Persistent hypertension can lead to increased ____, and myocardial weakening. If this happens, and the right side of the heart does not output as much blood as it should, then pooling of blood might occur in the ______ circulation.

Risk factors associated with breast cancer include all of the following except:

A patient presents to the emergency department with right unilateral paresthesia with difficulty speaking. Upon further assessment, the patient’s family member states these symptoms started approximately 20 hours. While the patient was still in the emergency department, the neurologic symptoms fully resolved at about the 30 hour mark.    1) Which circulation is involved (2 points)? 2) Which hemisphere did the neurologic event occur (2 points)? 3) Classify the type of transient ischemic event, based off the duration of symptoms (2 points). 

List 3 limitations to mammography:

 Alkaline Reserve…

Which of the following is responsible for supplying blood flow to the walls of larger arteries, as well as removing waste products?

Are bypass grafts the first choice surgical interventions for an occluded internal carotid artery?

Which blood donor could donate to the recipient?    Donors:  O- O+ A+ A- AB- Recipient:  B-

(2pts) In one or two sentences (>2 sentences = 0 pts) explain why we say the blood is made of  plasma and ‘formed elements’, not plasma and cells.

Swelling of platelets, paracrine factor release, and increased platelet stickiness is all part of