Author: Anonymous

  A patient with schizophrenia, paranoid type, yells at the nurse, “They’re all trying to destroy me.  You’re all part of it, aren’t you?”  Which of the following is the best response by the nurse to this patient?

The best definition of heart preload is:

Dehydration (lower water level in blood) can lead to a lower preload.

Which of the following patients will likely have a lower stroke volume:

Baroreceptor releaxes may be triggered by receptors found in the wall of which of the following blood vessels?

Which type of artery would best be suited to perform vasoconstriction and vasodilation, which helps to distribute blood flow?  

Which of the following are prokaryotes?

To assist with venous return, muscles of the lower extremity contract which pushes blood proximally up through valves into large veins near the heart.  This mechanism is called the:  

The raised bundles of muscle found in the wall of the ventricles are called the _____________.

Which organ detects hypoxia and releases a hormone that stimulates the red bone marrow to produce red blood cells?