Circulatory system & tissue fluid multiple choice questions

Circulatory System & Tissue Fluid

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What correctly describes an event in the cardiac cycle that directly follows atrial systole?

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The contraction of the heart is coordinated through electrical impulses passing through the cardiac muscle.

What is the correct order of part of the sequence of these impulses?

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What happens during ventricular systole in a mammalian heart?

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What happens during ventricular diastole?

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Which features allow an artery to resist changes in the pressure of blood flowing through it?

1 - smooth endothelium

2 - thick elastic layer in the artery wall

3 - thick layer of muscle in the artery wall

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Which statements are correct?

1 - tissue fluid has less protein and no red blood cells compared to plasma

2 - lymph may contain lipids, carbon dioxide and phagocytes

3 - tissue fluid contains glucose, amino acids, urea and carbon dioxide

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Which statement about the blood flow in the cardiac cycle is correct?

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Why is the mammalian circulatory system described as a double circulation?

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Which statement correctly compares blood plasma and tissue fluid in a healthy person?

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Which statements about arteries are correct?

1 - artery walls can resist high pressure

2 - arteries pump blood out of the heart

3 - blood in arteries has the same flow rate as in veins

4 - the pulse in arteries is the result of a surge in blood that causes expansion of the artery wall

5 - there are semilunar valves at the junction of arteries with the heart

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