Most ventricular filling occurs ______________________.

Veins physically located within large muscle groups undergo compression as the muscles surrounding them contract, and they become decompressed as the muscles relax. Therefore, with normal cycles of contraction and relaxation, the veins are alternately compressed and decompressed pushing blood back to the heart.     What is being described in this statement?

Which of the following is not a layer of an artery or vein?

What is the most important force driving filtration at the arterial end of a capillary?

The death of cardiac tissue from lack of blood flow is commonly known as a heart attack, but clinically called a _____________________.

What happens when the cardio-inhibitory center and the vasomotor centers of the brain receive stimulation from baroreceptors?

Blood flows more slowly near the blood vessel wall than it does at the center of the vessel.  This is called

Which of the following decreases blood pressure?

The coronary blood vessels are part of the ________________ circuit of the circulatory system. (Be careful)

The plateau in the action potential of cardiac muscle results from the action of ___________________________.