A pulmonary embolism is most likely to enter the pulmonary circulation directly from which part of the heart?

A) left atrium
B) right ventricle
C) left ventricle
D) right atrium


B

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Mice have a gestation length of:

a. 10 days c. 21 days b. 20 days d. 30 days

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Cardiac muscle fibers are electrically connected to neighboring fibers by

a) desmosomes. b) tight junctions. c) gap junctions. d) interneurons. e) chordae tendinae.

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In traveling from the heart to the peripheral capillaries, blood passes through:

arteries, arterioles, and venules elastic arteries, muscular arteries, and arterioles veins, venules, and arterioles arteries, venules, veins all of the choices are correct

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