Essentials Final Review

Which is the largest artery in the body?

• Aorta 
• Superior Vena Cava

As an arterial pathway moves farther from the heart, the arteries

• get smaller
• get larger
• do not change in size
• have a party

These are one cell thick

• arteries

• capillaries

• veins

Pulse is felt here

• arteries

• capillaries

• veins

When the ventricles contract it is called

• sphygmomanometer

• systole

• diastole

• Aorta
• Pulmonary Artery
• Superior Vena Cava
• Inferier Vena Cava

What is a "normal" blood pressure

• 120/110 mmHg

• 120/80 mmHg

• 100/80 mmHg

• 140/80 mmHg

Chronic high BP is called...

• Hypertrophy
• Atrophy
• Hypertension
• Hyperatrophy

For a blood pressure reading, the number on top measures...

• Diastolic Pressure
• Systolic Pressure
• Diastemic Pressure
• Systemic Pressure

What bone is highlighted?

• Skull (Cranium)

• Mandible

• Scapula

• Clavicle