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FOR MARKS - Cardiovascular Terms

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A clear yellowish liquid transported to the bloodstream by the lymphatic vessels.

a)

lymph

b)

fibrin

c)

plasma

d)

platelet

2.

A test that checks for problems with the electrical activity of your heart.

a)

blood pressure

b)

heart rate

c)

electrocardiogram

d)

diastole

3.

A dividing wall in an animal structure.

a)

valve

b)

veins

c)

pericardium

d)

septum

4.

The insoluble protein product of blood coagulation.

a)

fibrin

b)

leukocyte

c)

lymph

d)

plasma

5.

The vessels that transport the blood from the body to the heart.

a)

ventricles

b)

pulmonary artery

c)

arteries

d)

veins

6.

The artery that transports blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs.

a)

veins

b)

ventricles

c)

pulmonary artery

d)

pulmonary vein

7.

The membrane sac enclosing the heart.

a)

pericardium

b)

septum

c)

sternum

d)

fibrin

8.

Blood that has flowed through the body and is returning to the lungs.

a)

oxygenated blood

b)

deoxygenated blood

9.

The dilatation of the heart during which the chambers fill with blood.

a)

sinoatrial node

b)

systole

c)

diastole

d)

plasma

10.

Red blood cells.

a)

plasma

b)

leukocyte

c)

platelet

d)

erythrocyte

11.

The two lower chambers on each side of the heart that receive blood from the atria and in turn force it into the arteries.

a)

valve

b)

ventricles

c)

atria

d)

veins

12.

A small mass of fibers between the atria that conducts the impulse received from the sinoatrial node.

a)

atrioventricular node

b)

septum

c)

sinoatrial node

d)

sternum

13.

White blood cell.

a)

platelet

b)

leukocyte

c)

fibrin

d)

erythrocyte

14.

The liquid part of blood or lymph.

a)

erythrocyte

b)

lymph

c)

platelet

d)

plasma

15.

The pressure of the blood against the inner walls of the blood vessels.

a)

systole

b)

electrocardiogram

c)

blood pressure

d)

diastole

16.

The contraction of the heart that forces the blood out.

a)

heart rate

b)

systole

c)

blood pressure

d)

diastole

17.

Minute bodies in blood that aid in coagulation.

a)

fibrin

b)

leukocyte

c)

plasma

d)

platelet

18.

Blood that has been exposed to oxygen in the lung.

a)

oxygenated blood

b)

deoxygenated blood

19.

The two upper chambers on each side of the heart

a)

atria

b)

sternum

c)

ventricles

d)

pulmonary vein

20.

The area of the heart that creates the electrical impulses; stimulating the heart to beat.

a)

lymph nodes

b)

valve

c)

pericardium

d)

sinoatrial node