Anatomy and Physiology III Midterm Exam Prep
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
Neutrophil - ✔️✔️Which of the following formed elements of the blood is a phagocyte?
stored iron in the liver, muscle and spleen - ✔️✔️Ferritin is a protein used
Arteries - ✔️✔️Elastic laminas are found in the walls of which type of blood vessel?
Hepatic vein - ✔️✔️Which blood vessel carries deoxygenated blood from the liver to the
inferior vena cava?
Great saphenous vein - ✔️✔️The majority of venous blood from the integumentum and
superficial muscles of the legs returns to the heart by the
Kidney - ✔️✔️The hormone Erthropoetin is synthesized and release by this organ
Iron - ✔️✔️Bleeding frequently results in a clinical deficiency of this ion
both atria contract simultaneously with ventricles contracting slightly later - ✔️✔️The
sequence of contraction of the heart chambers is
Tachycardia - ✔️✔️Uncontrolled, rapid heart contractions that do not fully empty the chambers
of the heart of blood is called?
Pericardial fluid - ✔️✔️This is used to reduce friction between the layers of membranes
surrounding the heart during the normal cardiac cycle
Vagus nerve (x) - ✔️✔️Stimulation of this cranial nerve slows the heart rate
the coronary arteries - ✔️✔️The myocardium receives its oxygenated blood supply from
internal iliac vein - ✔️✔️Which vein drains blood from the external genitals and pelvic cavity?
closure of the heart valves - ✔️✔️Normal heart sounds are caused by which of the following
events?
four - ✔️✔️One hemoglobin molecule has _____ heme (iron) groups
tricuspid valve - ✔️✔️The atrioventricular valve that is located on the side of the heart that
receives blood from the superior vena cava is called the
reticulocytes - ✔️✔️Immature red blood cells are called
lungs - ✔️✔️The right and left pulmonary arteries carry blood to the
the intestines to the liver - ✔️✔️The hepatic portal system transports blood from
SA node - ✔️✔️The "master" pacemaker cells of the heart are located in the
100 - ✔️✔️The mean arterial pressure of a person with a systolic pressure of 160 and a
diastolic pressure of 70 is
4.2L - ✔️✔️The cardiac output of a person with a stroke volume of 60ml and a cardiac rate of
70 beats/minute is
pump blood with greater pressure - ✔️✔️The left ventricular wall of the heart is thicker than
the right ventricular walls in order to
both white blood cells and platelets - ✔️✔️The buffy coat found when a tube of whole blood is
spun in a centrifuge contains
maintain/increase the osmotic pressure of the blood - ✔️✔️Plasma proteins that remain in the
blood of the capillaries help
internal jugular vein - ✔️✔️Blood from most of the brain is drained via the
superior vena cava - ✔️✔️The blood vessel that receives blood from the head, neck, chest,
shoulders and arms is the
veins - ✔️✔️Which of the following classes of blood vessels contain the largest proportion of
the body's blood
venous return to the heart increases - ✔️✔️During aerobic exercise such as running
edema - ✔️✔️Swelling of a tissue due to accumulation of fluids due to excess hydrostatic
pressure within the capillary bed of the tissue is referred to as
genitals - ✔️✔️The internal iliac arteries carry blood to the
production of oxygen - ✔️✔️Which of the following is NOT a major function of the blood
transportation of nutrients
regulation of blood pH
protection against infectious diseases
transportation of heat
production of oxygen
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