1. Which of the following structures monitors blood pressure?
Answer: Carotid sinus
2. Which of the following variables would result in decreased blood pressure?-
Answer: Parasympathetic innervation, Vasodilation, Decreased blood volume,
3. Blood in the common carotid artery will flow into which blood vessel next?-
Answer: Internal carotid artery
4. Which layer of the blood vessel wall directly touches blood and acts as apermeable
membrane for the exchange of materials?
Answer: Tunica interna
5. Which types of capillaries create an uninterrupted lining that allows thepassage of small
substances via simple diffusion?
Answer: Continuous capillaries
6. Which artery is commonly used to measure blood pressure?
Answer: brachial artery
7. Which of the following peripheral resistance factors can be controlled quickly to adjust blood
flow?
Answer: vessel radius
8. What is the force that draws fluid back into the capillary at the venousend?
Answer: Colloid osmotic pressure
9. When performing a physical assessment of the client in the early stages ofHodgkin's
disease (type of lymphatic cancer), which of the following is mostlikely found by the nurse
when palpating the patient's lymph nodes?
Answer: Enlarged,painless, firm lymph nodes
10. Which of the following organs are considered secondary lymphatic organs?
Answer: Spleen, tonsils
11. Excess fluid recovered from tissues will enter which structure first?
Answer: Lym-phatic capillaries
12. Lymph in the thoracic duct will drain where next?
Answer: Subclavian vein
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