A patient's anxiety caused her to develop respiratory alkalosis. The nurse instructs the patient to take some slow deep breaths. Explain why this would be effective
What will be an ideal response
Instructing the patient to breathe more slowly will increase the patient's blood level of CO2. Having the patient breathe into a paper bag would also increase blood CO2 levels.
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The ________ pulp of the spleen forms cuffs around the central arteries.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which of the following is correctly matched with its description?
A. Glia - the conducting cell of the nervous system B. Axons - conduct action potentials away from the cell body C. Dendrite - rapidly dividing cell D. Neurons - supportive cells of the nervous system E. Axon - carry action potentials toward the cell body
Vasomotor tone
A. is maintained by the parasympathetic nervous system. B. occurs in response to the vasomotor center in the cerebellum. C. occurs when action potentials travel through sympathetic vasoconstrictor fibers. D. keeps peripheral blood vessels in a partially constricted state. E both occurs when action potentials travel through sympathetic vasoconstrictor fibers and keeps . peripheral blood vessels in a partially constricted state
The limbic system involves various neural connections between
A. the medulla and pons. B. the pons and cerebellum. C. the cerebrum and diencephalon. D. the diencephalon and midbrain. E. the cerebrum and midbrain.