When smooth muscles in the walls of the arteries are stimulated to contract,
A) viscosity increases. B) peripheral resistance decreases.
C) blood pressure decreases. D) blood pressure increases.
D
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A) a section of the large intestines between the sigmoid colon and the rectum. B) a thick mesenteric sheet associated with the small intestines. C) a ligament that suspends the liver from the diaphragm. D) a serous membrane that lines the peritoneal cavity. E) a mesentery associated with a portion of the large intestine.
Which condition listed is an infectious disease of childbirth resulting from an infection originating in the birth canal and affecting the mother's endometrium?
a) Emesis gravidarum b) Puerperal fever c) Turner's syndrome d) Fetal alcohol syndrome e) Klinefelter's syndrome
In the body, 80% of all lymphocytes, a type of immune system cell, are thought to be present in the
A) mouth. B) small intestine. C) stomach. D) large intestine. E) appendix.
About 85% of the fluid that moves out of bloodstream at the arterial end of capillary beds is returned to the capillaries at the venous end of the capillary bed. How is the other 15% recovered?
A) it is not recovered; it is excreted by sweat glands and other excretory organs. B) it is collected by lymphatic capillaries and returned to circulation via the lymphatic system. C) it is forced back into venules through the action of surrounding muscles. D) it circulates in interstitial areas, eventually being excreted by the intestine.