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My Beating Heart

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following doesn't aide in the blood return to the heart?

a)

valves in the veins

b)

skeletal muscle contraction

c)

dilation of the veins

d)

chest expansion

2.

Of all the blood cells which are the most numerous?

a)

Leukocytes

b)

platelets

c)

erythrocytes

d)

lymphocytes

3.

What is contained in the gamma globulin fraction part of the blood?

a)

antibodies

b)

nitrogenous waste

c)

clotting factors

d)

proteins

4.

What is the test done during a blood smear to estimate the % of each type of WBC?

a)

hematocrit

b)

differential white count

c)

chem 7

d)

BUN

5.

A chronically increased hematocrit is known as _____, a disorder of increased RBC production.

a)

leukocytosis

b)

creatnine kinase

c)

leukopenia

d)

polycythemia

6.

What is known as the liquid portion of our blood?

a)

plasma

b)

water

c)

platelets

d)

albumin

7.

The protein that carries oxygen in RBC's is?

a)

iron

b)

erythropoietin

c)

hemoglobin

d)

calcium

8.

Which heart chamber pumps oxygenated blood to ALL parts of the body?

a)

lft ventricle

b)

left atrium

c)

rt atrium

d)

superior vena cava

9.

The left ventricle recieves blood from

a)

lft atrium

b)

pulmonary artery

c)

rt atrium

d)

inferior ven cava

10.

The pulmonary capillaries are located in the

a)

stomach

b)

lung

c)

coronary arteries

d)

aorta

11.

The vessel that branches off to the phrenic, renal and ovarian arteries

a)

coronary arteries

b)

aortic arch

c)

abdominal aorta

d)

thoracic aorta

12.

The superficial veins located in the arm most often used for venipuncture and IV meds are?

a)

cephalic

b)

carotid

c)

median cubital

d)

basilic

13.

The hepatic portal system receives blood from what organs?

a)

spleen

b)

stomach

c)

kidneys

d)

pancreas

e)

intestine

14.

Choose All vessels classified as deep veins

a)

basilic

b)

jugular

c)

femoral

d)

axillary

e)

subclavian

15.

which vessel can be palpated to most accurately determine the pulse?

a)

dorsalis pedis

b)

jugular vein

c)

abdominal aora

d)

cephalic vein

16.

The pressure measured when ventricles are relaxed?

a)

systolic

b)

pulse pressure

c)

diastolic

d)

carotid

17.

Communication between two vessels is called

a)

cell talk

b)

anastomoses

c)

gamma globulin fraction

d)

EKG

18.

The second heart sound "dup" is largely caused by

a)

closing of the semilunar valves

b)

opening of the atrioventricular valves

c)

a murmur

d)

opening of the semilunar valves

19.

systole occurs when

a)

ventricles are at rest

b)

blood is ejecting into the aorta

c)

atria are relaxing

d)

ventricles are contracting

20.

Threads that attache the valve flaps to the ventricle walls are called?

a)

stents

b)

chordae tendinae

c)

anastomoses

d)

ducts

21.

The volume of blood ejected from each ventricle with each contraction/beat is called

a)

cardiac output

b)

stroke volume

c)

heart rate

d)

cardiac cycle

22.

The valve preventing the blood from returning to the left ventricle

a)

pulmonary valve

b)

biscupid valve

c)

mitral valve

d)

aortic valve

23.

The lowest pressure measured in the arteries after relaxation of the heart muscle.

a)

diastolic pressure

b)

pulse pressure

c)

systolic pressure

d)

septal

24.

A newborns heart rate may be in what range and be considered normal?

a)

50-100

b)

60-120

c)

40-80

d)

120-140

25.

What are the most numerous of the WBC's?

a)

monocytes

b)

lymphocytes

c)

neutrophils

d)

phagocytes