2026 The Circulatory System P2

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Do word surgery on cardiovascular

Example: hepatitis

Dissection: hepat / itis

hepat/o (root word) = liver

-itis (suffix) = inflammation

Definition: inflammation of the liver

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What are the functions of the heart?

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What is the difference between the apex and base of the heart?

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Do word surgery on pericardium

Example: hepatitis

Dissection: hepat / itis

hepat/o (root word) = liver

-itis (suffix) = inflammation

Definition: inflammation of the liver

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What is the innermost layer of the heart that lines the chambers allowing for smooth blood flow?

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What is the name of the sac surrounding the heart?

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What is the muscular middle layer of the heart?

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What are the upper chambers of the heart?

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What does the left atrium collect?

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What is the right and left atria separated by?

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What are the lower chambers of the heart called?

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Which side of the heart pumps blood that is high in oxygen?

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The _____ receives oxygen-depleted blood and empties it into the _____, whereas oxygenated blood from the lungs enters the _____ and empties into the _____.

• Left ventricle, left atrium, right ventricle, right atrium

• Right ventricle, right atrium, left ventricle, left atrium

• Right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, left ventricle

• Left atrium, left ventricle, right atrium, right ventricle

Multiple Choice

All of the following are heart valves except

• The mitral valve

• The aortic valve

• The tricuspid valve

• The atrial valve

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What is the function of valves in the circulatory system?

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What valve is between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery?

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What valve is between the left atrium and left ventricle?

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What is the function of the coronary arteries?

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What is the difference between the pulmonary circulation and systemic circulation?

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When blood is moving through the circulatory system, what is after the tricuspid valve?

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When blood is moving through the circulatory system, what is before the pulmonary veins?

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What chamber does deoxygenated blood from the systemic circulation enter?

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What vessels carry deoxygenated blood in the systemic circulation?

Match

Match the following

• smallest vessel

• largest vessel

• midsized vessel

capillary

artery

arteriole

• capillary

• artery

• arteriole

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How would you describe the blood that is transported in the venous system?

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What is the name of a midsized vessel between a vein and a capillary?

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What do veins have to prevent the backflow of blood?

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What is another name for the SA node?

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Where is the AV node located?

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Where is the bundle of His?

Reorder

Reorder the following from beginning to end

• Sinoatrial (SA) Node

• Atrioventicular (AV) node

• Bundle of His

• Right and left bundle branches

• Purkenji Fibers

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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The conduction system of the heart regulates the electrical impulses that

• Make the heart beat

• Circulate blood within the heart

• Make the heart rest

• Pull blood into the heart

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What is an arrythmia?

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Explain ventricular fibrillation.

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How are arrhythmias diagnosed?

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Which of the following causes blood pressure? 

• It is caused by the heart pumping and the resistance (push-back) the blood meets in the vessels.

• It is caused by the heart relaxing, which makes more blood flow through the vessels.

• It is caused by the width of the vessels and the effort needed to move blood through them.

• It is caused by electrical signals in the vessels that make them squeeze blood forward.

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What does mmHg stand for?

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Explain what happens during diastole.

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Explain what happens during systole.

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Which of the following statements accurately compares systole and diastole?

• Systole is long (2/3 of the time), while diastole is short (1/3 of the time).

• Systole is when the heart squeezes, while diastole is when the heart relaxes.

• During systole, the heart fills up with blood; during diastole, the heart pumps blood out.

• Diastole is when the heart squeezes, while systole is when the heart relaxes.

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What percent of blood plasma is water?

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What is the normal count of erythrocytes?

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What is the function of erythrocytes?

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All of the following are types of white blood cells except

• Neutrophils

• Erythrocytes

• Monocytes

• Lymphocytes

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What is the function of leukocytes?

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What is the normal count of leukocytes?

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What is the function of thrombocytes?

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What is the normal count of thrombocytes?

Multiple Choice

Blood is a(n) _________ tissue.

• Nervous

• Epithelial

• Muscle

• Connective

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What is hemoglobin?

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What does congenital mean?

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What is the difference between arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis?

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What is congestive heart failure?

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What can cause an embolism?

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What is hemophilia?

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What is the systolic and diastolic reading of hypertension?

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What does leukemia affect?

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What are coronary arteries?

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What is the root word phleb/o?

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What does a dilated vein mean?

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As a healthcare professional, you will have to make recommendations to patients. What are some controllable risk factors that you can inquire about in order to suggest possible changes?