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Does decreased cardiac amount mean accumulation of blood to tissues/cells?
Does decreased cardiac amount mean accumulation of blood to tissues/cells?
I'm trying to understand cardiac output.
So, to my knowledge, decreased cardiac output = less blood being ejected by the heart/ventricles per minute, right?

What does that mean, specifically? Does that mean more blood is accumulated somewhere else? Like in the tissues/cells..lungs?

If blood is accumulated somewhere else...for example the kidneys ..doe
Anatomy and Physiology   aartistc   674   Asked 8 years ago
Trying to check some questions, any help is appreciated
Trying to check some questions, any help is appreciated
1)Meninges are ______.
   A. Bacterial infections of the CNS    
   B. Connective tissue coverings around the central nervous system    
   C. Synapses between CNS neurons and the post-synaptic membranes of other neurons    
   D. Non-neuronal cells in the CNS that help regulate ionic concentrations of their ECF
(my guess is B)

2)The dorsal root ganglia contain
Anatomy and Physiology   Abby30   1368   Asked 12 years ago
PhysioEx Quiz 4 - Exercise 10
PhysioEx Quiz 4 - Exercise 10
1) Compensation of metabolic alkalosis includes which of the following?
----excreting bicarbonate ion in the renal system and retaining carbon dioxide through the respiratory system.
2) Metabolic acidosis results in __
------hyperventilation.
3) Which metabolic rate resulted in metabolic acidosis?
-------80 kcal/hr
4) Which of the following occurred whe
Anatomy and Physiology   acjakecraw   580   Asked 11 years ago
Physio EX 9.0 EXERCISE 11 act 2
Physio EX 9.0 EXERCISE 11 act 2
Which of the following had the fastest sedimentation rate?

    the individual suffering a myocardial infarction " answer "
    the healthy individual
    the individual with angina pectoris
    the individual with sickle cell anemia

Which sample did NOT settle at all in one hour?

    the healthy individual
    the individual with si
Anatomy and Physiology   acyonkeu   1504   Asked 11 years ago
physio EX 9.0 EXERCISE 11 act 3
physio EX 9.0 EXERCISE 11 act 3
Recall that the normal range for the hematocrit for a female is 37 - 47%, and the normal range for the hemoglobin level for a female is 12 - 16 g/100 ml. Describe hemoglobin and hematocrit values for the female with iron-deficiency anemia.

    The hemoglobin was normal, and the hematocrit was below normal.
    They were both normal.
    They were both below normal.
Anatomy and Physiology   acyonkeu   5427   Asked 11 years ago
physio EX 9.0 EXERCISE 11 act 4
physio EX 9.0 EXERCISE 11 act 4
Which blood sample contained the universal recipient?

    sample 5 " answer "
    sample 2
    sample 3
    sample 4
    sample 1

Which of the following terms can be used interchangeably?

    antigen and agglutinogen " answer "
    antigen and antibody
    antigen and agglutinin
    agglutinogen and agglutinin
Anatomy and Physiology   acyonkeu   2657   Asked 11 years ago
Muscle insertion (pes anserinus)
Muscle insertion (pes anserinus)
When my professor was teaching us the OIAs for the muscle I noticed that for the insertion of the sartorius, gracilis, semitendinosus were all differently worded for the same insertion. I refused to memorize them that way because I found out that they all form one single tendon at the insertion point. This tendon is known as the "pes anserinus"
Just a helpful fact wh
Anatomy and Physiology   AdamCooper   1396   Asked 12 years ago
CASE STUDY
CASE STUDY
Patient Case
A 50-year old woman presents to the emergency room with a 24-hour history of
abdominal pain that began approximately one hour after a reportedly large dinner. The
pain began as a dull ache in the epigastrium but then localized in the right upper
quadrant. She reports some nausea but no vomiting. Since her arrival to the ER, the
pain has decr
Anatomy and Physiology   adoma   333   Asked 10 years ago
CASE STUDY
CASE STUDY
Patient Case
A 47-year-old white male is admitted to the emergency room with a 36-hour history of
lower abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. The patient describes the pain as crampy
in nature and notes that his abdomen has become distended over the last 12 hours. His
last bowel movement was three days prior to presentation. His past medical history
reve
Anatomy and Physiology   adoma   858   Asked 10 years ago
case study on urinary system
case study on urinary system
It took the diagnosis of high blood pressure (hypertension) at the age of 45 to shock Max into taking better care of himself. A former college football player, he had let himself go, eating too much junk food, drinking too much alcohol, sitting on his chubby bottom for the majority of the last two decades, and even indulging in the frequent habit of smoking cigars. Max’s physician h
Anatomy and Physiology   adoma   6261   Asked 10 years ago
How does the patient’s blood pH, PO2, PCO2, oxygen saturation levels, and bicarbonate levels ...
How does the patient’s blood pH, PO2, PCO2, oxygen saturation levels, and bicarbonate levels ...
Case Questions
Note: While you will work on these in your groups, each student is also responsible for submitting an individual writeup of answers to these questions after class.
1. Th ere is a likelihood that the patient has acquired pneumonia since she exhibited shortness of breath and has
been in contact with family members who had been coughing and were treated
Anatomy and Physiology   adoma   4770   Asked 10 years ago
Urinary system clinical question
Urinary system clinical question
Koji collapses is in the final leg of a full 26 mile marathon and is rushed to a hospital with acute renal dysfunction. A blood test shows elevated serum potassium levels, lowered serum sodium levels, and a decrease in the GFR. How are these symptoms related to the marathon?
Anatomy and Physiology   aholmes   1111   Asked 8 years ago
Name and describe the functions of the two contractile, two regulatory, and one structural protein m
Name and describe the functions of the two contractile, two regulatory, and one structural protein m
Just working on this question and I cant seem to figure out what that strcutural protein molecule is seen in skeletal muscle fibers??

