Which one of the following (does/does not) cause (an increased/ a decreased) heart rate?
A. Bainbridge reflex – INCREASES heart rate (in response to atrial stretch & increased blood volume)
B. Carotid chemoreflex – INCREASES heart rate (in response to low pO2 or pH)
C. Bezold-Jarisch reflex – DECREASES heart rate (in response to direct noxious stimuli to ventricular
mechanoreceptors)
D. Hering-Breuer reflex – This has nothing to do with the heart (it is to do with pulmonary stretch receptors)
E. Cushing reflex – INCREASES heart rate initially (in response to cerebral ischaemia from increased ICP)
then BRADYCARDIA from baroreceptor stimuli
F. Pulmonary chemoreflex – DECREASES heart rate by stimulation of lung vessels -> Tachypnoea ->
Apnoea -> bradycardia
The velocity of blood flow is greatest in:
A. Capillaries – No, linear velocity is the slowest here
B. Pulmonary vein during diastole – Probably the most correct
C. Small arteries – No, this is where it starts to drop off
D. Inferior vena cava – No, as some of the flow is missing
its not in inferior vena cava as diameter is large n blood reaches heart with help of valves against gravity
pulmonary vein transfer blood from lungs to LA n there is obstraction n even heart act as suction pump....so most correct ans is pulmonary vein