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Heart Anatomy Review

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the Inferior Vena Cava?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

O

d)

P

2.

Which is the Left Ventricle?

a)

C

b)

E

c)

K

d)

M

3.

Which is the Aortic Arch?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

O

d)

P

4.

Which is the Right Atrium?

a)

C

b)

E

c)

K

d)

M

5.

Which is the Superior Vena Cava?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

O

d)

P

6.

Which is the Right Ventricle?

a)

C

b)

E

c)

K

d)

M

7.

Which is the Left Atrium?

a)

C

b)

E

c)

K

d)

M

8.

Which is the Left Pulmonary Artery?

a)

G

b)

H

c)

I

d)

J

9.

Which is the Right Pulmonary Artery?

a)

G

b)

H

c)

I

d)

J

10.

Which is the Left Pulmonary Vein?

a)

G

b)

H

c)

I

d)

J

11.

Which is the Right Pulmonary Vein?

a)

G

b)

H

c)

I

d)

J

12.
This chamber of the heart RECEIVES blood returning from the body
a)
Right Atrium
b)
Right Ventricle
c)
Left Atrium
d)
Left Ventricle
13.
The _________ PUMPS blood to the lungs.
a)
Right Atrium
b)
Right Ventricle
c)
Left Atrium
d)
Left Ventricle
14.
The _______ RECEIVES blood returning from the lungs.
a)
Right Atrium
b)
Right Ventricle
c)
Left Atrium
d)
Left Ventricle
15.
This chamber of the heart PUMPS blood to the body.
a)
Right Atrium
b)
Right Ventricle
c)
Left Atrium
d)
Left Ventricle
16.
The __________ is a wall of muscle that divides the right and left halves of the heart.
a)
Atrioventrucular Valve
b)
Semilunar Valve
c)
Septum
d)
Diaphragm
17.
Major artery at the top of the heart sends oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the rest of the body.
a)
aorta
b)
pulmonary artery
c)
inferior vena cava
18.
What portion of the heart is supposed to be  the most muscular?
a)
upper
b)
lower
c)
septum
19.

Which of the following is a function of blood?

a)

carry saliva to the mouth

b)

transport nutrients and oxygen to cells

c)

excrete salts from the body

d)

feeds vampires

20.

Which system works together with the circulatory system to provide body cells with oxygen?

a)

Skeletal

b)

Respiratory

c)

Digestive

d)

Excretory

21.

Blood vessels carrying blood back to the heart are...

a)

Arteries

b)

Veins

c)

Capilaries

22.

Blood vessels carrying blood away from the heart are called...

a)

Capillaries

b)

Veins

c)

Arteries

23.

Which of the following blood cells contain hemoglobin?

a)

red blood cells

b)

platelets

c)

white blood cells

d)

all of the above

24.
True or False: There are four chambers in the heart.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
What makes the contents of blood, excluding plasma?
a)
red blood cells
b)
white blood cells
c)
bone marrow
d)
spontaneous creation
26.
Which blood type can receive any other blood type?
a)
Type-A
b)
Type-B
c)
Type-O
d)
Type-AB
27.
What part of blood is responsible for fighting infections?
a)
Red Blood Cells
b)
White Blood Cells
c)
Platelets
d)
Plasma
28.
What part of blood is responsible for clotting blood?
a)
Red Blood Cells
b)
White Blood Cells
c)
Platelets
d)
Plasma
29.
What blood type is the "universal donor" because it can be donated to anyone?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
AB
d)
O
30.
Oxygen-transporting protein in red blood cells that gives the cells their characteristic red color.
a)
thrombin
b)
hematocrit
c)
hemoglobin
d)
hemostasis
31.
Sickle Cells are shaped like ____.
a)
Circles
b)
Doughnuts
c)
Cresent
d)
Cube
32.
Rh factor → A red blood cell surface antigen, first discovered in rhesus monkeys, that is a crucial consideration in blood transfusions.
a)
True
b)
False
33.
What makes up the main percentage of blood ?
a)
Red blood cells 
b)
White blood cells 
c)
Platelets 
d)
Plasma 
34.
If a red blood cell has no antigens on its surface, what is its blood type?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
AB
d)
O
35.
Which of the following is not a primary function of blood?
a)
help fight disease
b)
transports nutrients, oxygen, wastes, and hormones
c)
to provide structure 
d)
distributes heat
36.
The three steps of hemostasis are:
1. vascular spasm
2. ___________
3. coagulation
a)
platelet plug formation
b)
agglutination
c)
dilation
d)
erythropoieten formation
37.
platelets are also known as
a)
leukocytes
b)
erthryocytes
c)
thrombocytes
d)
monocytes
38.

Red blood cells have a nucleus.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Why do platelets clump together?

a)

to produce oxygen

b)

to reduce oxygen

c)

to produce blood loss

d)

to reduce blood loss

40.

What can happen if you receive the wrong blood type?

a)

It changes your blood type.

b)

You might need new white blood cells.

c)

your cells will clump together and you could die.

d)

You will get too much oxygen.

41.

What is on the surface of pathogens that allows white blood cells to detect and recognise them?

a)

antibiotics

b)

antigens

c)

anticlockwise

d)

antihistamine

42.

What is the name of the proteins that are made to fight of pathogens. They can be produced quickly when the pathogen enters the body a second time.

a)

antitoxins

b)

antibiotics

c)

antibodies

d)

anticlockwise

43.

Which WBC is most numerous?

a)

basophil

b)

eosinophil

c)

neutrophil

d)

monocytes

44.

Which of the following WBC releases heparin & histamines for blood flow & blood clots?

a)

neutrophils

b)

eosinophils

c)

basophils

d)

monocytes

45.

Which of the following is the largest WBC?

a)

lymphocyte

b)

basophil

c)

neutrophil

d)

monocyte

46.

What prevents blood from flowing back into the atria when the ventricles contract?

a)

semilunar valves

b)

sinoatrial node

c)

atrioventricular node

d)

tricuspid and bicuspid valves

47.

This initiates the action potential that causes the heart to beat

a)

Inferior vena cava

b)

Atrioventricular node (AV node)

c)

Superior vena cava

d)

Sinoatrial node (SA node)

48.

This is responsible for distributing electrical impulses through the heart

a)

Atrioventricular node

b)

Sinoatrial node

c)

Inferior vena cava

d)

Superior vena cava

49.

Which best explains why capillary walls are so thin?

a)

because they do not need to pump blood

b)

because they are found only in the smallest organs and tissues

c)

because they maximize diffusion of nutrients

d)

because blood only travels through them slowly

50.

The contraction of the heart is known as?

a)

Stroke volume

b)

Diastole

c)

Cardiac cycle

d)

Systole

51.

The relaxing of the heart is known as

a)

Diastole

b)

Systole

c)

Heart Rate

d)

Cardiac Arrest

52.

Which of the following statements is false?

a)

Plasma is a yellowy liquid containing water

b)

Deoxygenated blood returns to the lungs via the pulmonary artery

c)

55% of the blood volume is made up of blood cells

d)

White blood cells are generally bigger than red blood cells

53.

Vasodilation can be defined as:

a)

A process in which blood vessels constrict causing a decrease in blood flow

b)

A process in which blood vessels increase their diameter causing an increase in blood flow

c)

A process in which blood vessels constrict causing an increase in blood flow

d)

A process in which blood vessels increase their diameter causing a decrease in blood flow