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

The blood contained in a ventricle during isovolumetric relaxation is

___________________________ happens when the endothelium becomes damaged, due to factors such as smoking, high blood pressure, high levels of glucose, fat, or cholesterol in the blood. This damage allows a collection of substances, known as __________________, to build up in the artery wall of ________________________________

The net filtration pressure (NFP) represents the interaction of the hydrostatic and osmotic pressures, driving fluid out of the capillary.  Why does this happen?

A woman’s first pregnancy is normal but her second pregnancy results in hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN).  The second child needed a transfusion to completely replace the agglutinating blood.  The mother is most likely type ____________________ and both children are most likely _____________ for the D antigen.

The cessation of bleeding occurs in three phases.  They are:

During isovolumetric contraction, the pressure in the ventricles _____________________.

Which of the following does not move substances across capillary walls?

Blood often flows into a capillary bed from

Intercalated discs are specialized contact points between cardiac muscle cells that join the cell membranes with gap junctions and desmosomes.  Which is not a function of an intercalated disc?