Question
Name and describe the functions of the two contractile, two regulatory, and one structural protein molecules seen in skeletal muscle fibers?

I know what the two contractil and two regulatory proteins are but have n
Anatomy and Physiology   alexa_daneluk   863   Asked 12 years ago
What would you predict is the % solutes in our interstitial fluids? Explain.
What would you predict is the % solutes in our interstitial fluids? Explain.
 Grinning Face What would you predict is the % solutes in our interstitial fluids?  Explain why you chose the answer you chose. 
Anatomy and Physiology   Amandae26   469   Asked 7 years ago
Match each drug, disease or condition in the left column to its mechanism of action...
Match each drug, disease or condition in the left column to its mechanism of action...
I.   Matching

Instruction: Match each drug, disease or condition in the left column to its mechanism of action in the right column. Mark the correct letter from the right column in the blank to the left of each numbered item in the left column.
______ (1) Zyban         A. Blocks voltage-gated Na channelsfewer impulses

______ (2) Smoking cigarettes   B. Blocks reupt
Anatomy and Physiology   Amandae26   309   Asked 7 years ago
Oxygen-hemoglobin Dissociation Curve
Oxygen-hemoglobin Dissociation Curve
only a few questions left.... any help on the question below would be wonderful!!  Smiling Face with Open Mouth Wink Face


You have decided to ascend to the summit of Mount Everest where the partial pressure of oxygen in the atmosphere has been estimated to be about 54 mmHg. Once you breathe in this air, the partial pressure of oxygen in the alveoli drops even lower than this due to displacemen
Anatomy and Physiology   Basford   5347   Asked 11 years ago
Where can I find blank review exercise sheets?
Where can I find blank review exercise sheets?
I need the excercise sheets because I purchased the book but the sheets have already been torn off.  Please help.
Anatomy and Physiology   belkyn   928   Asked 11 years ago
Your friend has just taken up running and is complaining of pain as he rubs dors
Your friend has just taken up running and is complaining of pain as he rubs dors
Your friend has just taken up running and is complaining of pain as he rubs dorsal regions of his feet. As an astute anatomy and physiology student, provide your friend with an explanation for his current condition.
Anatomy and Physiology   Bio237STU   1215   Asked 9 years ago
virtual lab expirement
virtual lab expirement
I need the answers to physioEX virtual lab experiment 3: neurophysiology of nerve impulses
Anatomy and Physiology   biofo   732   Asked 10 years ago
Calculation of GFR, ceatinine, and creatinine clearance
Calculation of GFR, ceatinine, and creatinine clearance
A man's leg was crushed between a car bumper and a wall. His physicians believe their patient has suffered kidney damage from myoglobin blocking glomerular pores. Tests showed the following results:
    plasma creatinine:    30 mg/100 mL plasma
    24 hour urine specimen:    volume = 1 liter
    urine creatinine&n
Anatomy and Physiology   BioStudent1011   1973   Asked 10 years ago
Which of the following is NOT characteristic of muscle spindles?
Which of the following is NOT characteristic of muscle spindles?
Which of the following is NOT characteristic of muscle spindles?


