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The oxygen content of arteries in the pulmonary circulation is high.

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of white blood cells?


A) have nuclei and mitochondria
B) have amoeboid movement
C) can leave blood vessels
D) makes up the major formed element

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Blood globulins include which of the following types?


A) alpha globulins
B) beta globulins
C) gamma globulins
D) All apply.

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Bipolar limb lead three uses the


A) left and right arms.
B) left arm and left leg.
C) right arm and left leg.
D) left arm and right leg.

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The amount of blood ejected by the ventricles per beat is termed the


A) cardiac output.
B) end diastolic volume.
C) blood pressure.
D) stroke volume.

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The production and conduction of action potentials in the heart produces a recordable tracing of the electrical activity of the heart called a(n)


A) EMG.
B) depolarization.
C) heart scan.
D) ECG.

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What type of cell found in the blood produces antibodies?


A) monocyte
B) plasma cell
C) basophil
D) neutrophil

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Which of the following is NOT a cause of circus rhythm?


A) damage to the myocardium
B) certain cells coming out of the refractory period too quickly
C) shortened myocardial cells
D) an electrical shock in the middle of a T wave

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Polymorphonuclear leukocytes are also known as


A) basophils.
B) neutrophils.
C) eosinophils.
D) monocytes.

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The S-T segment of an ECG represents


A) atrial depolarization.
B) passage of the electrical impulse to the atrioventricular node.
C) ventricular depolarization.
D) the plateau phase of the myocardial action potential.

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The pulmonary veins return oxygen depleted blood to the right atrium.

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Heart murmurs may be caused by _______,a condition in which valves are thickened and calcified.


A) stenosis
B) fibrillation
C) regurgitation
D) septal defect

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Blood clot dissolution is stimulated by tissue thromboplastin.

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Ventricular depolarization


A) occurs prior to atrial depolarization.
B) appears as the T wave on an ECG.
C) appears as the P wave on an ECG.
D) occurs after atrial depolarization.

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Vitamin K is needed for


A) proper clotting factor function.
B) directly activating fibrinogen.
C) directly stabilizing the fibrin polymer.
D) activating antithrombin III.

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Closure of the atrioventricular valves occurs at the end of diastole/beginning of systole.

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The process of blood cell formation is


A) leukocytosis.
B) polycythemia.
C) hematopoiesis.
D) hemogenesis.

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What part of the heart's conduction system acts as the primary pacemaker?


A) SA node
B) AV node
C) Bundle of His
D) Purkinje fibers

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Kallikrein is the active form of plasminogen.

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When Ca2+ release channels in the sarcoplasmic reticulum of the heart are opened by an increase in Ca2+ in the cytoplasm,this is referred to as


A) calcium-induced fibrillation.
B) calcium-stimulated depolarization.
C) calcium-stimulated calcium release.
D) calcium-induced repolarization.

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