PHS Spring Semester Review

The chamber of the heart that receives deoxygenated blood as it returns from body cells is the ___.

• right atrium
• right ventricle
• left atrium
• left ventricle

The blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart are the ___.

• arteries
• veins
• capillaries
• arterioles

The blood vessels that contain valves to prevent blood from flowing in a backward direction are the ____.

• arteries
• veins
• capillaries
• arterioles

The blood cells that fight infection are the ___.

• erythrocytes
• leukocytes
• thrombocytes
• platelets

The period of ventricular contraction in the heart is called ____.

• tachycardia
• bradycardia
• systole
• diastole

The smallest branches of veins are called __________.

• arterioles
• venules
• capillaries
• vena cavas

What blood vessels are only one cell thick and allow for the passage of oxygen and nutrients into the body cells?

• arterioles
• venules
• capillaries
• arteries

Hemoglobin carries ____.

• oxygen and carbon dioxide
• neutrophils and basophils
• fibrinogen and prothrombin
• plasma and ATP

The medical term for high blood pressure is  ____.

• phlebitis
• hypertension
• embolus
• myocardial infarction

The medical term for a heart attack is ___.

• hypertension
• embolus
• phlebitis
• myocardial infarction