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Cardiovascular

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the function of the tunica externa?

a)

Contracts to move the blood through the vessel

b)

Anchors the vessel to surrounding tissue

c)

Secretes a chemical to repel platelets so blood can easily flow through the vessel

d)

None of these are correct.

2.

Which of the following combining forms means ventricle?

a)

vas/o

b)

vascul/o

c)

ven/o

d)

ventricul/o

3.

Blood leaves the right ventricle through what structure?

a)

Tricuspid valve

b)

Pulmonary valve

c)

Pulmonary trunk

d)

Bicuspid valve

4.

What structure separates the right ventricle from the left ventricle?

a)

Interventricular septum

b)

Coronary sulcus

c)

Anterior interventricular sulcus

d)

Interatrial sulcus

5.

Blood leaves the left atrium and enters what chamber of the heart?

a)

Right ventricle

b)

Left ventricle

c)

Right atrium

d)

Left atrium

6.

What term describes the pressure in the pulmonary trunk and aorta during diastole?

a)

Frank-Starling law of the heart

b)

Afterload

c)

Contractility

d)

Preload

7.

What term describes the fact that the heart must pump out the amount of blood it receives?

a)

Frank-Starling law of the heart

b)

Afterload

c)

Contractility

d)

Preload

8.

What is the smallest of all blood vessels?

a)

Arteriole

b)

Vein

c)

Capillary

d)

Venule

9.

What is the function of capillaries?

a)

Carry blood away from the heart.

b)

Carry blood toward the heart.

c)

Exchange fluids and other materials between the tissues and the blood.

d)

All of these are functions of capillaries.

10.

Which disorder is caused by dysfunctional valves in the veins that allow the backflow and pooling of blood, resulting in enlarged veins?

a)

Aneurysm

b)

Coronary artery disease

c)

Varicose veins

d)

Thrombophlebitis

11.

Which term refers to contraction?

a)

Diastole

b)

Systole

c)

Neither answer is correct.

d)

Both answers are correct.

12.

Which chambers in the heart pump blood?

a)

Atria

b)

Ventricles

c)

Auricles

d)

None of these are correct.

13.

What structure sends the electrical impulse to stimulate the atria to contract?

a)

Atrioventricular node

b)

Atrioventricular bundle

c)

Purkinje fibers

d)

Sinoatrial node

14.

Which range of blood pressure is considered hypertension?

a)

89/50 mmHg

b)

119/79 mmHg

c)

150/99 mmHg

d)

100/70 mmHg

15.

What artery serves the lower limb?

a)

External iliac artery.

b)

Femoral artery.

c)

Left common carotid artery.

d)

Subclavian artery.

16.

A heartbeat is started by what structure?

a)

Atrioventricular node

b)

Atrioventricular bundle

c)

Purkinje fibers

d)

Sinoatrial node

17.

What term describes the difference between the cardiac output of a heart at rest and the maximum cardiac output the heart can achieve?

a)

Cardiac output

b)

Heart rate

c)

Stroke volume

d)

Cardiac reserve

18.

Deoxygenated blood enters the heart from the body through what structure?

a)

Coronary artery

b)

Pulmonary vein

c)

Superior and inferior vena cavae

d)

Aorta

19.

Which of the following is not a wave on an ECG?

a)

P

b)

Q

c)

R

d)

U

20.

Which of the following combining forms means rapid?

a)

brady/

b)

tachy/

c)

rhythm/o

d)

sphygm/o

21.
Which vessels transport de-oxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs? 
a)
pulmonary veins
b)
pulmonary aorta
c)
pulmonary arteries
d)
pulmonary capillaries
22.
How many chambers does the heart have ? 
a)
4
b)
6
c)
3
d)
1
23.
muscular wall that separates the heart into right and left sides
a)
valves
b)
ventricles
c)
atria
d)
septum
24.
The middle layer of the wall of the heart
a)
epicardium
b)
myocardium
c)
endocardium
d)
septum
25.

