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What are three components of the CV system?
What are three components of the CV system?
Where is vascular resistance the greatest?
Where is vascular resistance the greatest?
What is the greatest drop in mean pressure in the cardiovascular system?
What is the greatest drop in mean pressure in the cardiovascular system?
Which component of the nervous system controls resistance at the level of the arterioles?
Which component of the nervous system controls resistance at the level of the arterioles?
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Why is blood velocity the lowest in the capillaries?
Why is blood velocity the lowest in the capillaries?
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What is systolic pressure?
What is systolic pressure?
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What determines diastolic pressure?
What determines diastolic pressure?
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What is pulse pressure?
What is pulse pressure?
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What is mean blood pressure (MBP)?
What is mean blood pressure (MBP)?
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What determines mean arterial blood pressure?
What determines mean arterial blood pressure?
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Which of the following factors determines systolic pressure?
Which of the following factors determines systolic pressure?
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What is diastolic pressure?
What is diastolic pressure?
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What is pulse pressure?
What is pulse pressure?
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What is mean blood pressure (MBP)?
What is mean blood pressure (MBP)?
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Why does mean blood pressure rise during exercise?
Why does mean blood pressure rise during exercise?
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Why is mean blood pressure elevated in people with essential hypertension?
Why is mean blood pressure elevated in people with essential hypertension?
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Which of the following is the correct equation for compliance (C)?
Which of the following is the correct equation for compliance (C)?
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Which of the following is the reciprocal of compliance (C)?
Which of the following is the reciprocal of compliance (C)?
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Which type of blood vessels have high compliance?
Which type of blood vessels have high compliance?
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Which type of blood vessels have lower compliance?
Which type of blood vessels have lower compliance?
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Which of the following is the correct equation for compliance in arteries (Ca)?
Which of the following is the correct equation for compliance in arteries (Ca)?
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What happens to arterial compliance with age?
What happens to arterial compliance with age?
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What is the measure of stiffness in blood vessels?
What is the measure of stiffness in blood vessels?
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What is the ratio used to calculate compliance?
What is the ratio used to calculate compliance?
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What does it mean for a blood vessel to have high compliance?
What does it mean for a blood vessel to have high compliance?
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Which component of the cardiovascular system plays a vital role in accepting the Stroke Volume without allowing arterial pressure to increase excessively?
Which component of the cardiovascular system plays a vital role in accepting the Stroke Volume without allowing arterial pressure to increase excessively?
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What is the primary cause of the transformation of the pressure pulse as it propagates distally along the arterial tree?
What is the primary cause of the transformation of the pressure pulse as it propagates distally along the arterial tree?
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What happens to the pulse pressure as the arterial pressure pulse propagates distally along the arterial tree?
What happens to the pulse pressure as the arterial pressure pulse propagates distally along the arterial tree?
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What happens to the mean blood pressure (MBP) during aortic insufficiency?
What happens to the mean blood pressure (MBP) during aortic insufficiency?
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What happens to the pulse pressure during aortic stenosis?
What happens to the pulse pressure during aortic stenosis?
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What happens to arterial compliance with age?
What happens to arterial compliance with age?
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What happens to pulse pressure with age?
What happens to pulse pressure with age?
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What happens to arterial compliance in individuals with systemic hypertension?
What happens to arterial compliance in individuals with systemic hypertension?
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What happens to end-diastolic volume (EDV) and stroke volume (SV) in individuals with A-V fistula?
What happens to end-diastolic volume (EDV) and stroke volume (SV) in individuals with A-V fistula?
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What happens to pulse pressure in individuals with arteriosclerosis?
What happens to pulse pressure in individuals with arteriosclerosis?
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What is the relationship between compliance and arterial pressure?
What is the relationship between compliance and arterial pressure?
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What determines the pulse pressure in the arterial system?
What determines the pulse pressure in the arterial system?
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What happens to pulse pressure when stroke volume increases?
What happens to pulse pressure when stroke volume increases?
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What is the relationship between stroke volume and mean blood pressure (MBP)?
What is the relationship between stroke volume and mean blood pressure (MBP)?
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What causes the transformation of the pressure pulse as it propagates distally along the arterial tree?
What causes the transformation of the pressure pulse as it propagates distally along the arterial tree?
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What happens to pulse pressure in individuals with aortic insufficiency?
What happens to pulse pressure in individuals with aortic insufficiency?
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What happens to pulse pressure in individuals with systemic hypertension?
What happens to pulse pressure in individuals with systemic hypertension?
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What happens to pulse pressure in individuals with A-V fistula?
What happens to pulse pressure in individuals with A-V fistula?
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What happens to arterial compliance with arteriosclerosis?
What happens to arterial compliance with arteriosclerosis?
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