Physiology Part 2

1. Galen believed blood originated from where?

• Heart

• Lungs

• Liver

• Pneuma

2. How much blood did Harvey estimate the heart pumped in a day?

• 198 lbs

• 498 lbs

• 898 lbs

• 1,898 lbs

3. When Harvey tied ligatures on humans arms, what is one thing he saw?

• Bumps on the veins

• Bumps on the arteries

• Veins change color

• Arteries change color

4. Which is the only area of the body which Harvey found blood to flow down?

• Arms

• Neck

• Legs

• Feet

5. Galen found the heart dialtes during what?

• Diastole

• Systole

• Pain

• Stress

6. What did Galen believe about the arterial pulse?

• Its caused by breathing

• It gets stronger when pressure is placed on the artery

• It gets weaker when pressure is placed on the artery

• Its an intrinsic property of the blood vessel

7. What was Harvey careful to do when writing about his work?

• Distinguish fact from speculation

• Always included cryptic rhetoric to confuse laypeople

• Tailor his writing to all audiences, no matter their education

• Make himself sound very intelligent

8. What is something Harvey could never confirm?

• If diastole or systole was the active phase of the heart

• What was flowing inside arteries

• Blood flows from vena cava to aorta

• How arteries and veins were actually connected

9. Vesalius was a physician to gladiators and got to study neck injuries and paralyzation.

• True

• False

10. Galen thought waste in the blood was removed by the lungs.

• True

• False