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Hypertrophy is best described as

An increase in cell size and organelles within the cell to meet functional demands

Net filtration, at the capillary level is dictated by

hydrostatic pressure and plasma proteins in serum

What is the substance released from a clot that that will activate the lysing of a thrombus?

Plasminogen

Which statement best describes the bodys response to acidosis

Hydrogen and bicarbonate combine to form carbonic acid and rise pH

What is another name for platelets?

thrombocytes

Which is not an effect of exercise on oxygen affinity?

An increase in pH

The more acidic the blood, the more readily hemoglobin...

releases oxygen

The administration of a tissue plasminogen activator will result in

fibrinolysis

The combination of throbin and calcium results in

fribrin clot formation

The digestive tract is restrained and prevented from tangling by a structure called the

mesentery

At which point does the first rib articulate individually with the first thoracic vertebra?

transverse process and vertebral body

The artery that divides to form the right carotid and subclavian arteries is the

innominate

Which system is responsible for collecting venous blood and nutrients absorbed by the bowel and transporting them to the liver?

portal system

Which of the following strengthen and stabilize the spinal column against excessive lateral bending, rotation, and flexion?

interspinous lligaments

Which of the following articulates with the ribs and serves as a site for muscle attachment?

transverse process

The muscles that contract during breathing to enable an increased AP diameter are the

External intercostal muscles

During inspiration changes in intrathoracic pressure normally result in

falling blood pressure and falling pulse strength

Dyspnea is associated

left side heart

Pink frothy sputum is associated

left side heart

Fine inspiratory crackles on osculation is associated

left side heart

Swelling of the feet is associated

right side heart

Jugular vein distention is associated

right side heart

Hepatomegaly is associated

right side heart

Sacral edema is associated

right side heart

Alpha receptors are

Sympathetic

Tachycardia is

Sympathetic

Norepinephrine is

Sympathetic

C10 nerve

Parasympathetic

Postgaglionic acetylcholine

Parasympathetic

Vegetative functions

Parasympathetic