The physiology instructor is talking about adequate blood flow with the pre-nursing students. What would the instructor tell the students that adequacy of blood flow depends on? (Mark all that apply.)
A) Efficiency of heart as a pump
B) Adequacy of circulating blood volume
C) Resistance of blood vessel walls
D) Amount of atherosclerosis in vessels
E) Patency and responsiveness of the blood vessels
Ans: A, B, E
Feedback: Adequate blood flow depends on the efficiency of the heart as a pump, the patency
and responsiveness of the blood vessels, and the adequacy of circulating blood volume. Adequacy of blood flow does not depend on the resistance of the vessel walls or the amount of atherosclerosis in the vessels.
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