WorksheetsCardiovascular Terminology Quiz
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 22mins
What is the name of the valve between a atrium and a ventricle?
Atrioventricular valve
Arterial valve
Semilunar valve
Arteroventricular valve
A complete heartbeat consisting of contraction and relaxation of both atria and both ventricles
Diapedesis
Cardiac arrest
Cardiac cycle
Circulation
The process of blood clotting
Conduction
Thrombocytes
Diapedesis
Coagulation
Cardiac muscle cells; also called Purkinje fibers
Conduction myofibers
Diastole
Systole
Pulmonary artery
Diapedesis means which of the following:
A stem cell in the bone marrow that rises
The process by which WBC enter the tissue spaces outside the blood vessel
The process of blood leaving the arteries and enter the tissues
A connective tissue that covers and supports the heart
The relaxation phase of the cardiac cycle
Systole
System
Dialysis
Diastole
This formed element has the average life span of 120 days:
Leukocyte
Thrombocyte
Erythrocyte
Erthracyte
Which of the following is the definition of erythropoiesis:
The process of red blood cell formation
Contraction phase of the cardiac cycle
The valve stem that goes through the heart
The process of clotting blood
A hormone released by the kidney used to stimulate erythrocyte production:
Prothrombin
Monocytes
Erythropoietin
Fibrinolysis
Which of the following is a stem cell in the bone marrow from which the blood cells arise?
Hematopoiesis
Hemocytoblast
Hemiostasis
Homeostasis
Hematopoiesis means:
Hemocytoblast
Semilunar valve
Blood cell production, which occurs in the red bone marrow
A stem cell that is also called hepatic
Leukocytes
Red blood cells
Protects against invaders such as bacteria
Also known as platelets
Straw colored fluid made of mostly water
Valve between a ventricle of the heart and the vessels that carries blood away from the ventricles.
Semilunar valve
Atrioventricular valve
Artery valve
Mitral valve
One of the formed elements of the blood; functions in blood clotting
Erythrocytes
Leukocytes
Thrombrytes
Thrombocytes
Systole
The complete cardiac cycle
The resting phase of the cardiac cycle
The contraction phase of the cardiac cycle
The deoxygenated phase of the cardiac cycle
What is the name of the loose fitting sac that encloses the heart?
Pericardium
Pleura
Endocardium
Peritoneum
What is another name for epicardium?
Pericardial cavity
Visceral pericardium
Fibrous pericardium
Parietal pericardium
Thrombocytes are also called:
Platelets
Erythrocytes
Leukocytes
Basophils
_______ is the collecting duct of the lymphatic system that collects lymph from the upper right quadrant of the body.
Thoracic duct
Cell mediated immunity
Antibody mediated immunity
Right lymphatic duct
______ is the body’s ability to counteract the effects of pathogens and other harmful agents?
Susceptibility
Resistance
Diapedesis
Hemostasis
________ is immunity that is the result of T-cell action.
hemoglobin
Immunoglobulins
cell-mediated immunity
antibody-mediated immunity
_________ is the iron containing protein in red blood cells that is responsible for the transport of 02.
Hemostasis
Hemoglobin
Diapedesis
Atria
______ is the white blood cells that lack granules in the cytoplasm
Antibodies
Agranulocytes
Granulocytes
Resistance
What are the pumping chambers of the heart?
ventricles
atrials
endocardium
antigens
This substance is produced by the body and activates or destroys other substances.
agranulocytes
atria
antigens
antibodies
Which of the following is the correct spelling for a large cell that contributes to the formation of platelets?
Macrophages
Megakarocytes
Megakroctes
Magacytes
Which of the following is the correct spelling for the term meaning lack of resistance to disease?
suceptability
sussepble
susceptibility
substance
The medical term angina means:
chest pain
narrow or short
chest
atria pain
_______ is a small space around the heart, between the parietal pericardium and visceral pericardium.
pericardial cavity
specific defense mechanism
endocardium
granulocytes
_____ is the thin, smooth inner lining of each chamber of the heart.
Epicardium
Endocardium
Pericardium
Myocardium
_____ is immunity that is the result of B-cell action and the production of antibodies.
antibody-mediated immunity
cell-mediated immunity
atria-mediated immunity
immunology
______ is a substance that triggers an immune response when introduced to the body.
heparin
liver
antigens
homocystine
Which chamber of the heart a thin walled chamber that receives blood from the veins?
atria
ventricle
septum
aorta
________ means to control of stoppage of bleeding
homeostasis
hemostasis
hematopoiesis
hemocytoblast
______ is a substance that is produced by the body that inactivates or destroys other substances that are introduced into the body.
immunglobes
imunigloben
erythopoietin
immunoglobulins
Macrophages are
large phagocytic connective tissue cells that function in immune response
large cells that contribute to the formation of platelets
white blood cells that lack granules in the cytoplasm
small space around the heart; between the parietal pericardium and visceral pericardium
This is the middle layer of the heart wall
endocardium
epicardium
myocardium
pericardium
This is the body’s ability to counteract all types of harmful agents
specific defense mechanism
nonspecific defense mechanism
renal erythropoietic factor
systemic circulation
______ is a substance produced by the kidneys that activates erythropoietin to stimulate the production of red blood cells.
nonspecific defense mechanism
specific defense mechanism
renal erythropoietic factor
Thoracic duct
Which of the following is the pathway that takes blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs and then returns it to the left side of the heart?
cardiac cycle
pericardial cavity
systemic circulation
pulmonary circulation
These valves are between the ventricles of the heart and the vessels that carry blood away from the ventricles.
atrioventricular valves
mitral valves
semilunar valves
tricuspid valves
_________ is the activities of the body that counteract only certain types of harmful agents.
specific defense mechanism
nonspecific defense mechanism
renal erythropoietic factor
systemic circulation
______ is the primary collecting duct of the lymphatic system that collects lymph from all regions of the body, except the right quadrant.
Right lymphatic duct
Liver
Thoracic duct
homocystine
_____ is the pathway that transports blood from the left side of the heart to all parts of the body and return the blood to the right atrium.
systemic circulation
pulmonary circulation
pericardial cavity
cardiac cycle
