CIRCULATORY SYSTEM- HMW

What is the largest artery in the human body called?

• Superior Vena Cava
• Aorta
• Inferior Vena Cava
• Pulmonary Artery

The upper chambers of the heart are known as...

• valves
• ventricles
• atria
• septum

How many valves are in the heart?

• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6

What is the function of the heart?

• To pump blood around the body
• To remove oxygen from the blood
• To allow blood to flow through it 
• To breath

What part of blood is responsible for fighting infections?

• Red Blood Cells
• White Blood Cells
• Platelets
• Plasma

Name of the valve that separates left atrium from left ventricle.

• mitral valve
• tricuspid
• pulmonary valve

Major artery at the top of the heart sends oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the rest of the body.

• aorta
• pulmonary artery
• inferior vena cava

If you're looking for your heart, you can find it beneath and to the left of what "bone?"

• rib
• sternum
• clavicle

Build up of plaque causing the narrowing of the walls of the arteries of the heart. 

• Atherosclerosis
• Arrhythmia
• Stroke

When the heart rate is less than 60 beats per minute.

• Bradycardia  
• Tachycardia
• Leukemia

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