PBS Unit 4 Practice Test

The semilunar valve separating the aorta from the left ventricle that prevents blood from flowing back into the left ventricle.

• Bicuspid valve
• Aortic Valve
• Tricuspid valve
• Mitral valve

Any of the tubular branching muscular and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body.

• Vein
• Capillary
• Artery
• Atrium

An anatomical cavity or passage; especially a chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins and forces it into a ventricle or ventricles.

• Ventricle
• Auricle
• Septum
• Atrium

The transport system of the body responsible for carrying oxygen and nutrients to the body and carrying away carbon dioxide and other wastes; composed of the heart, blood vessels, and blood.

• Cardiovascular System
• Pulmonary System
• Systemic System
• Circulatory System

The smallest structural unit of living matter capable of functioning independently.

• Tissue
• Cell
• Organ
• Molecule

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A vein that is the largest vein in the human body and returns blood to the right atrium of the heart from bodily parts below the diaphragm.

• Carotlid artery
• Superior Vena Cava
• Inferior Vena Cava
• Pulmonary Vein

A valve in the heart that guards the opening between the left atrium and the left ventricle; prevents the blood in the ventricle from returning to the atrium. Alternative name is bicuspid valve.

• Tricuspid valve
• Aortic valve
• Pulmonary valve
• Mitral Valve

The passage of venous blood from the right atrium of the heart through the right ventricle and pulmonary arteries to the lungs where it is oxygenated and its return via the pulmonary veins to enter the left atrium and participate in systemic circulation. 

• Pulmonary Circulation
• Systemic Circulation

A vein that is the second largest vein in the human body and returns blood to the right atrium of the heart from the upper half of the body.

• Inferior Vena Cava
• Superior Vena Cava
• Pulmonary Vein
• Ventricle

An integrated group of cells with a common function, structure, or both.

• Cell
• Organ
• System
• Tissue