A. excite both alpha and gamma motor neurons
B. eventually synapses with alpha motor neurons that innervate extrafusal muscle fibers
C. have gamma motor neurons that innervate internal fibers
D. maintain muscle tone at rest through tonic activity
E. found at the junction of tendons
Anatomy and Physiology   Bio_gurl   450   Asked 9 years ago
Mrs. jackson a 59 year of woman has undergone aleft radical mastectony. Her left arm is severly swo
Mrs. jackson a 59 year of woman has undergone aleft radical mastectony. Her left arm is severly swo
ch 20 CT 1&2
1.) Mrs. jackson  a 59 year of woman has undergone aleft radical mastectony. Her left arm is severly swollen and painful and she is unable to it to more than shoulder height. a.) explain her signs and symptoms
b.) can she expect to have releif from these symptoms in time? How

2.) A friend tells you that she has tender, swollens" along
Anatomy and Physiology   blflorey   706   Asked 11 years ago
Clinical Case
Clinical Case
A 19 year old man is admitted to the emergency room with a stab wound to the lateral aspect of his left thorax along the midaxillary line (i.e. along the coronal plane through the mid-thorax). Palpation reveals that the puncture passes through the sixth intercostal space. It is obvious that the blade has punctured the lung, causing a pneumothorax.
Part A. Moving from superfici
Anatomy and Physiology   blopez1128   457   Asked 10 years ago
Jake was rabbit hunting with some friends, and accidentally got shot... (Nerves and reflexes)
Jake was rabbit hunting with some friends, and accidentally got shot... (Nerves and reflexes)
Jake was rabbit hunting with some friends, and accidentally got shot with buckshot in his left thigh. At the ER, the nurse recorded that Jake could not hold his weight on that leg, and had no sensation on the posterior thigh and lower leg. The doctor tested Jake's reflexes and found his patellar reflex to be intact, but his posterior leg reflexes such as the calcaneal (Achilles
Anatomy and Physiology   body_atlas   490   Asked 8 years ago
List the membranes from smallest to largest pore size.
List the membranes from smallest to largest pore size.
I answered it, with my lab group but do not understand, is it just because they are in order, or is there another reason.
Question is, " List the membranes (MWCO#) from smallest to largest pore size. Explain your answer
(cite evidence from the data collected to support your answer) The MWCO#'s are 20,100,50,200

My answer: 20,50,100,200-Just goes in o
Anatomy and Physiology   bosslady   1527   Asked 11 years ago
Case study: Driving Can Be Dangerous to Your Health
Case study: Driving Can Be Dangerous to Your Health
3) Are your ideas consistant with her blood pressure and heart rate?

4) What conditions cause contraction of the bronchiole and (pulmonary) arteriole smooth muscle?
Anatomy and Physiology   Brainiac34   2138   Asked 11 years ago
Case study: Driving Can Be Dangerous to Your Health
Case study: Driving Can Be Dangerous to Your Health
1) What would V/Q scan tell the doctor about airflow thru the affected part of the lung. 

2) What would V/Q scan tell the doctor about pulmonary blood flow to the affected part of the lung.
Anatomy and Physiology   Brainiac34   7039   Asked 11 years ago
Case study: Driving Can Be Dangerous to Your Health
Case study: Driving Can Be Dangerous to Your Health
1) What would V/Q scan tell the doctor about airflow thru the affected part of the lung. 

2) What would V/Q scan tell the doctor about pulmonary blood flow to the affected part of the lung.
Anatomy and Physiology   Brainiac34   2729   Asked 11 years ago
can someone answer this
can someone answer this
The receptor is activated by the input signal that is the -------- this signal causes a biochemical change in the cell.  Name three of the 5 possible changes listed.


