Circulatory A&P and Medical Terminology

What is the largest artery in the body?

• Vena Cava

• Aorta

• Capillaries

• Jugular

Endocarditis

• inflammation of the inner lining of the heart
• inflammation of the outer lining of the heart
• inflammation of the end of the heart
• specialist in the study of the heart

Hematology

• the study of blood
• the study of the brain
• the study of movement
• the study of disease

Bradycardia

• slow heartbeat
• slow movement
• fast movement
• no heartbeat

Ischemia

• restricted blood flow
• excessive bleeding
• pertaining to the pelvis
• pertaining to the lower leg

How many chambers make up the human heart?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Vessels that carry blood away from the heart are called ___.

• arteries

• veins

• capillaries

• alveoli

Each upper chamber of the heart is called a(n) ___.

• ventricle

• pulmonary artery

• spleen

• atrium

The ____ pumps oxygen-rich blood out of the heart to the rest of the body.

• right ventricle

• left ventricle

• right atrium

• left atrium

The smallest vessels in the body, where oxygen is exchanged for carbon dioxide, are ____.

• arteries

• veins

• capillaries

• alveoli