Assignment:
1. What are the two main things that determine blood flow direction through the heart? Give a specific example for ventricular ejection.
2. How is the structure of an artery related to its function?
3. Which heart chamber has the thickest myocardium? Why?
4. What two organ systems regulate blood pressure? Give one specific example for each system.
5. What are the three main functions of the lymphatic system? Give one specific example for one function.
6. What does it mean when one "builds up" his or her immunity? (Hint: answer should include three lymphocytes)
7. What are the two main goals of the respiratory system? What are the two main ways in which the respiratory system achieves its goals.
8. Minute ventilation increases during exercise. How? What are the two things that increase?
9. The majority of nutrient digestion and absorption occurs in the small intestine. How does this relate to anatomical relationship between the small intestine, gall bladder, and pancreas?