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IRENE GOLD BOARDS PART 1 PHYSIOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024-2025, Exams of Physiology

A collection of questions and answers related to the first part of the irene gold boards physiology exam. It covers topics such as blood flow, the heart, electrocardiograms, congestive heart failure, and respiratory physiology. Useful for students preparing for the exam, but it lacks in-depth explanations and context.

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IRENE GOLD BOARDS PART 1 PHYSIOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS 2024-2025 (100% PASS)
What 2 ways can blood enter the heart? - Answer Superior vena cava
Inferior vena cava
Blood enters the heart via SVC and IVC but there is another exception. What is it? -
Answer Azygous veins
The Azygous vein drains where? - Answer SVC
What part of the heart is this?
P-wave starts at sinoatrial node in crista terminalis
impulse travels to AV node - Answer Right Atrium
What about when there is a SA node impulse to AV node and delayed (P-R) interval? -
Answer AV Nodal Delay
Which of the following parts of the heart?
end of diastole 120ml
tricuspid valve closes S-1
heart sound: isovolumetric contraction - Answer Right ventricle
Name this EKG:
QRS complex - ventricular contract - Answer Ventricular depolarization
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What 2 ways can blood enter the heart? - Answer →Superior vena cava →Inferior vena cava Blood enters the heart via SVC and IVC but there is another exception. What is it? - Answer Azygous veins The Azygous vein drains where? - Answer SVC What part of the heart is this? → P-wave starts at sinoatrial node in crista terminalis → impulse travels to AV node - Answer Right Atrium What about when there is a SA node impulse to AV node and delayed (P-R) interval? - Answer AV Nodal Delay Which of the following parts of the heart? →end of diastole 120 ml →tricuspid valve closes S- 1 →heart sound: isovolumetric contraction - Answer Right ventricle Name this EKG: → QRS complex - ventricular contract - Answer Ventricular depolarization

Which of the following is a part of the heart? → mid-systole (halfway through)= enough pressure to blow open pulmonic semilunar valves - Answer pulmonary artery Which of the following is a part of the heart? → blood exits via 2 pulmonary arteries to lungs - Answer pulmonary artery What carries DE-O2 blood? - Answer pulmonary artery What carries DE-O2 blood? - Answer umbilical artery Ventricular filling is ____% passive and ____% active - Answer 80 % passive 20 % active from atrial contraction SA node impulse to AV node is shown as what on an ECG? - Answer P-R interval At the end of diastole the right ventricle contains _______ amount of blood - Answer 150 ml S 1 = S 2 = - Answer →AV Valves - S →Semilunar - S QRS = - Answer Ventricular depolarization + consequent contraction Isovolumetric contraction begins at ____ and ends as semilunar valves open - Answer S 1

The first downward or negative projection that is normal on an ECG is the ____ second negative projection is - Answer →Q-wave - 1 st →S-wave - 2 nd On an ECG what hides atrial re-polarization? - Answer QRS complex What prevents the AV valves from blowing backward during ventricular contraction? - Answer →Cordae Tendinea →Papillary Muscles What does the T-wave represent on an ECG? - Answer Ventricular re-polarization What does the S-T segment represent on an ECG? - Answer Isovolumetric relaxation What does the U-wave represent on a ECG? - Answer Papillary muscle re-polarization A Myocardial infarction will appear as what on the ECG? ( 2 possibilities) - Answer Inverted T wave Altered S-T segment Anwer →Heart tetany is prevented by - Slow calcium channels that create a long absolute refractory period →Aka "plateaus" Heart auto-rhythmicity is due to - Answer The hearts own leaky sodium channels Frequency of impulse:

SA - Answer SA - 80 - 100 Frequency of impulse: AV - Answer AV - 40 - 60 Frequency of impulse: Heart Tissue Itself - Answer Tissue - 20 - 30 1 st and 2 nd degree heart blocks are seen as what on an ECG? - Answer → 1 st - long PR interval → 2 nd - non conducting P wave ( 2 P waves in a row) Winkeboch Phenomena →Complete block totally irregular S S 4 - Answer →S 3 = ventricular gallup (CHF) →S 4 = atrial gallop heard in diastole Diastolic Valvular Problems ARMS - PRTS - Answer →Aortic Regurgitation Mitral Stenosis →Pulmonic Regurgitation Tricuspid Stenosis

