Which of the following is NOT a function of the heart?

Which of the following is the outermost layer of the pericardial membranes?

Which layer of the heart wall is the thickest?

The chamber of the heart that receives deoxygenated blood from the body is the __.

The chamber that pumps oxygen rich blood to the rest of the body is the ___.

Which vessels carry blood to the left atrium?

Which valve prevents blood from flowing back into the right ventricle from the pulmonary trunk?

Which vessels carry blood to the right atrium?

Which valve is also called the mitral valve?

Which blood vessel carries blood from the left ventricle?

Which of the valves separates the right atrium from the right ventricle?

The heart itself receives blood from the ___.

A heart murmur is due to ___.

The function of the heart valves is to ___.

The lower chambers of the heart that are pumping chambers are called ___.

The pulmonary trunk is divided into two branches called pulmonary ___.

The four pulmonary veins empty into the ___.

The tip of the left ventricle is called the ___ of the heart which is the point of culmination.

The largest artery in the body is the ___.

The ___ prevent the AV from reverting into an atrium.

The contraction of the ventricle forces the ___ valves open so blood can flow into the pulmonary trunk and the aorta.

The left and right coronary artery branch from the ___.

The coronary veins empty into the coronary ___ that enters the heart through the right atrium.

An area other than the SA node can become the pacemaker when the new area develops a rate of contraction that is faster than the SA node and this new pacemaker is called an ___ pacemaker.

An irregular heartbeat is called a(n) ___.

Volume of blood pumped out of a ventricle in one minute is the ___.

___ is the contraction of the heart muscle.

___ is the relaxation of the heart muscle.

The ___ is the number of beats per minute.

___ transport blood away from the heart.

___ transport blood toward the heart

The arteries flow into small arteries called _ before the blood enters the capillaries.

The alternating expansion and recoil of the arterial walls that can be felt in the superficial arteries is called the _.

Blood pressure is usually measured at the ___ artery of the upper arm.

Normal blood pressure is 120/80; the 120 is the ___ pressure.

In medical terminology, high blood pressure is called ___.

The flow of venous blood from the stomach, intestines and other organs to the liver is called the ___ portal system.

The medical term for swelling is ___.

The blood circulation from the aorta to the body and back to the heart is called ___.

Once venous blood has been filtered by the liver, it is carried to the right atrium through the ___.

The cerebral arterial circle called the ___, provides alternate routes for supplying arterial blood to the brain which helps equalize the pressure in the brain’s blood supply.

The prefix that means “on the side of” or “beside” is ___.

The root word that means “heart” is ___.

The word “coronary” means on the ___.

The root word “brach” means ___.

Microscopic blood vessels comprised of one layer thick endothelial cells that are the site of nutrient/waste and gas exchange are called ___.

The precapillary ___ muscles encircle the entrance to each capillary and control the entrance of blood into the capillaries.

Veins have ___ that prevent backward flow of blood to the heart.

Abnormal and irregular dilations in superficial veins are called ___ veins.

An inflammation of a vein is called ___.

Varicose veins in the rectum are called ___.

The word "embolus" means __.

The velocity of blood flow is slowest in the ___ and fastest in the ___.

Blood pressure is highest in the ___ and lowest in the ___.

The path of systemic circulation begins at the ___.

The word “renal” means ___.

The word “ hepatic” means ___.

The blood from the right ventricle will pass through the _ on its way to the pulmonary trunk.

When blood pressure is taken at the wrist, the pressure in the _ artery is measured.