Which structure is known as the pacemaker of the heart?

a)

Sinoatrial node

b)

Atrioventricular node

c)

Bundle of His

d)

Purkinje Fibers

26.
Diastole
a)
The relaxation phase of the heart
b)
A blood clot
c)
The contraction phase of the heart
d)
A felling of discomfort in the chest
27.
the term that means heart contraction is ______.
a)
tachycardia
b)
fibrillation
c)
diastole
d)
systole
28.
Blood circulation from the heart to the rest of the body is called
a)
Full body
b)
Systemic
c)
pulmonary
d)
heart to lung
29.
What is the name of the circulation between the heart and lungs?
a)
Diastolic
b)
Systemic
c)
Pulmonary
d)
Coronary
30.

The large veins that drains deoxygenated blood from the head, neck, shoulders and arms into the right atrium is called

a)

inferior vena cava

b)

aorta

c)

superior vena cava

d)

pulmonary veins

e)

aorta

31.

The large vein that drains deoxygenated blood from the torso and legs into the right atrium is called

a)

inferior vena cava

b)

pulmonary artery

c)

superior vena cava

d)

pulmonary veins

e)

aorta

32.

The largest artery of the human body that takes oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to all organ systems is called

a)

inferior vena cava

b)

pulmonary veins

c)

superior vena cava

d)

pulmonary artery

e)

aorta

33.

What is the main pathway of blood in the body?

a)

Heart -> Veins -> Venules -> Capillaries -> Arterioles -> Arteries -> back to heart

b)

Heart -> Arterioles -> Arteries -> Capillaries -> Veins -> Venules -> back to heart

c)

Heart -> Arteries -> arterioles -> Capillaries -> venules -> Veins -> back to heart

d)

Heart -> Venules -> Veins -> Capillaries -> Arterioles -> Arteries-> back to heart

34.
What does the right side of the right heart do?
a)
The right side of the heart  receives deoxygenated blood from the body through the vena cava and pumps it into the right ventricle which then sends it to the lungs to be oxygenated.
b)
The right side of the heart is  responsible for words, logic, numbers, analysis, lists, linearity and sequence
c)
The right side of the heart pumps  blood through the lungs where it gets oxygen.
d)
The right side of the heart is meaty organ that sits on the right side of the belly. 
35.
What does the left side of the heart do? 
a)
The left side of the heart pumps  blood through the lungs where it gets oxygen.
b)
The left side of the heart receives the blood containing oxygen and pumps blood to the rest of the body.
c)
The left side of the heart controls the muscles on the left side of the body,
d)
The left side of the heart supplys our arms with bloo
36.
Place the pathway of blood through the heart in the correct sequence.
a)
L-K-H-B-G-E-C-F-A-I-E-D
b)
I-J-D-C-F-A-H-B-G-E-K-L
c)
A-B-J-C-D-E-F-K-L-G-H-I
d)
I-J-E-D-C-F-A-B-G-H-K-L
37.
The hearts "dub" sound originates from what?
a)
Contractions of the left ventricle.
b)
Closing of the Pulmonary and Aortic valves
c)
Closing of the Bicuspid and Tricuspid valves
d)
Relaxation of the left ventricle
38.
The left and right ventricles contract after receiving electrical impulses from what?
a)
Purkinje Fibers
b)
The SA node
c)
Bundle Branches
d)
The NA node
39.

In pulmonary circulation, what happens to CO2 and O2 in the blood?

a)

Both CO2 and O2 are unloaded.

b)

CO2 is unloaded and O2 is loaded.

c)

CO2 is loaded and O2 is unloaded.

d)

Both CO2 and O2 are loaded.

40.
As a venous pathway moves closer to the heart, the veins
a)
get smaller
b)
get larger
c)
do not change in size
d)
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41.
Which one of the following represents the correct path for the transmission of an impulse in the intrinsic conduction system of the heart?
a)
AV node, Bundle of His, SA node, Purkinje fibers, bundle branches
b)
SA node, AV node, Bundle of His, bundle branches, Purkinje fibers
c)
SA node, Bundle of His, AV node, Purkinje fibers, bundle branches
d)
SA node, Bundle of His, bundle branches, Purkinje fibers, AV node
42.
As an arterial pathway moves farther from the heart, the arteries
a)
get smaller
b)
get larger
c)
do not change in size
d)
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