In the fetus, the blood from the umbilical vein is shunted away from the liver and sent to the inferior vena cava through the ductus ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
venosus
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What will be an ideal response?
If oxygen is in short supply, the activity of the electron transport chain increases in order to compensate.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
In the reversible reaction, CO2 + H2O ? H2CO3 ? H+ + HCO3- , a decrease in respiration rate will increase the concentration of CO2 in the blood. What will this do to the amount of H+ in the blood?
A. H+ will decrease. B. H+ will increase. C. H+ will be unchanged.
Cardiac Output is
a. the amount of blood pumped out of each ventricle in one minute. b. the number of impulses fired by the SA node in one minute. c. the amount of blood pumped out of the heart during every ventricular contraction. d. the number of times the heart beats in one minute. e. the amount of blood filling each ventricle at the end of diastole.