Cardiovascular System Quiz

Where would oxygen-poor blood be found?

• Pulmonary arteries and systemic veins

• Pulmonary arteries and systemic arteries

• Pulmonary veins and systemic arteries

• Pulmonary veins and systemic veins

What is the deepest layer in the wall of the heart?

• Myocardium

• Endocardium

• Pericardium

• Epicardium

Valves help to ensure one-way blood flow in the

• capillaries

• arteries and veins

• heart and arteries

• heart and veins

What valve is located between the right atrium and right ventricle?

• Tricuspid valve/Right atrioventricular valve

• Pulmonary valve

• Bicuspid valve/Mitral valve/Left atrioventricular valve

• Aortic valve

When taking a pulse at the wrist, which artery is being palpated?

• Radial artery

• Ulnar artery

• Palmar arch

• Brachial artery

Which ECG wave is correctly described?

• T wave: depolarization of ventricles

• QRS complex: depolarization of atria

• P wave: depolarization of atria

• QRS complex: repolarization of ventricles

Which of the following is a large vein that drains directly into the right atrium?

• superior mesenteric vein

• coronary sinus

• hepatic portal vein

• cephalic vein

What term refers to the contraction of a heart chamber?

• Systole

• Diastole

Where is the popliteal artery located?

• Deep to the scapula

• In the groin

• Behind the knee

• In the abdominal cavity

The ventricular walls and the atrial walls each form a functional syncytium. What does this term mean?

• A hollow structure lined by endothelium

• Tissue with a high rate of blood flow

• A structure that contains blood

• A mass of cells functioning as a unit