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Cardiovascular System

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the main organ of the circulatory system?

a)

small intestine

b)

bone

c)

lungs

d)

heart

2.

The aorta and arteries carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The vena cava and veins carry oxygen poor blood back to the heart.

a)

False

b)

True

4.

The job of the heart is to . . .

a)

pump blood around the body.

b)

send food to the small intestines.

c)

break down food.

d)

give energy to the body.

5.

The heart is about the size and shape of your . . .

a)

head

b)

fist

c)

hand

d)

foot

6.

______________ are the smallest vessels where gas exchange takes place.

a)
Arteries
b)
Veins
c)
Capillaries
7.
The circulatory system works with the ___________ system to provide our body with oxygen.
a)
respiratory
b)
digestive
c)
muscular
d)
skeletal
8.

What does deoxygenated mean?

a)
Oxygen-rich
b)
Blood flow
c)
Oxygen-poor
d)
Water Flow
9.

Vein

a)

phleb/o, my/o

b)

ven/o, vascul/o

c)

angi/o, phleb/o

d)

ven/o, phleb/o

10.

Tachy-

a)

Slow

b)

Rapid

c)

Around

d)

Vessel

11.

Heart

a)

Corn/o

b)

Heart/o

c)

Cardi/o

d)

Aort/o

12.

Blood

a)

Hem/o, Hemat/o

b)

Hem/o, Hemol/o

c)

Vascul/o, hem/o

d)

Vascul/o, hemol/o

13.

Narrowing, stricture of the heart ventricles

a)

Vasculophyaxis

b)

Ventriculostenosis

c)

Varicocentesis

d)

Ventriculovaricitis

14.

Abnormal death of the heart muscle

a)

Cardiomyothrombosis

b)

Necrocoronitis

c)

Cardiomycosis

d)

Myocorononecrosis

15.

Structure around the heart

a)

Transcardia

b)

Circumcardia

c)

Pericoronal

d)

Pericardium

16.
Endocarditis
a)
inflammation of the inner lining of the heart
b)
inflammation of the outer lining of the heart
c)
inflammation of the end of the heart
d)
specialist in the study of the heart
17.
Hematology
a)
the study of blood
b)
the study of the brain
c)
the study of movement
d)
the study of disease
18.
Bradycardia
a)
slow heartbeat
b)
slow movement
c)
fast movement
d)
no heartbeat
19.

How many chambers make up the human heart?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

20.

Which of the following statements regarding the SA node is correct?

a)

The SA node is the dominant cardiac pacemaker in healthy patients.

b)

SA nodal ischemia occurs when the left coronary artery is occluded.

c)

The SA node is located in the superior aspect of the right ventricle.

d)

Impulses generated by the SA node travel through the right atrium only.

21.

”a” mean?

a)

Double

b)

Both

c)

Two

d)

Without

22.
The average blood pressure is 
a)
120/80
b)
80/120
c)
115/180
d)
120/180
23.
abnormal condition
a)
-dynia
b)
-osis
c)
-rrhea
d)
-pathy
24.

clot

a)

leuk/o

b)

erythr/o

c)

thromb/o

d)

phleb/o

e)

tachy-

25.

vein

a)

leuk/o

b)

erythr/o

c)

thromb/o

d)

phleb/o

e)

tachy-

26.

plaque, fatty substance

a)

ather/o

b)

brady-

c)

aort/o

d)

arteri/o

e)

angi/o

27.

artery

a)

ather/o

b)

brady-

c)

aort/o

d)

arteri/o

e)

angi/o

28.

blood vessel

a)

ather/o

b)

brady-

c)

aort/o

d)

arteri/o

e)

angi/o

29.

Pigment that transports oxygen

a)

erythrocytes

b)

hemoglobin

c)

leukocytes

d)

leukemia

e)

leukopenia

30.
coagulation; clotting
a)
coagul/o
b)
constrict/o
c)
coron/o
d)
cyan/o
31.
blue
a)
coagul/o
b)
constrict/o
c)
coron/o
d)
cyan/o
32.
surgical removal
a)
ech/o
b)
ectomy
c)
electr/o
d)
emic
33.
electricity
a)
ech/o
b)
ectomy
c)
electr/o
d)
emic
34.
pertaining to blood condition
a)
ech/o
b)
ectomy
c)
electr/o
d)
emic
35.

What does the combining form “myocardi/o” stand for?

a)

Head muscle

b)

Heart rate

c)

Heart muscle

d)

Heart arteries

36.
The combining for for artery
a)
vess/o
b)
angi/o
c)
arteri/o
d)
atri/o
37.
There are 2 combining forms for heart. What are they?
a)
cardi/o & coron/o
b)
hemangi/o & vascul/o
c)
valv/o & valvul/o
d)
cardi/o & valv/o
38.
This type of circulation carries oxygenated blood away from the heart to the tissues,cells,and then back to the heart.
a)
pulmonary
b)
systemic 
c)
coronary 
d)
neural
39.
The thick muscular middle layer of the heart is the _____________.
a)
myocardium
b)
epicardium
c)
endocardium
40.
The outer layer of the heart is the _________.
a)
epicardium
b)
myocardium
c)
endocardium
41.
The upper or receiving chambers of the heart are the _________.
a)
atria
b)
ventricles
42.
The lower chambers of the heart are the_________.
a)
atria
b)
ventricles
43.
Blood flows through this AV valve to the left ventricle and can't go back up into the left atrium.
a)

bicuspid (mitral) valve

b)
aortic valve
44.

 The valve that prevents blood that has been ejected into the pulmonary artery from returning to the right ventricle.

a)
pulmonary valve
b)
mitral valve
45.
The measurement of the force exerted by the blood against the wall of a blood vessel is called __________.
a)
blood pressure
b)
pulse
46.
The pacemaker of the heart is the:
a)
SA node
b)
AV node
47.
Record of a vessel is:
a)
angiogram
b)
cardiogram
48.
Inflammation of a vessel
a)
angiitis
b)
angioplasty
c)
veitis
d)
capitis
49.
surgical repair of a vessel:
a)
angiospasm
b)
angiostenosis
c)
aortic
d)
angioplasty
50.
involuntary muscle contraction of a vessel
a)
angiospasm
b)
angiostenosis
c)
arteriorrrhexis
d)
atherectomy
51.
narrowing of a vessel
a)
angiospasm
b)
angiostenosis
c)
arteriorrrhexis
d)
arteriole
52.
arteriorrrhexis is______________of an artery.
a)
splitting
b)
narrowing
c)
small
d)
ruptured
53.
a recording of the electrical activity associated with the heartbeat
a)
electrocardiogram
b)
arteriography
c)
venography
d)
phlebitis
54.
inner lining of the heart chambers
a)
endocardium
b)
epicardium
c)
myocardium
d)
pericardium
55.

heart valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle

a)

mitral or bicuspid valve

b)
aortic valve
c)
tricuspid valve
d)

pulmonary valve

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