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Cardiovascular System

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How many chambers in the heart?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
2.
How many valves in the heart?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
2
d)
1
3.
Blood enters the heart through which vessels
a)
Superior and Inferior Vena Cava
b)
Pulmonary Artery
c)
Pulmonary Vein
d)
Tricuspid Valve
4.
The right side of the heart carries oxygenated blood
a)
True
b)
False
5.
The right side of the heart carries oxygenated blood
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Pulmonary Artery
a)
carries oxygenated blood to atrium
b)
carries deoxygenated blood to lungs
c)
carries oxygenated blood to lungs
d)
none of the above
7.
Pulmonary vein
a)
carries oxygenated blood to left atrium
b)
carries deoxygenated blood to left ventricle
c)
carries oxygenated blood to left ventricle
d)
carries deoxygenated blood to left atrium
8.
Blood flows from left atrium to left ventricle through which valve?
a)
Bicuspid
b)
Tricuspid
c)
Semilunar Valve
d)
Pulmonary valve
9.
Blood flows from right atrium to right ventricle through which valve?
a)
semilunar valve
b)
tricuspid valve
c)
bicuspid valve
d)
pulmonary valve 
10.
What is the function of the cardiovascular system 
a)
carries oxygen and nutrients to body
b)
carries waste to excretory system
c)
defense against disease
d)
all of the above
11.
The Semilunar Valves are:
a)
Tricuspid & Bicuspid
b)
Pulmonary and Bicuspid
c)
Aortic & Tricuspid
d)
Pumonary & Aortic
12.
The largest artery in the body
a)
Aorta
b)
Superior Vena Cava
c)
Inferior Vena Cava
d)
Pulmonary Artery
13.
What are the pumping chambers
a)
Atria
b)
Ventricles
c)
Bicuspid
d)
Tricuspid
14.
The three layers of the heart are as follows:
a)
Myocardium,pericardium,endocardium
b)
Myocardium,epicardium,endocardium
c)
Myocardium,endocarditis,endocardium
d)
Myocardium,exocardium,pericardium
15.
This is the thickest layer of the heart
a)
Pericardium
b)
Endocardium
c)
Myocardium
d)
Epicardium
16.
The smooth layer that lines the inside of the heart
a)
Endocardium
b)
Pericardium
c)
Myocardium
d)
None of the Above
17.
Double membrane sac that covers the outside of the heart
a)
Pericardium
b)
Myocardium
c)
Endocardium
d)
All of the above
18.
The flow of blood between the heart and cells of body
a)
Systemic circulation
b)
Pulmonary circulation
c)
Oxygenated blood
d)
Deoxygenated blood
19.
The flow of blood between the heart and the lungs
a)
systemic circulation
b)
oxygenated circulation
c)
Pulmonary circulation
d)
none of the above
20.
The left side of the heart pumps deoxygenated blood
a)
True
b)
False
21.
_______starts in the heart and causes the heart muscle to contract and the heart to beat
a)
Enzymes
b)
Electrical impulses
c)
Hormones
d)
Neurons
22.
Types of blood vessels:
a)
arteries,veins,bronchioles
b)
arteries,veins,neurons
c)
arteries, veins, capillaries
d)
arteries,veins,aorta
23.
____________carry blood away from the heart
a)
bronchioles
b)
arteries
c)
veins
d)
capillaries
24.
________carry blood back to the heart
a)
arteries
b)
capillaries
c)
veins
d)
arterioles
25.
How many liters of blood circulate through out the body?
a)
1-2 liters
b)
3-4 liters
c)
4-5 liters
26.
Inflammation within the heart
a)
bradycardia
b)
endocarditis
c)
pericarditis
d)
tachycardia
27.
surgical repair of the artery
a)
phlebitis
b)
angioplasty
c)
arterioplasty
d)
aortogram
28.
removal of clot
a)
phlebitis
b)
phlebectomy
c)
lymphoma
d)
angioma
29.
tumor involving blood vessels or the lymphatic system
a)
hematoma
b)
angioma
c)
carcinoma
d)
gleoblastoma
30.
arteriosclerosis
a)
any condition of a hard artery
b)
any condition artery
31.
narrowing or tightening of a blood vessel
a)
angioplasty
b)
cardiomalacia
c)
angiostenosis
d)
arteriogram
32.
Higher than normal blood pressure is _______?
a)
Hypertension
b)
Hypotension
33.
