Cardiovascular 2024

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  1. 3. "the silent killer"
  2. 5. nitric oxide causes this
  3. 8. triggered by Angiotensin II
  4. 9. the period of cardiac relaxation
  5. 10. return blood to the heart
  6. 12. pressure created by plasma proteins
  7. 13. The pressure read when the first sounds are heard is ____ pressure
  8. 14. an increased vessel diameter causes _____ resistance
  9. 16. baroreceptors are ___ receptors
  10. 17. most important factor stretching cardiac muscle (2 words)
  11. 18. cardiac cell type that spontaneously depolarizes
  12. 20. "exchange vessels"
  13. 26. the pressure that the ventricles must overcome to eject blood
  14. 27. left sided heart failure causes _____ congestion
  15. 29. control blood pressure by altering blood volume
  16. 30. allow electrical signal to move through heart cells rapidly (2 words)
  17. 32. heart sounds occur when valves ____
  18. 33. an influx of this creates the plateau phase of the contractile myocyte action potential
  19. 35. an abnormal increase in the amount of interstitial fluid
  20. 37. released from kidneys when BP declines
  21. 38. carry blood away from the heart
  22. 39. the pressure exerted by blood on capillary walls
  23. 40. The ___ nervous system increases heart rate and contractility
  24. 41. the period of cardiac contraction
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  1. 1. vessels that pick up fluid from the interstitium
  2. 2. the degree to which cardiac muscle cells are stretched just before they contract
  3. 4. the primary pacemaker cells are located here (2 words)
  4. 6. abbreviation for greatest volume of blood in the ventricle
  5. 7. how respiratory gases cross capillary endothelia
  6. 8. abnormally fast resting heart rate
  7. 11. represents ventricular depolarization on an ECG
  8. 15. right sided heart failure causes ____ congestion
  9. 19. converts Angiotensin I to Angiotensin II
  10. 21. when arterioles constrict, blood pressure ____
  11. 22. resting heart rate slower than 60 beats/min
  12. 23. the cardiovascular center is located here
  13. 24. The ___ nervous system is dominant at the SA node
  14. 25. respiration type the hear relies on
  15. 28. shock caused by major blood or fluid loss
  16. 31. HR x SV
  17. 34. major determinants of systemic blood pressure
  18. 36. keep cardiac myocytes from pulling apart during contraction