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Cardiavascular System

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following are the blood vessels that helps blood flow to the heart?
a)
Veins
b)
Arteries
c)
Cappillaries
2.
Which of the following delivers oxygen to cells?
a)
Red Blood cells
b)
White blood cells
c)
Platelets
d)
Plasma
3.
Which of the following are the blood vessels that have a wall that is 1 cell thick?
a)
Veins
b)
Arteries
c)
Cappillaries
4.
Which of the following are the blood vessels that have the thickest walls?
a)
Veins
b)
Arteries
c)
Cappillaries
5.
What is the name of the circulation between the heart and lungs?
a)
Diastolic
b)
Systemic
c)
Pulmonary
d)
Coronary
6.
What is the name of the circulation between the heart and the body?
a)
Diastolic
b)
Systemic
c)
Pulmonary
d)
Coronary
7.
Blood enters the heart at the ....
a)
Right Atrium
b)
Left Atrium
c)
Right Ventricle
d)
Left Ventricle
8.
What is the name of the part labelled 3?
a)
Right Atrium
b)
Left Atrium
c)
Right Ventricle
d)
Left Ventricle
9.
What is the name of the part labelled 2?
a)
Right Atrium
b)
Left Atrium
c)
Right Ventricle
d)
Left Ventricle
10.
What is the name of the part labelled 4?
a)
Right Atrium
b)
Left Atrium
c)
Right Ventricle
d)
Left Ventricle
11.
What is the function of a valve?
a)
Helps blood to clot
b)
Keeps blood flowing in all directions
c)
Keeps blood flowing in one direction
d)
Stops blood from flowing
12.
Which vessels carry blood away from the heart?
a)
arteries
b)
veins
c)
capillaries
13.
How many chambers does the heart have ? 
a)
4
b)
6
c)
3
d)
1
14.
Which part of the heart pumps deoxygenated (oxygen-poor) blood?
a)
Left side
b)
Right side
c)
Top side
d)
Bottom side
15.
Which is the muscular wall that separates the heart into right and left sides?
a)
valves
b)
ventricles
c)
atria
d)
septum
16.
Oxygen-poor blood arrives to the heart from the the body via the _____.
a)
aorta
b)
pulmonary arteries
c)
superior and inferior vena cava
d)
pulmonary veins
17.
Pulmonary vein
a)
carries oxygenated blood to left atrium
b)
carries deoxygenated blood to left ventricle
c)
carries oxygenated blood to left ventricle
d)
carries deoxygenated blood to left atrium
18.
The average blood pressure is 
a)
120/80
b)
80/120
c)
115/180
d)
120/180
19.
Systolic pressure measures which of the following?
a)
atrial contraction
b)
atrial relaxation
c)
ventricular contraction
d)
ventricular relaxation
20.
a)
Pulmonary veins
b)
Pulmonary artery
c)
Aorta
d)
Vena cava
21.
What creates the "lub dub" heart sounds?
a)
Flow of blood
b)
Closing of valves
c)
Opening of valves
d)
Breathing
22.
During the Cardiac Cycle the diastole phase is when?
a)
The heart is fully contracted
b)
The heart is fully relaxed
c)
When the atria are relaxed and Ventricles contracted
d)
All of the above
23.
The number of times the heart Ventricles beat in one minute is known as?
a)
Heart Rate
b)
Stroke Volume
c)
Cardiac Output
24.
The volume of blood ejected each time a Ventricle contracts is known as?
a)
Heart Rate
b)
Stroke Volume
c)
Cardiac Output
25.
The Semilunar Valves are:
a)
Tricuspid & Bicuspid
b)
Pulmonary and Bicuspid
c)
Aortic & Tricuspid
d)
Pumonary & Aortic
26.
The largest artery in the body
a)
Aorta
b)
Superior Vena Cava
c)
Inferior Vena Cava
d)
Pulmonary Artery
27.
The three layers of the heart are as follows:
a)
Myocardium,pericardium,endocardium
b)
Myocardium,epicardium,endocardium
c)
Myocardium,endocarditis,endocardium
d)
Myocardium,exocardium,pericardium
28.
The tricuspid valve is also called the atrioventricular valve
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Bicuspid valve is also called __________
a)
tricuspid
b)
mitral
c)
pulmonary
d)
aortic
30.
The smooth layer that lines the inside of the heart
a)
Endocardium
b)
Pericardium
c)
Myocardium
d)
None of the Above
31.
Double membrane sac that covers the outside of the heart
a)
Pericardium
b)
Myocardium
c)
Endocardium
d)
All of the above
32.
_______starts in the heart and causes the heart muscle to contract and the heart to beat
a)
Enzymes
b)
Electrical impulses
c)
Hormones
d)
Neurons
33.

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

34.

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)

35.

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

36.

Why is coronary circulation necessary?

a)

because blood needs to be pushed throughout the entire body

b)

because the heart itself needs nourishment

c)

because the scalp requires an exceptional amount of nourishment