Greatest resistance to pressure in arteries is found in - Ans Arterioles Greatest cross sectional area in arteries - Ans Capillaries After load of the heart is determined by - Ans Aortic pressure Universal donor - Ans O neg Universal recipient - Ans AB Tetralogy of Fallot DRIP - Ans →Dextroposition of Aorta →Right Ventricular Hypertrophy →Interventricular Septal Defect →Pulmonary Stenosis Heart defects, dissecting aneurysm, subluxation of the lens of the eye, tall in stature, arachnodactaly (spider like fingers) are characteristics of what? - Answer Marfan Syndrome Rheumatic Fever from step pyogenes makes aschoff bodies and is from Group A Lancefield Beta-Hemolytic Strep cause - Answer Heart Valve Pathologies Benign tumor of the heart - Answer Myxoma

Heart Inflammatory indicator - Answer C-reactive protein (CRP) Anterior spinal roots are motor and posterior are sensory are indicative of - Answer Bell Magendie Gas volume decreases as pressure increases under constant temperature - Answer Boyle's Law Gas volume increases as temperature increases under constant pressure - Answer Charles' Law Minimal time needed to electrically stimulate a muscle or a nerve twice the minimum current needed to elicit threshold response - Answer Chronaxie Membrane potential NA+ K+ CL- - Answer Goldman The more the pressure, the more the solubility of gas in water - Answer Henri's Law The Vagus nerve limits respiratory excursion - Answer Hering Breuer As the radius of a vessel decreases pressure/tension in the vessel increases - Answer LaPlace Law Arteries Ventricular pressure depends on muscular tension, size and shape of the heart - Answer LaPlace Law Heart Membrane potential exactly opposes net diffusion - Answer Nernst Minimum constant electric current required to produce threshold response - Ans Rheobase Cardiac output = venous return (If not CHF) - Ans Starling Law

Give the following volumes in milliliters: Inspiratory Reserve Volume - Answer 3000 ml Give the following volumes in milliliters: Expiratory Reserve Volume - Answer 1100 ml Give the following volumes in milliliters: Residual Volume - Answer 1200 ml Give the following volumes in milliliters: Inspiratory Capacity = - Answer 500 (Tidal Volume)+ 3000 (Inspiratory Reserve Volume) = 3500 ml Give the following volumes in milliliters: Functional Residual Capacity - Answer 1100 (Expiratory Reserve Volume)+ 1200 (Residual Volume)= 2300 ml Give the following volumes in milliliters: Vital Capacity = - Answer 500 (Tidal Volume)+ 3000 (Inspiratory Reserve Volume)+ 1100 (Expiratory Reserve Volume) = 4600 ml Give the following volumes in milliliters: TLC = - Answer ALL TOGETHER = 5800 ml

→Tidal Volume - 500 ml →Inspiratory Reserve Volume - 3000 ml →Expiratory Reserve Volume - 1100 ml →Residual Volume - 1200 ml →Inspiratory Capacity = 500 + 3000 = 3500 ml →Functional Residual Capacity - 1100 + 1200 = 2300 ml →Vital Capacity = 500 + 3000 + 1100 = 4600 ml Respiration is controlled by what? - Answer →Dorsal motor nucleus of Vagus →Throat = nucleus ambiguous - CN 9 , 10 , 11 Muscles Pharynx/Larynx Alveolar pressure is slightly negative that allows for? - Answer Normal Quiet Inspiration Atmospheric pressure - Answer Opposes alveolar pressure Pleural Pressure due to presence of fluid in pleural space maintains negative pressure in order to - Answer Keep lungs open The difference between alveolar and pleural pressures - Answer Transpulmonary pressure or recoil pressure

keeps pH constant Blood pH is what - Answer 7. 35 - 7 .4 5 70 % of CO 2 in the blood - Answer bicarb 23 % of CO 2 in the blood - Answer Hemoglobin 7 % of CO2 in the blood - Answer freely dissolved in blood Carboxyhemoglobin is - Answer Carbon Monoxide What does carbonic anhydrase do? - Answer H2O+CO 2 <->H+ + HCO 3 Needs ZINC How does the body correct for respiratory acidosis? - Answer Urinate NH 4 Can be caused by pneumonia How does the body correct for respiratory alkalosis - Answer excrete bicarb (NaCO 3 ) How does the doctor correct for respiratory alkalosis - Answer breath into bag/bag over head How does the body correct for Metabolic acidosis? - Answer Hyperventilation Caused by Diarrhea (excrete HCO3)

