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Cardiovascular System

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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1.

Which blood vessel is connected to the right atrium carrying deoxygenated blood from the body?

a)

Pulmonary vein

b)

Vena Cava

c)

Vascular shunt

d)

Pulmonary artery

e)

Left atrium

2.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of capillaries?

a)

Smallest of the 3 blood vessels

b)

Huge network of them which links veins and arteries

c)

Thick, elastic walls

3.

Diastolic pressure is...

a)

The higher blood pressure measurement

b)

The pressure when the heart rests between beats

c)

The pressure when the heart pushes blood through arteries

d)

The lower blood pressure measurement

4.

In the cardiac cycle: Body => Vena Cava => RA => RV => _____________

a)

Pulmonary artery

b)

Pulmonary vein

c)

Aorta

5.

"The redistribution of blood from areas/muscles with low demand to areas of higher demand" defines what?

a)

Heart Rate

b)

Cardiac output

c)

Vascular shunt

d)

Stroke volume

6.

Which chamber of the heart receives oxygenated blood from the lungs via the pulmonary vein?

a)

Left Atrium

b)

Right Atrium

c)

Left Ventricle

d)

Right Ventricle

7.

What is the equation to calculate maximum heart rate (MHR)?

a)

SV x HR

b)

220 - Age

c)

220 + Age

d)

CO x SV

8.

Systolic pressure is...

a)

The higher blood pressure measurement

b)

mmHg

c)

The lower blood pressure measurement

d)

The pressure when the heart rests between beast

e)

The pressure when the heart pushes blood through arteries

9.

What is the equation used to calculate cardiac output?

a)

220 - Age

b)

SV x HR

c)

120 \div 80

10.

Stroke Volume is...?

a)

The amount of times the heart beats in one minute

b)

How much blood we use when exercising

c)

The amount of blood that leave the heart in one minute

d)

The amount of blood that leaves the heart per beat

11.

"The widening of blood vessels" is the definition of which term?

(a)  

12.

Which blood vessels carry blood towards the heart?

a)

Arteries

b)

Veins

c)

Capillaries

d)

Alveoli

13.

Which blood vessels have thick, muscular and elastic walls to withstand the high pressure?

a)

Veins

b)

Arteries

c)

Capillaries

d)

Alveoli

14.

Which blood vessels have valves to prevent backflow of blood?

a)

Capillaries

b)

Alveoli

c)

Arteries

d)

Veins

15.

The four blood vessels which are used during the cardiac cycle have the initials...?

a)

LA, LV, RA, RV

b)

PA, PV, RA, RV

c)

LV, LA, A, VC

d)

PA, PV, A, VC

e)

PA, LA, RA, LV