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 ___________________________.

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.