Anatomy Questions
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The coronary veins empty blood from the myocardium into a large vein on the posterior side of the heart known as the __________.
The tiny white cords that anchor the cusps or flaps of endocardium to the walls of the ventricles are called the ________.
lack of adequate blood supply to the heart is called
A decrease in the elasticity of blood vessels (i.e., increase in rigidity) causes arterial blood pressure to __________.
smallest blood vessels known as _______ connect arterioles and venules
hormone epinephrine and thyroxine will cause the heart rate to:
growth hormone, prolactin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, thyroid-stimulating, luteinizing hormone, follicle- stimulating hormone
sinoatrial node, located in the right atrium of the heart is often called
during diastole, the heart rate is:
when ventricles _________ the AV valves are closed
A heart rate of over 100 beats per minute is called:
crushing chest pain caused by oxygen deprivation of the myocardium is called
cardiac output is the product of __________ & __________
generalized hyposecretion of all adrenal cortex hormones leads to:
male sex hormones produced by the adrenal cortex are called ________.
this hormone plays an important role in incubating a special group of white blood cells
hypersecretion of glucocorticoids, often caused by a tumor results in
polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia are indicative of:
mineralocorticoids regulate the concentration of these two ions in our blood
cortisone and cortisol are types of ________ produced by the middle cortical layer of the adrenal gland.