Cardiovascular Responses to Exercise

Blood vessels that direct and help regulate blood flow away from the heart

• Vena Cava

• Arteries

• Ventricles

• Veins

Blood vessels that direct and maintain blood flood back to the heart

• Arteries

• Aorta

• Veins

• Capillaries

Allows alteration of blood composition; responsible for nutrient delivery and waste removal at target tissues. Involved in gas exchange

• Blood Highways

• Veins

• Blood Tunnels

• Capillaries

How many chambers does the heart have ? 

• 4
• 6
• 2

• 1

The contraction phase in the cardiac cycle. The top number in a blood pressure reading.

• Systole

• Diastole

• Heart Beat

• Cardiac Output

The relaxation phase of the cardiac cycle

• Systole

• Cardiac Output

• Diastole

True or False: With exercise, systole is longer than diastole

• True

• False

Blood pumped out per minute

• Venous Return

• Cardiac Output

• Heart Rate

• Stroke Volume

True or False: At rest, systole is longer than diastole

• True

• False

The term for the amount of blood that is sent out per heart beat

• Stroke Volume

• Venous Return

• Cardiac Output