Two examples of hormonal regulations of hormone secretion include: 1. The negative  feedback  of t3 and t4 to decrease ------levels; and 2) the negative  feedback  of cortisol
Anatomy and Physiology   Brainiac34   1065   Asked 11 years ago
Renal System Physiology: Computer Simulation
Renal System Physiology: Computer Simulation


Hello I am new to this and I was trying to search for my version of Renal System Physiology: Computer Simulation because i was having some trouble with it but I found this other website that helped a lot! Since this awesome website doesn't seem to have it, I wanted to make it even more awesome so I'll add it to here Slight Smile
Anatomy and Physiology   brender1   3590   Asked 12 years ago
help please
help please
Evaluate and distinguish between the anatomical and functional divisions of the nervous system.
Devise a detailed description of the structure and functions of each organelle in a typical neuron.
Distinguish the locations and functions of the four neuroglial cells in CNS and the two neuroglial cells in PNS.
Categorize the structure of the spinal cord to its function.
Anatomy and Physiology   brown hair   380   Asked 9 years ago
PhysioEx 9.0 - Exercise 10 - Answers
PhysioEx 9.0 - Exercise 10 - Answers
ACTIVITY 1:  Hyperventilation   Answers
1.   A substance that dissolves in water to release hydrogen (H+) ions is called a(n) _______.   Acid
2.   Which of the following is not a regulatory mechanism for acid/base balance in the body?
a.   the kidneys
b.   the respiratory system      
c.   protein buffers
d.   the digestive system   D. The digestive system
3.   The m
Anatomy and Physiology   bryant.rileysr.1   40284   Asked 12 years ago
From anterior to posterior, put the nerves issuing from the brachial plexus of t
From anterior to posterior, put the nerves issuing from the brachial plexus of t
From anterior to posterior, put the nerves issuing from the brachial plexus of the pig in proper order (i.e., the median, radial, and ulnar nerves)
Anatomy and Physiology   bubble1981   556   Asked 7 years ago
Recall that Jim could see boats on either side of him. Trace the image of the boats to perception. ...
Recall that Jim could see boats on either side of him. Trace the image of the boats to perception. ...
Recall that Jim could see boats on either side of him. Trace the image of the boats to perception. (include all focusing, transduction, transmission, and perception processes and structures



Identify the components of the homeostatic control system that is keeping Jim's body cool and then explain specifically how that system works, including the message sy
Anatomy and Physiology   caitisscal   1009   Asked 7 years ago
essay question
essay question
need some help with this essay question please???

In the laboratory, an isolated skeletal muscle (with its nerve attached) is placed in a solution that contains no calcium ions. The researcher then attempts to cause the muscle to contract two different ways.

Directly stimulating and depolarizing the muscle's sarcolemma
Stimulating the nerve that leads
Anatomy and Physiology   candie07   825   Asked 10 years ago
What are the functions of variscosity in the two neuron chain?
What are the functions of variscosity in the two neuron chain?
Hi!

What are some functions of the variscosity in the two neuron chain?
Anatomy and Physiology   ccwm   637   Asked 9 years ago
Threshold and Graded Response
Threshold and Graded Response
Why doesn't the muscle respond at lower voltages?

We dissected the gastrocnemius from a frog and ran some experiments on it. This experiment was incrementally increasing the stimulus voltage to see the response in tension. I know this is because the threshold is not reached, but I don't know how to explain this physiologically?

Why doesn't the mu
Anatomy and Physiology   ChelsM   747   Asked 12 years ago
Explain the importance of Ringer's solution (essential electrolytes in physiological saline) in main
Explain the importance of Ringer's solution (essential electrolytes in physiological saline) in main
Physioex 90. Exercise 6 Activity 3
1. Explain the importance of Ringer's solution (essential electrolytes in physiological saline) in maintaining the autorythmicity of the heart?

2. Describe the effect of lower tempature on heart rate?
The lower tempatures slows down the heart rate and decreases the amount of blood flow & oxygen to the body. Eventually
Anatomy and Physiology   cheryljalette   2160   Asked 11 years ago
Explain, physiologically, in terms of pressure and resistance, why the graph shown at the end of ...
Explain, physiologically, in terms of pressure and resistance, why the graph shown at the end of ...
Explain, physiologically, in terms of pressure and resistance, why the graph shown at the end of step 8 of activity 4 has a different shape than all of the other graphs examined so far in this lab exercise.


Anatomy and Physiology   chevyman87   353   Asked 7 years ago
Describe the role of sodium in the cardiac action potential. Explain, physiologically, what would ...
Describe the role of sodium in the cardiac action potential. Explain, physiologically, what would ...
I am in much need of help for this lab. Especially number 1 and number 5. Here are the questions.

1. Describe the role of sodium in the cardiac action potential. Explain, physiologically, what would happen to the cardiac action potentials if sodium channels were blocked from functioning


5. After completing activity 5, compare the results in your data tabl
Anatomy and Physiology   chevyman87   413   Asked 7 years ago
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