350 Ch.6 review

​Baroreceptors​

• Sensitive to changes in arterial pressure​

• Afferent signals from baroreceptor to brain​

• Efferent signals from brain to heart, vessels​

• Adjustment of arterial pressure back to normal

​Ejection fraction (EF): % of EDV pumped​

• SV / EDV = EF​

• 60 mL/100 mL = 0.6 = 60%​

• Clinical index of heart contractile function

Multiple Choice

_____________ are located in the aortic arch and carotid arteries and are sensitive to changes in blood pressure.

• Baroreceptors

• Chemoreceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

• Muscle Spindles

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is typically used as a clinical index of heart function 

• CO

• SV

• ESV

• EF

Multiple Choice

Which valve separates the right atrium and ventricle? 

• Tricuspid valve

• Mitral Valve

• Pulmonary valve

• Aortic valve