Exercise Physiology Final Exam

Which of the following ECGs indicates myocardial ischemia?

ST Segment Depression

All the gas exchange between the vascular system and tissues occur in:

Capillaries

The back flow of blood from left ventricle to the left atrium is prevented by the:

Bicuspid Valve

Diastolic Pressure provides an indication of:

Peripheral Resistance

The pacemaker potential of the heart is indicated by:

Inherent leakage of Na+

The earliest gains in strength training is primarily due to:

All of the above

As exercise intensity increases:

Viscera blood flow decreases

The ___ represents ventricular contraction during a recording of ECG of the heart.

QRS complex

The volume of gas that reaches the respiratory zone (gas-exchange zone) of the lung is termed:

Alveolar ventrilation

Which is the predominant factor in Fick's law of gas diffusion?

Partial pressure between the two sides of the tissue.

During incremental exercise, ventilation increases as a linear function of oxygen uptake up to a point known as ___ where the ventilation increases exponentially.

Ventilatory threshold

During exercise, the increase in ventilation would ___.

All of the above

Baroreceptors are located in ___.

Carotid Sinus

Which of the following factors does NOT cause an increase in stroke volume during strenuous exercise?

Increase in heart rate

During exercise an increase in alveolar ventilation serves to lower arterial PCO2 and maintain normal blood pH. True or False?

True

The right shift of the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve indicates the decrease in oxygen affinity to hemoglobin. True or False?

True

At rest, inhalation is cause by diaphragm relaxation. True or False?

False

Which of the following is a characteristic of myocardium?

All of the above

In order to meet the increased oxygen demands of the active skeletal muscles during exercise, what adjustments in blood should be made?

Increase in cardiac output and a redistribution of blood flow from inactive tissue to the active skeletal muscles.

The most important variable that determines resistance to blood flow is ___.

The radius of the vessel

Which of the following ejection fractions of the heart indicates depression of myocardial contraction?

<55%

The function of the barareflex is to ___.

Normalize blood pressure

Which of the following formulas can be used to calculate ejection fraction?

Ejection Fraction = SV/EDV

Which of the following factors would cause a decrease in EDV during high-intensity exercise?

Increased Heart Rate

Which of the following factors causes an increase in blood flow the most in the active skeletal muscles during exercise?

Increase in Sympathetic Nervous Activity

During a prolonged exercise (2 hours) in a hot weather and no water intake available, the hematocrit of the athlete would be ___.

Increased

Exercise at the intensity of ___ VO2 max induces the greatest stroke volume.

40-60%

The fact that an increase in EDV increases the stroke volume of the heart is an illustration of ___.

The decrease in total peripheral resistance

Which of the following is NOT a right cardiovascular response of a healthy individual to a dynamic exercise?

Increase in diastolic blood pressure

Compared with a leg exercise at the same workload, arm exercise tends to induce ___.

Increased Heart Rate and Blood Pressure

During heavy exercise, the heart may spend more time in systole than in diastole. True or False?

True

During exercise the cardiovascular center I the brain stem that receives feedback from ___ and then adjusts the cardiovascular system to meet the need to exercise.

All of the above

The relationship between oxygen uptake, cardiac output, and the arterial-venous oxygen difference is described mathematically by the:

Fick's Equation

The most resistance to blood flow is in the ___.

Arterioles

Which of the following is true of the heart rate change during exercise?

The increase in HR is due to PNS withdrawal followed by increasing SNS influence.

Trained endurance runners have lower ventilatory threshold than untrained individuals because trained runners have adapted to exercise. True or False

False

Person A has a VO2 max value of 4 L/min. Person B has a VO2 max value of 3 L/min. Based on this information, which of the following statements is correct?

Their fitness levels cannot be compared based on the given information.

The hemoglobin level for a healthy man is about ___ g/dl.

15

Which of the following factors is NOT the right response to acute exercise?

Vasodilation in viscera

Oxygenated blood returns to the heart via the ___.

Pulmonary vein

The majority of CO2 in our body is transported by

Bicarbonate

During heavy exercise, what causes oxygen dissociated from hemoglobin easily in tissue?

PO2 (not sure)

The increase in parasympathetic activity would significantly decrease the heart rate. True or False?

True

Pulmonary artery contains deoxygenated blood. True or False?

True

Hemoglobin can only carry oxygen. True or False?

False

Which of the following is the right blood flow pathway (starting with deoxygenated blood)?

Vena Cava--> Right Atrium--> Right Ventricle--> Lungs--> Left Atrium--> Left Ventricle--> Aorta

____ is defined as the maximum amount of gas that can be expired after a maximum inspiration.

Vital Capacity

Cardiovascular drift is characterized as _____.

Increase in heart rate and a decrease in stroke volume

Which of the following most likely causes cardiovascular drift?

Long duration exercise in a hot/humid weather

When exercise (prolonged exercise) at steady state in hot/ humid environment ventilation tends to ____.

Increase