Or Diabetes Mellitus How does the body correct for metabolic alkalosis? - Answer Slow/decrease breathing How much fluid is filtered by the kidneys daily? - Answer 180 liters What is the most powerful vasoconstrictor known to man? - Answer Angiotensin II Renin + Angiotensinogen(from liver) makes - Answer Angiotensin I Converted to Angiotensin II in lungs Where is the macula densa located and to what is it sensitive? - Answer Located in the distal convoluted tubule and is sensitive to sodium concentration Result of decreased sodium detection of macula densa - Answer Macula densa thinks low BP Vasodilation of afferent arteriole Secretion of Renin into blood from juxtaglomerular cells - angiotensinogen - angiotensin I - angiotensin II = VASOCONSTRICTION Angiotensin II has greatest effect on - Answer Efferent Arteriole causing vasoconstriction Increased pressure from angiotensin has what effect in the glomerulus - Answer forces fluid out of glomerulus into Bowmans capsule for filtration and entrance to PVT Angiotensin II signals. Adrenal cortex to secrete what? - Answer Aldosterone to retain

Stimulated by? Acts on? Action? - Answer Stimulated by Angiotensin II Acts on DCT Reabsorbs NA+ and Excretes K+ ???????????ADH/Vasopressin Stimulated by? Acts on? Action? - Answer Stimulated by increase NA+ osmolarity/concentration Acts on collecting duct Makes collecting ducts permeable to water to reabsorb water NEPHRON REABSORPTION: DCT with Aldosterone - Answer Reabsorbs NA+ Everything but NA+ is reabsorbed where? - Answer PC What is the best test for GFR - Answer Inulin KIDNEY ANATOMY Contents of: Renal Cortex Renal Medulla - Answer Cortex = nephron, PCT, DCT Medulla = Loop of Henle, collecting ducts

What is a podocyte - Answer Foot like process in kidney Function of Loop of Henle - Answer Counter current mechanism which prevents excess ion excretion ?????HORMONES & GLANDS Gland which makes melatonin - Answer Pineal Tryptophan to Serotonin to Melatonin Releasing factors from Hypothalamus to anterior pituitary - Answer Hypothalamus What is the Function?? Glomerulus - Answer Filters What is the Function?? PCT - Answer Reabsorption What is the Function?? DCT - Answer Secretion What is the Function?? Urine - Answer Excretion HORMONAL CONTROL OF CALCIUM

produces: aldosterone effects: mineral corticoid - salt - Answer Zona Glomerulosa - Which Zone of Adrenals is this?? produces: cortisol effects: glucocorticoid - sugar - Answer Zona Fasciculata Which Zone of Adrenals is this? produces sex hormones effects androgens sex - Answer Zona Reticularis Adrenal medulla aka - Answer Neural crest cell What Secretes NE/Epinephrine to break glycogen into glucose and raise blood sugar? - Answer Adrenal medulla What hormone is made in the testes, by what cells, and what does it do? - Answer Made by Interstitial Cells of Leydig Function to create secondary sex characteristics What hormones are produces in the ovaries and what do they do? - Answer Estrogen - secondary sex characteristics

  • proliferative phase builds endometrial lining Progesterone - secretory phase - nourish embryo Menstrual cycle - Answer FSH - picks primary follicle and releases estrogen Estrogen - thickens endometrium and peaks on 14 th day to release LH LH - ovulation and forms corpus leuteum Corpus Leuteum - produces progesterone and inhibin then dies w/o fertilization or continues to produce progesterone to nourish embryo

HCG - produced by placenta after fertilization and stimulates corpus leruteum to produce more progesterone Layers of Oocytes - Response Thick layer (zona pellucidum) glucoprotein - aka corona granular Outside layer - corona radiata Spermatogenesis - makes haploid cells from meiosis - is initiated by gonadotropic releasing factor then what? - Answer FSH - starts spermatogenesis LH - releases testosterone from Leydig Cells Testosterone - matures sperm Sperm - made in somniferous tubules/mature in epididymis and stored in Vas Deferens Inhibin - shuts off spermatogenesis Sertoli cells - make inhibin = support Cryptorchism - Answer Failure of testes to descend - increase risk for testicular cancer What 2 digestive enzymes are found in the mouth and what do they do? - Answer Ptyalin/Salivary Amylase - breakdown starch Sublingual Lipase - breaks down fat What digestive substances are produced in the stomach and what cells make them? - Answer Chief/Peptic - pepsinogen - +HCL = pepsin - protein Parietal/Oxyntic Cells - HCL - to make pepsin and intrinsic factor for B12 absorption in terminal ilium Mucus neck cells - produce mucus for protection from HCL Gastric Glands give rise to _____ and _____ where Pyloric glands give rise to ______ - Answer Gastric Glands - parietal/oxyntic and peptic/chief cells