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Heart + important blood vessels

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

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1.

The wall of the left ventricle is thicker than the right ventricle. Its significance is...

a)

it can receive oxygenated blood from the lungs

b)

it can resist high blood pressure

c)

it can pump blood to distant organs from the heart

d)

it can pump blood to lungs

2.

Identify structure X.

a)

right atrium

b)

left atrium

c)

right ventricle

d)

left ventricle

3.

Identify structure X.

a)

AV valve

b)

septum

c)

semilunar valve

d)

heart tendons

4.

Identify structure X.

a)

pulmonary artery

b)

pulmonary vein

c)

aorta

d)

vena cava

5.

Identify structure X.

a)

pulmonary artery

b)

pulmonary vein

c)

aorta

d)

vena cava

6.

What is the function of structure X?

a)

separate the atria from ventricles

b)

prevent mixing of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood

c)

keep the pressure in the ventricles the same

d)

contract to pump blood out of the heart

7.

Which blood vessel contains the highest concentration of oxygen?

a)

aorta

b)

pulmonary artery

c)

pulmonary vein

d)

vena cava

8.

Which of the following statements is correct?

a)

Cardiac muscle is under voluntary control

b)

Pulmonary artery supplies the heart with oxygenated blood

c)

Vena cava is directly connected to the right ventricle

d)

Coronary veins carry CO2 away from the cardiac muscles

9.

If the AV valve in the left side of the heart fail to close fully...

a)

blood will flow back from the left ventricle to the left atrium

b)

blood will flow back from the right ventricle to the right atrium

c)

blood will flow back from the right atrium to the vena cava

d)

blood will flow back from the aorta to the left ventricle

10.

Which of the following blood vessels has the thickest wall?

a)

aorta

b)

pulmonary artery

c)

pulmonary vein

d)

vena cava

11.

Which blood vessel carries blood with the highest glucose content when the person is starving?

a)

hepatic vein

b)

hepatic artery

c)

hepatic portal vein

d)

renal artery

12.

Which blood vessel carries blood with the highest nicotine content when the person is smoking?

a)

pulmonary artery

b)

vena cava

c)

hepatic artery

d)

pulmonary vein

13.

Which blood vessel carries blood with the lowest urea content?

a)

renal artery

b)

hepatic artery

c)

hepatic vein

d)

renal vein

14.

Which blood vessel carries blood with the highest urea content?

a)

hepatic portal vein

b)

hepatic artery

c)

hepatic vein

d)

renal vein

15.

Which blood vessel has the lowest carbon dioxide concentration?

a)

pulmonary vein

b)

pulmonary artery

c)

vena cava

d)

coronary vein

16.

Which of the following statements is correct?

a)

The wall of S is thickest so it can pump blood to the lungs.

b)

X prevents the valves from turning inside out

c)

Q contains oxygenated blood

d)

Q pumps blood to the coronary arteries

17.

Which valves will open when the atria contract?

a)

M and N only

b)

O and P only

c)

M and O only

d)

N, O, and P only