Cardiovascular — Flashcards

After ~120 days, red blood cells are removed by macrophages of the _____ system

Blood from the hypothalamus that contains high concentrations of hypothalamic hormones is delivered directly to the _____

How does decreased efferent parasympathetic firing (e.g. baroreceptor reflex) affect heart rate?_____

What type of nerve fibers (2) sense proprioception in the medial dorsal horn of the spinal cord? _____

Ferrous (Fe2+) iron within the duodenal cell is transported into the blood by the _____ transporter

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

How does plasma protein concentration change with isotonic NaCl infusion? _____

Myelin wraps and insulates axons, thus _____ the time constant

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

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