MCCANCE AND HUETHER’S PATHOPHYSIOLOGY COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST 2026 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION CELLULAR AND SYSTEMS PRACTICE BANK

MCCANCE AND HUETHER’S
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION CELLULAR AND SYSTEMS
PRACTICE BANK

◉ Ventricular afterload
Answer: Resistance to the ejection of blood from the ventricle


Low aortic pressure = decreased afterload
High aortic pressure= increased afterload


Slow contraction causes higher workload - the heart works harder to
eject blood


◉ HRV in healthy women
Answer: Estrogen levels


◉ High heart rate variable caused by which hormone
Answer: high testosterone levels

, ◉ A hormone that causes a parasympathetic effect on heart rate
Answer: Adrogens


◉ Neuro impulses are transmitted over the _______ nerve from the
carotid artery and through the ______ nerve from the aorta to the
cardiovascular control centers in the _______ of the brain.
Answer: Glossophryngeal
Vagus
Medulla


◉ Atrial receptors/ mechanoreceptors that influence the heart rate
are located
Answer: where the veins, venae cavae, and pulmonary veins enter
the respective atria


◉ Atrial receptors/ mechanoreceptors that influence the heart rate
are located
Answer: Where the veins, venae cavae, and pulmonary veins enter
the respective atria


◉ Peptides of the atrial natriuretic family released from atrial tissue-
have diuretic and natriuretic (salt excretion) properties
Answer: Peptides are released in response to increased blood
volume- result in decreased volume and pressure