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WorksheetsCardiovascular System
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which blood vessel is connected to the right atrium carrying deoxygenated blood from the body?
Pulmonary vein
Vena Cava
Vascular shunt
Pulmonary artery
Left atrium
Which of the following is not a characteristic of capillaries?
Smallest of the 3 blood vessels
Huge network of them which links veins and arteries
Thick, elastic walls
Diastolic pressure is...
The higher blood pressure measurement
The pressure when the heart rests between beats
The pressure when the heart pushes blood through arteries
The lower blood pressure measurement
In the cardiac cycle: Body => Vena Cava => RA => RV => _____________
Pulmonary artery
Pulmonary vein
Aorta
"The redistribution of blood from areas/muscles with low demand to areas of higher demand" defines what?
Heart Rate
Cardiac output
Vascular shunt
Stroke volume
Which chamber of the heart receives oxygenated blood from the lungs via the pulmonary vein?
Left Atrium
Right Atrium
Left Ventricle
Right Ventricle
What is the equation to calculate maximum heart rate (MHR)?
SV x HR
220 - Age
220 + Age
CO x SV
Systolic pressure is...
The higher blood pressure measurement
mmHg
The lower blood pressure measurement
The pressure when the heart rests between beast
The pressure when the heart pushes blood through arteries
What is the equation used to calculate cardiac output?
220 - Age
SV x HR
120 ÷ 80
Stroke Volume is...?
The amount of times the heart beats in one minute
How much blood we use when exercising
The amount of blood that leave the heart in one minute
The amount of blood that leaves the heart per beat
"The widening of blood vessels" is the definition of which term?
(a)
Which blood vessels carry blood towards the heart?
Arteries
Veins
Capillaries
Alveoli
Which blood vessels have thick, muscular and elastic walls to withstand the high pressure?
Veins
Arteries
Capillaries
Alveoli
Which blood vessels have valves to prevent backflow of blood?
Capillaries
Alveoli
Arteries
Veins
The four blood vessels which are used during the cardiac cycle have the initials...?
LA, LV, RA, RV
PA, PV, RA, RV
LV, LA, A, VC
PA, PV, A, VC
PA, LA, RA, LV
