Human Physiology, 14th edition (2016)

398 Interactions Integumentary System The skin helps protect all organs of the body from invasion by pathogens (p. 494) The smo ...

Muscle 399 Summary a. This allows the cross bridge to detach from actin and repeat the cycle. b. Rigor mortis is caused by the i ...

400 Chapter 12 B. The series-elastic component refers to the elastic composition of the muscle and its associated structures, wh ...

Muscle 401 a. Most of these fibers cross to the contralateral side in the brain stem, forming structures called the pyramids; th ...

402 Chapter 12 Which of these statements about cross bridges is false? a. They are composed of myosin. b. They bind to ATP aft ...

Muscle 403 How is electrical excitation of a skeletal muscle fiber coupled to muscle contraction? Speculate on why the exact me ...

404 Refresh Your Memory Before you begin this chapter, you may want to review these concepts from previous chapters: ■ Action Po ...

Blood, Heart, and Circulation 405 13.1 FUNCTIONS AND COMPONENTS OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM Blood serves numerous functions, inclu ...

406 Chapter 13 the vessels to the lungs and body cells. At rest, the heart of an adult pumps about 5 liters of blood per minute. ...

Blood, Heart, and Circulation 407 concentration is Na^1. In addition to Na^1 , plasma contains many other ions, as well as organ ...

408 Chapter 13 Figure 13.2 A colorized scanning electron micrograph of red blood cells. The shape of the red blood cells is desc ...

Blood, Heart, and Circulation 409 term formed elements is used instead of blood cells to describe erythrocytes, leukocytes, and ...

410 Chapter 13 increased amount of oxygen. The World Anti-Doping Code bans the use of recombinant erythropoietin for this reason ...

Blood, Heart, and Circulation 411 normally stays in the bone marrow for the first 2 days and then circulates in the blood on the ...

412 Chapter 13 type AB (with both A and B antigens), or type O (with nei- ther A nor B antigens). Each person’s blood type—A, B, ...

Blood, Heart, and Circulation 413 donor red blood cells. (Donor plasma could agglutinate recipi- ent red blood cells if the tran ...

414 Chapter 13 able to bind to the exposed collagen fibers. The force of blood flow might pull the platelets off the collagen, h ...

Blood, Heart, and Circulation 415 in laboratories by allowing blood to clot in a test tube and then centrifuging the tube so tha ...

416 Chapter 13 plug. The intrinsic clotting sequence is shown on the right side of figure 13.9. The extrinsic pathway of clot fo ...

Blood, Heart, and Circulation 417 by the extrinsic pathway. This function is aided by activated platelets. As platelets become a ...