ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY: AN INTEGRATIVE APP
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781266163654
Author: McKinley
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 20, Problem 1CSL
Summary Introduction
To explain:
The relationship between atherosclerosis and high blood pressure.
Concept introduction:
Blood pressure is the pressure on the walls of blood vessels exerted by the blood. The normal blood pressure for an adult should be 120 mm Hg over 80 mm Hg. 120 represents the systolic pressure and 80 represent the diastolic pressure of the blood.
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Chapter 20 Solutions
ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY: AN INTEGRATIVE APP
Ch. 20.1 - Prob. 1LOCh. 20.1 - Prob. 2LOCh. 20.1 - What are three differences in anatomic structure...Ch. 20.1 - Prob. 3LOCh. 20.1 - Prob. 2WDLCh. 20.1 - Prob. 4LOCh. 20.1 - Prob. 5LOCh. 20.1 - Prob. 6LOCh. 20.1 - What type of capillary is the most permeable, and...Ch. 20.1 - Prob. 7LO
Ch. 20.1 - Prob. 8LOCh. 20.1 - How does a vein serve as a blood reservoir?Ch. 20.1 - Prob. 9LOCh. 20.1 - Prob. 5WDLCh. 20.2 - Prob. 10LOCh. 20.2 - Prob. 11LOCh. 20.2 - In which type of vessel is blood flow the slowest?...Ch. 20.3 - Prob. 12LOCh. 20.3 - What substances are transported by diffusion...Ch. 20.3 - Prob. 13LOCh. 20.3 - Prob. 14LOCh. 20.3 - Prob. 8WDLCh. 20.3 - Prob. 15LOCh. 20.3 - Prob. 16LOCh. 20.3 - Prob. 1WDTCh. 20.3 - How does the hydrostatic pressure change from the...Ch. 20.3 - Which two pressures have the largest values?...Ch. 20.3 - Prob. 17LOCh. 20.3 - If these lymph vessels were nonfunctional, what...Ch. 20.4 - Prob. 18LOCh. 20.4 - Prob. 19LOCh. 20.4 - In what ways is angiogenesis stimulated in...Ch. 20.4 - Prob. 20LOCh. 20.4 - Prob. 13WDLCh. 20.4 - Prob. 21LOCh. 20.4 - Prob. 22LOCh. 20.4 - Prob. 23LOCh. 20.4 - What relationship exists between metabolic...Ch. 20.4 - Prob. 24LOCh. 20.4 - Prob. 15WDLCh. 20.5 - Prob. 25LOCh. 20.5 - Prob. 26LOCh. 20.5 - Prob. 27LOCh. 20.5 - Prob. 28LOCh. 20.5 - Prob. 16WDLCh. 20.5 - Prob. 17WDLCh. 20.5 - How is the small pressure gradient in veins...Ch. 20.5 - How is the pressure gradient to move blood through...Ch. 20.5 - Prob. 29LOCh. 20.5 - How is resistance defined?Ch. 20.5 - What are the three factors that alter resistance?...Ch. 20.5 - Prob. 30LOCh. 20.5 - Prob. 31LOCh. 20.5 - Prob. 22WDLCh. 20.6 - Prob. 32LOCh. 20.6 - LEARNING OBJECTIVE
33. Explain the autonomic...Ch. 20.6 - Prob. 2WDTCh. 20.6 - Prob. 23WDLCh. 20.6 - What is the initial change to blood pressure when...Ch. 20.6 - Prob. 34LOCh. 20.6 - Prob. 35LOCh. 20.6 - Prob. 36LOCh. 20.6 - Prob. 3WDTCh. 20.6 - Prob. 25WDLCh. 20.6 - Prob. 26WDLCh. 20.7 - Prob. 37LOCh. 20.7 - Which organs have an increased proportion of...Ch. 20.8 - Prob. 38LOCh. 20.8 - Prob. 28WDLCh. 20.8 - Prob. 39LOCh. 20.8 - Prob. 29WDLCh. 20.9 - Prob. 40LOCh. 20.9 - Prob. 30WDLCh. 20.9 - Prob. 41LOCh. 20.9 - Prob. 31WDLCh. 20.10 - Prob. 42LOCh. 20.10 - Prob. 43LOCh. 20.10 - LEARNING OBJECTIVE
44. Describe the general...Ch. 20.10 - Prob. 32WDLCh. 20.10 - Prob. 33WDLCh. 20.10 - Prob. 45LOCh. 20.10 - Prob. 46LOCh. 20.10 - Prob. 47LOCh. 20.10 - Prob. 34WDLCh. 20.10 - LEARNING OBJECTIVE
48. Describe the vessels that...Ch. 20.10 - What are the systemic arteries that supply...Ch. 20.10 - Prob. 49LOCh. 20.10 - Prob. 50LOCh. 20.10 - Prob. 51LOCh. 20.10 - Prob. 36WDLCh. 20.10 - Prob. 37WDLCh. 20.10 - Prob. 52LOCh. 20.10 - Prob. 53LOCh. 20.10 - Prob. 38WDLCh. 20.11 - LEARNING OBJECTIVE
54. Trace the arteries of the...Ch. 20.11 - Prob. 55LOCh. 20.11 - Prob. 4WDTCh. 20.11 - Prob. 39WDLCh. 20.11 - Prob. 40WDLCh. 20.11 - Prob. 56LOCh. 20.11 - LEARNING OBJECTIVE
57. Compare and contrast the...Ch. 20.11 - Prob. 41WDLCh. 20.11 - Prob. 42WDLCh. 20.12 - Prob. 58LOCh. 20.12 - List the five structures of fetal circulation, and...Ch. 20.12 - Prob. 59LOCh. 20.12 - Prob. 44WDLCh. 20 - Prob. 1DYBCh. 20 - _____ 2. Which statement is accurate about veins?...Ch. 20 - _____ 3. Vasa vasorum are found in the tunica...Ch. 20 - _____ 4. Which of the following decreases...Ch. 20 - 5. A(n) __________ is a type of vessel with the...Ch. 20 - _____ 6. An increase in _____ will result in an...Ch. 20 - Prob. 7DYBCh. 20 - _____ 8. Velocity of blood flow is the slowest in...Ch. 20 - _____ 9. Blood pressure is regulated by the a....Ch. 20 - _____ 10. Name the correct pathway that blood...Ch. 20 - Prob. 11DYBCh. 20 - Prob. 12DYBCh. 20 - Explain the difference between hydrostatic and...Ch. 20 - Write the formula for determining net filtration...Ch. 20 - Prob. 15DYBCh. 20 - Prob. 16DYBCh. 20 - Briefly explain how changes in cardiac output,...Ch. 20 - Compare how the cardiac center and vasomotor...Ch. 20 - Prob. 19DYBCh. 20 - What postnatal changes occur in the heart and...Ch. 20 - If a patient has cirrhosis of the liver and is...Ch. 20 - Prob. 2CALCh. 20 - Prob. 3CALCh. 20 - Prob. 4CALCh. 20 - Prob. 5CALCh. 20 - Prob. 1CSLCh. 20 - Arteries tend to have a lot of vascular...Ch. 20 - Explain why an overweight individual with high...
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