Cardiac Cycle Quiz

Why are the walls of the left ventricle thicker than that of the right ventricle?

• The left ventricle must force blood into all the capillaries of the lungs 
• the left ventricle doesn't skip leg day
• This is false, the walls of the right ventricle are thicker
• Blood from the left ventricle is pumped throught the entire body 

A flap of tissue that prevents blood from flowing backward

• Aorta
• Atrium
• Septum
• Valve

Pumps the oxygenated blood to all parts of the body

• Right Ventricle
• Left Ventricle
• Right Atrium
• Left Atrium

Receives blood from the body that is low in oxygen and high in carbon dioxide

• Right Atrium
• Right Ventricle
• Left Atrium
• Left Ventricle

Pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs

• Right Ventricle
• Right Atrium
• Left Ventricle
• Left Atrium

An EKG is actually

• A ratio
• An equation
• A time frame
• A graph 

An electrocardiogram measures what?

• The amount of pressure exerted on blood vessels.
• The electrical activity of the heart.
• How many times the heart contracts over time.
• The body's temperature caused by friction of blood in vessel.

Which of the following is not a direct indicator of a person's cardiac health?

• Heart Rate
• Blood Pressure
• EKG
• Temperature 

Circulation involving the lungs is called...

• Pulmonary Circulation
• Cutaneous Circulation
• Systemic Circulation
• Cardiac Convendency 

Normal blood pressure is...

• 120/80 mmHg
• 80/120 mmHg
• 140/90 mmHg
• 80/140 mmHg