Lower than normal blood pressure ________?
a)
Hypertension
b)
Hypotension
34.
What is happening when the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs?
a)
heart attack
b)
heart failure
c)
heart disease
d)
hypertension
35.
an irregularity in the rhythm of the heartbeat
a)
gallop
b)
flutter
c)
sinus rhythm
d)
arrhythmia 
36.
muscular wall that separates the heart into right and left sides
a)
valves
b)
ventricles
c)
atria
d)
septum
37.
What are the receiving chambers of the heart?
a)
Ventricles
b)
Atria
c)
Auricles
d)
None
38.
blood vessels that allow exchange of nutrients with body tissues
a)
arteries
b)
veins
c)
capillaries
d)
coronary arteries
39.
small veins
a)
capillaries
b)
arterioles
c)
venules
d)
corpuscles
40.
small arteries
a)
venules
b)
arterioles
c)
capillaries
d)
pulmonaries
41.
SA (sinoatrial) node; regulates to pace  the heart
a)
AV node
b)
Purkinje fibers
c)
SV node
d)
pacemaker
42.
period of ventricular rest
a)
systole
b)
diastole
43.
period of ventricular contraction
a)
systole
b)
diastole
44.
smallest blood vessels that allow for o2 and co2 exchange to take place
a)
arteries
b)
veins
c)
capillaries
45.
blood vessels that carry blood to the heart; have valves to prevent the backflow of blood
a)
arteries 
b)
veins
c)
capillaries
46.
Largest vein in the body:
a)
aorta
b)
vena cava
c)
capillary
d)
artery
47.
Blood vessels that branch from the aorta and carry oxygen-rich blood to the heart:
a)
coronary arteries
b)
pulmonary arteries
c)
aorta
d)
capillaries
48.
The combining for that means yellowish plaque:
a)
arteri/o
b)
ather/o
c)
cyan/o
d)
cholesterol/o
49.
The combining for that means vein:
a)
arteri/o
b)
phleb/o
c)
valvul/o
d)
ventricul/o
50.
The combining for that means heart:
a)
arteri/o
b)
phleb/o
c)
cardi/o
d)
ventricul/o
51.
The combining for that means clot:
a)
thromb/o
b)
vascul/o
c)
brachi/o
d)
phleb/o
52.
The combining for that means vessel:
a)
thromb/o
b)
valvul/o
c)
arteri/o
d)
vascul/o
53.
The combining for that means chest:
a)
brachi/o
b)
coron/o
c)
steth/o
d)
thromb/o
54.
cardiomegaly is enlargement (-megaly) of the _______ (cardi/o):
a)
heart
b)
aorta
c)
valve
d)
vessel
55.
Cyanosis is the abnormal condition (-osis) of ______ (cyan/o) due to poor oxygenation of the blood:
a)
blue (bluish discoloration)
b)
mucus
c)
cholesterol
d)
clot
56.
A phlebotomy is an incision (-tomy) of a/an _______ (phleb/o)
a)
artery
b)
ventricle
c)
vein
d)
heart
57.
Thrombolysis is the destruction (-lysis) of _______(thromb/o):
a)
plaque
b)
mucus
c)
valves
d)
clots
58.
The term vascular means pertaining to (-ar) a _______ (vascul/o).
a)
Valve
b)
Vessel
c)
Ventricle
d)
Atrium
59.
A stethoscope is an instrument to examine (-scope) the _______ (steth/o).
a)
Arm
b)
Head
c)
Chest
d)
Leg
60.
Extra heart sound heard between normal beats:
a)
Murmur
b)
Systole
c)
Diastole
d)
Pulse
61.
Abnormally swollen and twisted veins, usually occuring in the legs:
a)
Varicose veins
b)
Deep vein thrombosis
c)
Perpheral arterial disease
d)
Aneurysm
62.
Combining form menaing pulse:
a)
Cardi/o
b)
Thromb/o
c)
Steth/o
d)
Sphygm/o
63.
Acute heart attack:
a)
DVT
b)
MI
c)
AED
d)
CPR
64.
The p wave represents the 
a)
ventricles contracting
b)
atria contracting
c)
ventricles relaxing 
d)
atria relaxing
65.
When the lumen of the artery becomes smaller it
a)
Vasodialtes
b)
Vasoconstricts
c)
Vasospasms