PMY 302 BLOCK 2 (week 1) Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions
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PMY 302
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PMY 302
PMY 302 BLOCK 2 (week 1) Exam Study
Guide with Complete Solutions
hypertension - Answer️️ -most prominent risk factor in developing cardiovascular
disease, BP increases as we age which puts everyone at risk for development
normal blood pressure - Answer️️ -systolic <120mmHg and Diast...
secondary hypertension - Answer✔️✔️-Identifiable cause (usually due to another illness),
possibility to treat cause directly which can "cure" the patient
consequences of hypertension - Answer✔️✔️-myocardial infarction, heart failure and
angina development, kidney disease risk, stroke and arterial pressure rising
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, how is arterial pressure measured? - Answer✔️✔️-cardiac output x Peripheral resistance
the direct benefits of lowering blood pressure will - Answer✔️✔️-decrease the individual
from the risk of heart disease
life style modifications available to tx hypertension - Answer✔️✔️-weight loss, sodium
regulations, DASH diets, alcohol restriction, aerobic exercises and smoking cessation
principal determinants of BP - Answer✔️✔️-arterial pressures (CO X peripheral
resistances) and Cardiac outputs (heart rate, myocardial contractility, blood volumes
and venous returns)
systems that regulate BP - Answer✔️✔️-sympathetic baroreceptor reflexes, RAAS, renal
regulation
decreases in BP will cause activation of - Answer✔️✔️-sympathetic nervous system and
vasopressin release
activation of sympathetic nervous system due to a decrease in BP will cause -
Answer✔️✔️-increase in renin release and activation of smooth muscles to increase HR
and TPR
renin release due to sympathetic nervous system stimulation will activate - Answer✔️✔️-
angiotension I which will then activate angiotension II to effect the kidney and increase
volume production
retentions of water and sodium will lead to - Answer✔️✔️-increases in blood volume and
ICF
B-blockers and peripherally acting sympatholytics cause effects to which organ? -
Answer✔️✔️-The heart (decreasing force and rate of contractions); decreases CO
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