1. Cerebral perfusion pressure is

 
 
 
 

2. Which of the following cardiovascular changes is most likely to occur when changing from a standing to a supine position?

 
 
 
 

3. Iron is conserved by

 
 
 
 

4. Salivary amylase is activated by

 
 
 
 

5. Which of the following plant components is not fermented by gastrointestinal microorganisms

 
 
 
 

6. A 3-year-old child has inhaled a peanut that has lodged in the right mainstem bronchus, largely occluding it. The child is cyanotic, with a PO2 of 60 mm Hg. Which of the following mechanisms best accounts for the child’s hypoxemia?

 
 
 
 

7. christmas disease occurs due to deficiency of

 
 
 
 

8. An increase in which of the following best explains the mechanism by which the cardiac output increases in severe anemia?

 
 
 
 

9. Which of the following parameters is expected to increase in response to a 50% reduction in sodium intake for a 2-month period?

 
 
 
 

10. The blood within the vessels doesnot clot normally because

 
 
 
 

11. Which of the following adjustments have probably occurred in the cardiac cycle if the pulse is greater than 200/min and the blood pressure is 75/40 mm Hg?

 
 
 
 

12. Coronary blood flow regulated by

 
 
 
 

13. baroreceptor are located in

 
 
 
 

14. fetal hemoglobin has higher affinity for oxygen due to

 
 
 
 

15. normal pH of stomach is

 
 
 
 

16. Which of the following regions of the nephron is capable of the greatest level of glucose reabsorption?

 
 
 
 

17. Which of the following procoagulant proteins binds to tissue factor exposed beneath the endothelium of traumatized blood vessels and initiates the clotting cascade?

 
 
 
 

18. which one of the following is not seen in humans

 
 
 
 

19. Which of the following is most likely to be decreased during resting conditions for a patient that has been severely anemic (Hb = 6.0 g/dL) for several months?

 
 
 
 

20. basal metabolic rate depends most closely on

 
 
 
 

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