Heart and Circulatory System Quiz

Into which structure does blood enter after passing through the aortic semilunar valve?

• Pulmonary trunk

• Aortic arch

• Right atrium

• Left atrium

What is the first structure blood passes through in the heart after returning from the body?

• Right atrium

• Left atrium

• Right ventricle

• Left ventricle

What is the destination of blood after it travels through the pulmonary trunk?

• To the lungs

• To the body

• To the left atrium

• To the right atrium

What is the primary function of systemic circulation?

• To pump blood from the body to the heart

• To pump blood from the heart to the lungs

• To pump blood from the heart to the body

• To pump blood from the lungs to the heart

What major artery carries blood from the heart to the body in systemic circulation?

• Pulmonary artery

• Coronary artery

• Aorta

• Carotid artery

What sound is produced when the two ventricles contract?

• dup sound

• lub sound

• tap sound

• zip sound

What is the term for a heart rate greater than 100 bpm?

• Bradycardia

• Tachycardia

• Arrhythmia

• Hypotension

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

What happens to the AV valves during the systole of ventricles?

• They open

• They close

• They contract

• They relax

What happens to the AV valves when blood returns to the atria?

• They close

• They open

• They contract

• They relax

What is the result of atria contracting?

• Blood is forced into ventricles

• AV valves close

• Ventricles contract

• Chordae tendineae relax