Cardiovascular System Quiz

The cardiovascular system is responsible for:

• Transporting oxygen and nutrients

• Digesting food

• Producing hormones

• Regulating body temperature

What substances are transported throughout the cardiovascular system?

• Oxygen and nutrients

• Carbon dioxide and waste products

• Hormones

The anatomical location of the heart within the body is:

• In the left upper quadrant of the abdomen

• In the right lower quadrant of the abdomen

• In the thoracic cavity between the lungs

• In the pelvic cavity

Where is the maximal point of impulse?

• At the apex of the heart

• At the base of the heart

• At the left sternal border

• At the right sternal border

The chambers of the heart are:

• Two atria and two ventricles

• One atrium and one ventricle

• Two atria and one ventricle

• One atrium and two ventricles

Which chamber of the heart receives deoxygenated blood from the body?

• right atrium

• right ventricle

• left atrium

• left ventricle

Which of the following is a valve of the heart?

• between the chambers/locations

• 4 total

• pulmonary valve

• left atrioventricular valve (left AV valve; Bicuspid valve)

• right atrioventricular valve (right AV valve; Tricuspid valve)

What is the first valve that deoxygenated blood passes through in the heart?

• pulmonary valve

• right ventricle

• right AV (tricuspid) valve

• right atrium

• inferior and superior vena cava

What structure does oxygenated blood pass through to exit the lungs and enter the left atrium?

• pulmonary veins

• left AV (bicuspid; mitral) valve

• left ventricle

• left atrium

• aorta

The right side of the heart carries....

• oxygenated blood

• deoxygenated blood

• nutrients

• carbon dioxide