Cardiovascular Quiz 1

Innermost layer of the heart?

• Myocardium

• Endocardium

• Epicardium

• Pericardium

The period of relaxation in the heart when the chambers are filing with blood is called?

• Vasodilation

• diastole

• Vasoconstriction

• mitral valve

Large aterial trunk that arises from the base of the left ventricle and channels blood from the heart into other arteries throughout the body is called?

• Mitral Valve

• Aorta

• Stroke Volume

• Superior Vena Cava

Sminlunar valve between the left ventricle and the aorta that prevents blood from flowing backinto the left ventricle.

• Aorta

• Aortic Valve

• Semilunar Valve

• Tricuspid Valve

What is another name for the bicuspid valve?

• Semilunar Valve

• Mitral Valve

• Tricuspid Valve

• Aortic Valve

Narrowing of the blood vessels, which decreases blood flow is called?

• Vasoconstriction

• Vasodilation

• Endocardium

• Cardiac Output

The volume of blood pumped from the heart per beat is called?

• Vasoconstriction

• Vasodilation

• Stroke Volume

• Aorta

Two valves(tricuspid and mitral) situated between the atria and the ventricle is called?

• Atrioventricular Valves

• Semilunar Valves

• Biscupid Valve

• Mitral Valve

Widening of the blood vessels, which increases blood flow is called?

• Vasodialation

• Vasocontricition

• StrokeVolume

• Intervetebral Septum

Valves situated at the opening between the heart and the aorta and at the opening between the heart and the pulmonary artery;they prevent backflow of the blood to the ventricles is called?

• Semilunar Valves

• Atrioventricular Valves

• Mitral Valve

• Tricuspid Valve