HBS Chapter 4

The cardiovascular system is also known as the ____________ system.

• Circulatory System

• Digestive System

• Immune System

• Endocrine System

The right and left sides of the heart are separated by a wall of tissue called the __________.

• Atrium

• Ventricle

• Aorta

• Septum

The two upper chambers that receive the blood that comes into the heart are called the right and left__________

• Atriums

• Ventricles

• Aortas

• Veins

What prevents the blood from flowing backwards back into the heart?

• A flap of tissue called a valve

• An artery that carries blood from the left ventricle the body called the aorta

• A chamber in the lower part of the heart that pumps oxygen called a ventricle

• An chamber that receives the blood called an atrium

There are three kinds of blood vessels to carry blood throughout your body. What are they?

• veins, pacemaker and valves

• arteries, capillaries and veins

• capillaries, aorta, ventricles

• arteries, septums and atriums

Coronary arteries carry blood to the __________.

• heart

• brain

• lungs

• toe

How many layers are in the artery walls?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Which blood vessel carries blood back to the heart?

• pulse

• arteries

• capillaries

• veins

The _______ pushes blood through your blood vessels.

• veins

• heart

• valve

• aorta

The lower chambers, caled _______, pump blood out of the heart

• valves

• ventricles

• capilaries

• arteries