WorksheetsCardiovascular
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 29mins
What is the function of the tunica externa?
Contracts to move the blood through the vessel
Anchors the vessel to surrounding tissue
Secretes a chemical to repel platelets so blood can easily flow through the vessel
None of these are correct.
Which of the following combining forms means ventricle?
vas/o
vascul/o
ven/o
ventricul/o
Blood leaves the right ventricle through what structure?
Tricuspid valve
Pulmonary valve
Pulmonary trunk
Bicuspid valve
What structure separates the right ventricle from the left ventricle?
Interventricular septum
Coronary sulcus
Anterior interventricular sulcus
Interatrial sulcus
Blood leaves the left atrium and enters what chamber of the heart?
Right ventricle
Left ventricle
Right atrium
Left atrium
What term describes the pressure in the pulmonary trunk and aorta during diastole?
Frank-Starling law of the heart
Afterload
Contractility
Preload
What term describes the fact that the heart must pump out the amount of blood it receives?
Frank-Starling law of the heart
Afterload
Contractility
Preload
What is the smallest of all blood vessels?
Arteriole
Vein
Capillary
Venule
What is the function of capillaries?
Carry blood away from the heart.
Carry blood toward the heart.
Exchange fluids and other materials between the tissues and the blood.
All of these are functions of capillaries.
Which disorder is caused by dysfunctional valves in the veins that allow the backflow and pooling of blood, resulting in enlarged veins?
Aneurysm
Coronary artery disease
Varicose veins
Thrombophlebitis
Which term refers to contraction?
Diastole
Systole
Neither answer is correct.
Both answers are correct.
Which chambers in the heart pump blood?
Atria
Ventricles
Auricles
None of these are correct.
What structure sends the electrical impulse to stimulate the atria to contract?
Atrioventricular node
Atrioventricular bundle
Purkinje fibers
Sinoatrial node
Which range of blood pressure is considered hypertension?
89/50 mmHg
119/79 mmHg
150/99 mmHg
100/70 mmHg
What artery serves the lower limb?
External iliac artery.
Femoral artery.
Left common carotid artery.
Subclavian artery.
A heartbeat is started by what structure?
Atrioventricular node
Atrioventricular bundle
Purkinje fibers
Sinoatrial node
What term describes the difference between the cardiac output of a heart at rest and the maximum cardiac output the heart can achieve?
Cardiac output
Heart rate
Stroke volume
Cardiac reserve
Deoxygenated blood enters the heart from the body through what structure?
Coronary artery
Pulmonary vein
Superior and inferior vena cavae
Aorta
Which of the following is not a wave on an ECG?
P
Q
R
U
Which of the following combining forms means rapid?
brady/
tachy/
rhythm/o
sphygm/o
Which structure is known as the pacemaker of the heart?
Sinoatrial node
Atrioventricular node
Bundle of His
Purkinje Fibers
The large veins that drains deoxygenated blood from the head, neck, shoulders and arms into the right atrium is called
inferior vena cava
aorta
superior vena cava
pulmonary veins
aorta
The large vein that drains deoxygenated blood from the torso and legs into the right atrium is called
inferior vena cava
pulmonary artery
superior vena cava
pulmonary veins
aorta
The largest artery of the human body that takes oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to all organ systems is called
inferior vena cava
pulmonary veins
superior vena cava
pulmonary artery
aorta
What is the main pathway of blood in the body?
Heart -> Veins -> Venules -> Capillaries -> Arterioles -> Arteries -> back to heart
Heart -> Arterioles -> Arteries -> Capillaries -> Veins -> Venules -> back to heart
Heart -> Arteries -> arterioles -> Capillaries -> venules -> Veins -> back to heart
Heart -> Venules -> Veins -> Capillaries -> Arterioles -> Arteries-> back to heart
In pulmonary circulation, what happens to CO2 and O2 in the blood?
Both CO2 and O2 are unloaded.
CO2 is unloaded and O2 is loaded.
CO2 is loaded and O2 is unloaded.
Both CO2 and O2 are loaded.
