Human Physiology, 14th edition (2016)

478 Chapter 14 carotid sinus, a procedure sometimes employed by physicians to reduce tachycardia and lower blood pressure, also ...

Cardiac Output, Blood Flow, and Blood Pressure 479 Measurement of Blood Pressure The first documented measurement of blood press ...

480 Chapter 14 decrease in cuff pressure. When the cuff pressure is equal to the systolic pressure, the first Korotkoff sound is ...

Cardiac Output, Blood Flow, and Blood Pressure 481 left ventricle into the systemic circulation. Since the cardiac outputs are t ...

482 Chapter 14 14.7 HYPERTENSION, SHOCK, AND CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE An understanding of the normal physiology of the cardio- v ...

Cardiac Output, Blood Flow, and Blood Pressure 483 appears to involve (1) an increased activity of sympathetic nerves, stimulati ...

484 Chapter 14 who eat a high-salt diet, but for the general population, a diet that is too low in salt may also be unhealthy. H ...

Cardiac Output, Blood Flow, and Blood Pressure 485 Table 14.10 | Mechanisms of Action of Selected Antihypertensive Drugs Categor ...

486 Chapter 14 response occurs in diving mammals and, to a lesser degree, in Japanese pearl divers during prolonged submersion. ...

Cardiac Output, Blood Flow, and Blood Pressure 487 | CHECKPOINT Explain how stress and a high-salt diet can contribute to hyper ...

488 Interactions Integumentary System The skin helps protect the body from pathogens (p. 494) The skin provides a site for ther ...

Cardiac Output, Blood Flow, and Blood Pressure 489 SUMMARY and inversely related to the resistance to blood flow through the ves ...

490 Chapter 14 14.6 Blood Pressure 475 A. Baroreceptors in the aortic arch and carotid sinuses affect the cardiac rate and the t ...

Cardiac Output, Blood Flow, and Blood Pressure 491 Total blood flow in the cerebral circulation a. varies with systemic arteri ...

492 Chapter 14 You are bicycling in a 100-mile benefit race because you want to help the cause, but you didn’t count on such a ...

493 CHAPTER CHAPTER OUTLINE 15.1 Defense Mechanisms 494 Innate (Nonspecific) Immunity 495 Adaptive (Specific) Immunity 497 Lymph ...

494 15.1 DEFENSE MECHANISMS Nonspecific immune protection is provided by such mech- anisms as phagocytosis, fever, and the relea ...

The Immune System 495 The genes required for innate immunity are inherited. Since this limits the number of genes that can be de ...

496 Chapter 15 extravasation (or diapedesis ), is illustrated in figure  15.1. Unlike fluid movement out of vessels, which occur ...

The Immune System 497 Fever Fever may be a component of the nonspecific defense system. Body temperature is regulated by the hyp ...