Fill in the blanks: The coronary arteries are the first branches off the ________. The right coronary artery becomes the ________ on the posterior side of the heart. The left coronary artery branches into the ________ and the ________.

The lowest pressure in the systemic circuit occurs in the:

a. Arteries

b. Arterioles

c. Capillaries

d. Venules

e. Veins

The two pressures within the systemic arterial circuit are the_____ pressure and _____ pressure. The difference between these two pressures is the_____ pressure.

Which of the following would produce a decrease in blood pressure?

a. Increased cardiac output

b. Vasodilation

c. Vasoconstriction

d. Increased blood volume

Which of the following factors would increase peripheral resistance?

a. Increased blood viscosity

b. Shorter vessel

c. Vasodilation

d. An increase in vessel radius

Match the following terms with the correct definition.

____ Auricle      

____ Aorta      

____ Coronary sinus       

____ Papillary muscle      

____ Fossa ovalis     

____ Pectinate muscle      

____ Venae cavae      

____ Pulmonary trunk      

____ Chordae tendineae      

____ Pulmonary veins 

a. Drainage point for the coronary veins

b. Extensions that attach papillary muscles to valves

c. Remnant of a hole present in the fetal interatrial septum

d. Two largest veins of the systemic circuit

e. Flaplike extension from the right or left atrium

f. Finger-like projections of ventricular muscle

g. Main artery of the pulmonary circuit

h. Veins that drain the pulmonary circuit

i. Largest artery of the systemic circuit

j. Ridges of muscle in the atria

Ms. Rodgers has been diagnosed with secretion of inappropriate ADH syndrome (SIADH). What effect will SIADH have on the amount of water in her body? What symptoms would you expect from this condition? How would it affect her blood pressure and net filtration pressure?