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What is the approximate total peripheral resistance in Wood units if the cardiac output is 6 L/min and the mean arterial pressure is 90 mmHg?
What is the approximate total peripheral resistance in Wood units if the cardiac output is 6 L/min and the mean arterial pressure is 90 mmHg?
Which of the following is a characteristic of the capillary network?
Which of the following is a characteristic of the capillary network?
What percentage of blood volume is present in the pulmonary circulation?
What percentage of blood volume is present in the pulmonary circulation?
Which of the following is a characteristic of the pulmonary circulation?
Which of the following is a characteristic of the pulmonary circulation?
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What is the feature that is numerically similar in the systemic and pulmonary circulations?
What is the feature that is numerically similar in the systemic and pulmonary circulations?
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What is the total peripheral resistance (TPR) in Wood units for Bill, given his hemodynamic data?
What is the total peripheral resistance (TPR) in Wood units for Bill, given his hemodynamic data?
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What is the characteristic of the vascular bed of an organ?
What is the characteristic of the vascular bed of an organ?
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What happens to blood flow to an organ if all arterioles of the organ vasoconstrict?
What happens to blood flow to an organ if all arterioles of the organ vasoconstrict?
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What is the effect of a decrease in the number of arterioles on organ resistance?
What is the effect of a decrease in the number of arterioles on organ resistance?
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What is the relationship between total peripheral resistance and blood pressure?
What is the relationship between total peripheral resistance and blood pressure?
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What is the primary factor responsible for the large pressure loss across arterioles?
What is the primary factor responsible for the large pressure loss across arterioles?
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Which of the following equations is used to calculate cardiac output (CO) using the Fick principle?
Which of the following equations is used to calculate cardiac output (CO) using the Fick principle?
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What is the term for the pressure measured in the pulmonary artery when the balloon is inflated, which estimates the left atrial pressure?
What is the term for the pressure measured in the pulmonary artery when the balloon is inflated, which estimates the left atrial pressure?
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What is the term for the resistance to blood flow in the systemic circulation?
What is the term for the resistance to blood flow in the systemic circulation?
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What is the term for the amount of blood ejected by the left ventricle per beat, which is normalized by body surface area (BSA) to obtain the stroke volume index (SVI)?
What is the term for the amount of blood ejected by the left ventricle per beat, which is normalized by body surface area (BSA) to obtain the stroke volume index (SVI)?
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