What is hemostasis?

A. The maintenance of relatively stable conditions in the internal environment
B. A disease in which blood clot formation is impaired
C. The set point for normal arterial blood pressure
D. The prevention or stoppage of blood loss
E. A protein inside red blood cells that binds oxygen with high affinity


Answer: D

Anatomy & Physiology

You might also like to view...

Research identified in the text noted that, in general, diversity programs are largely successful at all of the following except

A. Increasing knowledge for participants in the long-term B. Changing attitudes towards specific groups of people C. Increasing knowledge about diversity in the short-term D. Changing general attitudes towards diversity

Anatomy & Physiology

How many chambers make up the human heart?

A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5

Anatomy & Physiology

If the upper motor neuron originating in the right primary motor cortex is damaged prior to arriving at the medullary pyramids, predict the impact on motor control

What will be an ideal response?

Anatomy & Physiology

Which of the following are examples of articular fibrocartilage?

A. the intervertebral discs B. the menisci of the knee C. both A and B D. none of the above

Anatomy & Physiology