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Cardiovascular System 3

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 6hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This takes blood away from the heart? 
a)
Artery 
b)
Vein 
c)
Blood vessel 
d)
None of these
2.

This is not one of the layers of an artery or vein?

a)

Connective tissue

b)

Endothelium

c)

Epithelium

3.
What is the outer layer of the heart called?
a)
Heart wall
b)
Pericardium
c)
Epicardium
d)
Thoracic cavity
4.

The pericardium does not provide ___________.

a)

protection

b)

an anchor to heart to other structures

c)

lubrication to reduce friction

d)

assistance in ventricle contraction

5.
Which layer of the heart wall is composed cardiac muscle fibers which allow the heart to contract?
a)
Epicardium
b)
Myocardium
c)
a.  Endocardium
d)
a.  None of these
6.

Where does the superior vena cava and inferior vena cava empty blood ?

a)

Right atrium

b)

Left atrium

c)

Right ventricle

d)

Left ventricle

7.

The right atria receives blood from ___________.

a)

superior and inferior vena cava

b)

aorta

c)

pulmonary artery

d)

pulmonary vein

8.
The _________ divides the right and left side of the heart.
a)
valve
b)
AV node
c)
septum
d)
SA node
9.
Blood from the right ventricle is pumped to the ________________.
a)
pulmonary artery
b)
pulmonary vein
c)
Aorta
d)
Superior vena cava
10.
The aorta receives blood from which part of the heart?
a)
Right atria
b)
 Right ventricle
c)
 Left atria
d)
Left ventricle
11.
If blood was leaking back from the right ventricle to the right atrium, which of the following valves is involved?
a)
bicuspid valve
b)
tricuspid valve
c)
pulmonary semilunar valve
d)
atrioventricular valve
12.
Where is the mitral valve?
a)
between right atria and left atria
b)
between the left atria and right ventricle
c)
between the right atria and right ventricle
d)
between the left atria and left ventricle
13.

The function of chordae tendineae is _____________.

a)

assist in ventricle contraction

b)

holding the atrioventricular valves in place while the heart is pumping blood.

c)

move blood to the lungs

d)

reoxygenate blood

14.
Which chamber of the heart has the thickest walls?
a)
left ventricle
b)
right ventricle
c)
right atria
d)
left atria
15.
Hypertension is ____________.
a)
high blood pressure
b)
low blood pressure
c)
fast heart rate
d)
low heart rate
16.
What functions as the pacemaker of the heart?
a)
AV node
b)
Purkinje Network
c)
SA node
d)
AV node
17.
What is an unusual sound heard between heartbeats?
a)
angina
b)
heart attack
c)
fibrillation
d)
heart murmur
18.
What is a quivering or irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure and other heart-related complications?
a)
angina
b)
heart attack
c)
atrial fibrillation
d)
heart murmur
19.
This is the large muscle cells that spread through the right and the left ventricles of the heart and carry the impulses that contract those chambers almost simultaneously.
a)
Purkinje Network
b)
Heart Attack
c)
Angina
d)
Atrial Fibrillation
20.
What is a myocardial infarction?
a)
angina
b)
heart attack
c)
bradycardia
d)
ventricular tachycardia
21.
This is chest pain due to there not enough blood flowing to part of the heart. 
a)
angina
b)
bradycardia
c)
tachycardia
d)
fibillation
22.
What is the order for the electrical signal in a heartbeat?
a)
AV node-SA node_AV bundle- Purkinje Nework
b)
SA node – AV node – AV bundle – Purkinje Network
c)
AV bundle- Purkinje Network-AV node-SA node
d)
SA node – Purkinje Network – AV node – AV bundle