Cardiovascular System

What is another name for the Cardiovascular System?

• Circulatory System

• Lymphatic System

• Respiratory System

• Integumentary System

What is the primary function of the Cardiovascular System?

• Break down the food you eat into nutrients that your body can absorb.

• Transport blood throughout the body

• Provides a frame to support and protect your body parts.

• Works with the skeletal system to help you move.

Which organ is made mostly of cardiac muscle?

• the skin

• the bones

• the heart

• the diaphram

How many chambers does the heart have?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

The upper chambers of the heart are called what?

• veins

• arteries

• the ventricles

• the atria

The lower chambers of the heart are called what?

• the atria

• the ventricles

• the arteries

• the capillaries

Which side pumps the oxygen-poor blood to the lungs to get filled up again with oxygen?

• the right side

• the left side

Which side pumps the oxygen-rich or oxygen filled blood back to the body?

• the right side

• the left side

In the heart, what separates the atria (the upper chambers) and the ventricles (the lower chambers), it lets blood through, but keeps the blood from going backwards?

• the valves

• the veins

• the cardiac muscle

• the plasma

What is the name for the pipelines that carry the oxygen full blood away from the heart to the bodies organs?

• arteries

• veins