A patient with essential hypertension might have pressures of 200/120 mm Hg. This hypertensive state could result in all of the following changes except ________.

A) increased work of the left ventricle
B) increased incidence of coronary artery disease
C) increased damage to blood vessel endothelium
D) decreased size of the heart muscle


D) decreased size of the heart muscle

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Which parts of the following statement are true? The cardioacceleratory center activates sympathetic neurons and the cardioinhibitory center controls parasympathetic neurons

A) The first part of the statement is true but the second part is false. B) The first part of the statement is false but the second part is true. C) Both parts of the statement are true. D) Both parts of the statement are false.

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Which ventricle is located between the two halves of the thalamus?

A. Third ventricle B. First ventricle C. Second ventricle D. Fourth ventricle

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The movement of turning your head is called

A) adduction. B) rotation. C) inversion. D) supination. E) circumduction.

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