Cardiovascular System Quiz

The period of ventricular contraction in the heart is called systole.

• True

• False

Hypotension is high blood pressure.

• True

• False

Hemoglobin carries both oxygen and carbon dioxide.

• True

• False

Sickle cell anemia is a chronic, inherited anemia that occurs almost exclusively among African Americans.

• True

• False

A common symptom of a myocardial infarction is a severe, crushing pain that radiates to the arm, neck, and jaw.

• True

• False

During diastole, the atria are filling with blood and the ventricles contract.

• True

• False

The double-layered membrane that covers the outside of the heart is the endocardium.

• True

• False

The largest artery in the body is the ____.

• carotid

• femoral

• aorta

• coronary

The valve between the left atrium and left ventricle that prevents blood from flowing back into the left atrium is the ____.

• aortic valve

• pulmonary valve

• tricuspid valve

• bicuspid valve

• mitral valve

The chamber of the heart that receives oxygenated blood as it returns from the lungs is the ____.

• right atrium

• right ventricle

• left atrium

• left ventricle