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WorksheetsCardiovascular System
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of the following best describes the connection between cardiovascular disease and age?
As people age, their blood vessels become more elastic leading to less cardiovascular disease.
As people age, the heart becomes more efficient with each pump, increasing cardiac output.
As people age, blood pressure decreases leading to more cardiovascular disease.
As people age, plaque builds up in the arteries increasing vessel resistance, which leads to disease.
What is measured by the amount of water and sodium ingested and lost from the body?
Blood pressure
Blood volume
Viscosity
Vascular disease
What causes atherosclerosis?
high blood pressure
an increase in blood viscosity
accumulation of fatty materials
an increase in blood volume
The force applied to arterial walls as the heart pumps blood is called ______.
blood pressure
blood volume
viscosity
resistance
Which of the following characteristics describe the veins?
move away from the heart
have low blood pressure
distribute blood to body organs
have high blood pressure
What is the direction of blood flow in the circulatory system?
lungs, body, heart, body
body, lungs, heart, body
heart, lungs, heart, body
heart, body, lungs, body
Which of the following increases blood flow?
an increase in blood viscosity
an increase in blood volume
an increase in blood vessel length
an increase in blood vessel diameter
Which of the following decreases blood flow?
an increase in blood viscosity
a decrease in blood vessel length
an increase in blood vessel diameter
a decrease in blood pressure
What are the 3 factors that affect vascular resistance?
Blood pressure, blood volume, blood vessel length
Blood viscosity, blood vessel length, blood vessel diameter
Blood volume, blood vessel length, blood vessel diameter
blood pressure, blood volume, blood vessel diameter
Which of the following statements is true?
blood flow increases as viscosity increases
blood flow increases as blood pressure increases
blood flow decreases as blood pressure increases
blood flow decreases as blood vessel diameter increases
