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ZOOL 422:  Spring, 1999
William J. Higgins:   The Finale

Please circle your recitation section #:  I am registered for:

Section: MON  TUES  WED  THURS  FRI

  2201  2204  2205  2208   2209

  2202    2206

  2203    2207

DIRECTIONS:

1. Please, please, please PRINT your name on each and every page of this exam NOW!
2. You may use pen or pencil, but you absolutely must confine your answers to the spaces provided.  We will/can not hunt for random scribblings!
3. Read the last in this year's series of words to live by and begin:

“I don't suffer from insanity.  I enjoy every minute of it.”
      -Anon.

PAGE              Higgins Points            Visitor's Score
      2                       49
      3                       51
      4                       30
      5                       35
      6 & 7                35
  TOTALS            200 POINTS
 

#1. Just for grins and some easy points, let's do a membrane potential problem:
 
ION
[ION]out (mM)
[Ion]In (mM)
Relative Permeabiltiy
Li+
20
200
1.03
SO4=
10
10
0.00
Ca++
160
16
0.03
Xa+
5
5
0.02
Cl-
30
300
0.02

A. Approximate the Vm:     _____________________mV

B. To approximate the Vm, you used which ion?  _____________________

C. If the nerve cell membrane contains voltage-gated channels Ca++  that open at threshold,
    what is the peak value in mV of the action potential?
         ___________________mV

D. What is the Equilibrium potential for Xa+?  ___________________mV

E. Answer each of the following:
    As P of Li+ increases, Vm will hyper- or depolarize? __________________

   As [Li+]Out increases, Vm will hyper- or depolarize? __________________

   As [SO4=]In increases, Vm will hyper- or depolarize? __________________

   At the Vm you found in A above, will SO4=
   enter or leave the cell?     __________________

   At what Vm will Cl- not enter or leave the cell? _________________mV

2. In the space below, draw and label ALL features of the Sympathetic nervous system:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

3. Predict the actions of each agent on the parameters listed with (I)ncrease, (D)ecrease, or NC:
 
AGENT HR TPR SV CO DP SP
ACh ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
EPI ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
-agonist ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
Histamine ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

 

4. For each response or action listed below, give the branch of the efferent nervous system that caused it (Para, Symp, or Somatic), the neurotransmitter(s) released, and the receptors on the tissue (no ganglia, please) that are activated:
 
RESPONSE N.S. NTs RECEPTORS
Increased blood flow
To skeletal muscle
___________ __________________ __________________
Dilated pupils ___________ __________________ __________________
Decreased intestinal
Activity
___________ __________________ __________________
Constricted Airways ___________ __________________ __________________
Diaphragm Contraction ___________ __________________ __________________
Decreased blood
Flow to gut
___________ __________________ __________________

5. In the space allocated below, draw the BP trace that would result from the actions of the indicated drugs.  Dr. K-I-A has provided a section of control, pre-treatment BP tracing.

ACh:

Norepinephrine:

                                        
Epinephrine:


 
 

6. You have accidentally injected a large dose of norepinephrine into your laboratory partner.   Predict the effects of this injection on the following elements of her cardiovascular system.

a. DP                                                                       __________
b. SP                                                                       __________
c. baroreceptor sensory nerve activity                    __________
d. Pressor area activity                                           __________
e. Depressor area activity                                       __________
f. Sympathetic cardiac nerve activity                      __________
g. Efferent vagal nerve activity                                __________
h. Afferent vagal nerve activity                               __________
i. EDV                                                                     __________
j. ESV                                                                      __________
k. Phosphorylation of ventricular phospholamban   __________
l. Ventricular muscle cell intracellular [Ca++]        __________
m. Ventricular muscle cell intracellular [cAMP ]   __________
n. VR                                                                       __________
o. Length of ECG P wave to P wave intervals        __________
p. Ventricular dP/dt                                                __________
q. Blood flow to skeletal muscle                            __________
r. TPR                                                                     __________
 


 

8. How about a few (I)ncrease, (D)ecrease, or No C to finish up this semester?
 
a. As a subject ages, arterial compliance  ______
b. As blood flows from the capillaries into the veins, velocity of flow ______
c. As blood flows from the capillaries into the veins, blood pressure ______
d. As EDV increases, cardiac contractility ______
e. Immediately after the P wave of an ECG, atrial volume will ______
f. As HR decreases, diastolic BP ______
g. As SV increases,  PP ______
h. As plasma [CO2] increases, afferent vagal nerve activity ______
i. As plasma [CO2] increases, hemoglobin’s P50 value ______
j. As plasma [ADH] decreases, blood volume ______
k. As atrial EDV increases, renal Na+  reabsorption ______
l. After the QRS complex of the ECG, aortic BP ______
m. As plasma [ANP] increases, blood volume ______
n. As histamine release increases during an attack of asthma, FEV1 ______
o. As renal tissue PO2 decreases, TPR will ______
p. As venous BP increases, systemic capillary reabsorption ______
q. As plasma [protein] decreases, interstitial fluid volume ______
r. As the P50 value of Hb increases, the amount of O2 carried at a PO2 of 45 mm Hg ______
s. As plasma osmotic pressure increases, GFR ______
t. As plasma osmotic pressure increases, collecting duct water permeability ______
u. As plasma [CO2] increases, medullary A pool neuron activity ______
v. As plasma [CO2] increases, RBC intracellular [Cl-]  ______
w. As plasma [CO2] increases, % saturation of Hb with O2 ______
x. As Hb binds O2, plasma [HCO3-] ______
y. As plasma PO2 decreases, glomus cell GK+ ______
z. As plasma [bradykinin] increases, blood flow to salivary glands ______
aa. As the extraction ratio of a substance increases, the clearance of that substance ______
ab. As a whale submerges, its lung volume ______
ac. As smooth muscle cytosolic [Ca++] decreases, myosin light chain protein phosphatase activity  ______
ad. As plasma [atropine] increases, salivary flow rates ______
ae. As plasma caffeine increases, renal tubule water reabsorption ______
af. As plasma pH increases, the P50 value of hemoglobin ______
ag.  As efferent arteriole diameter decreases, GFR ______
ah.   As saliva passes through the salivary ducts, saliva [K+] ______
ai.   As alveolar ventilation rate increases, alveolar PCO2 ______
aj.  As GFR decreases, renal Na+ reabsorption ______
ak.  As plasma potassium increases, plasma aldosterone ______
al.  As macula densa Na+  and Cl- levels increase, plasma renin levels will ______
am.  As plasma PTH increases, plasma [Ca++] ______
an.  As a male student's testosterone increases, his probable grade in this course  ______