CD-_____+ hematopoietic stem cells

Which female sex steroid prevents endometrial hyperplasia?_____

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

As the lower esophageal sphincter relaxes, the orad stomach also relaxes, a phenomenom known as _____

The anterior hypothalamus is controlled by the _____ nervous system

What is the effect of estrogen on production of coagulation factors? _____

Sweat glands are part of the sympathetic pathway, but the innervating postganglionic sympathetic fibers release _____

The injected influenza vaccine induces a _____ response (humoral and/or cell-mediated)

The synthesis of growth hormone is inhibited by _____, its release-inhibiting hormone