Cardiovascular — Flashcards

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

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

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

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

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

Which female sex steroid prevents endometrial hyperplasia?_____

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

What is the effect (up- or down-regulation) of estrogen on LH, estrogen, and progesterone receptors? _____

_____ are oscillating membrane potentials inherent to the smooth muscle cells of some parts of the GI tract

The _____ reflex refers to an increase in mass movements due to the presence of food in the stomach