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Cardiovascular System Quiz Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Prevents blood from flowing back into the atria when the ventricles contract.

a)

Tricuspid and bicuspid valves

b)

Pulmonary trunk

c)

SA node

d)

Semilunar valves

2.

When blood leaves this chamber of the heart, it heads out to the body.

a)

Left ventricle

b)

Right ventricle

c)

Left atrium

d)

Right atrium

3.

One of the body's largest blood vessels that transports blood from the body region below the diaphragm to the heart.

a)

Inferior vena cava

b)

Aorta

c)

Pulmonary trunk

d)

SA node

4.

When this chamber contracts it pushes blood through the tricuspid valve.

a)

Right atrium

b)

Left atrium

c)

Right ventricle

d)

Left ventricle

5.

Initiates the action potential that causes the heart to beat.

a)

SA node

b)

AV node

c)

Semilunar valves

d)

Pulmonary trunk

6.

When blood leaves this chamber of the heart, it heads to the lungs.

a)

Right ventricle

b)

Left ventricle

c)

Right atrium

d)

Left atrium

7.

Stops blood from flowing back into the ventricles each time they contract.

a)

Semilunar valves

b)

Tricuspid and bicuspid valves

c)

AV node

d)

SA node

8.

Responsible for distributing electrical impulses throughout the heart.

a)

AV node

b)

SA node

c)

Aorta

d)

Pulmonary trunk

9.

This blood vessel splits in two and sends oxygen-poor blood to the lungs.

a)

Pulmonary trunk

b)

Pulmonary veins

c)

Aorta

d)

Inferior vena cava

10.

The chamber in the heart that receives oxygenated blood from the lungs.

a)

Left atrium

b)

Right atrium

c)

Left ventricle

d)

Right ventricle

11.

(a)   are the smallest blood vessels with the thinnest walls in order to maximize diffusion of nutrients in and out of the interstitial fluid.

12.

Veins carry blood towards the heart and (a)   carry blood away from the heart.

13.

Blood traveling in the pulmonary circuit goes through the (a)   side of the heart and out to the lungs.

14.

Blood traveling in the systemic circuit goes through the (a)   side of the heart and out to the body.

15.

Be able to answer the following question:


Describe the unique property of pacemaker cells and what they make possible in the heart.

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16.

Be able to answer the following question:


Why is coronary circulation an essential process?

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17.

Be able to label the following chambers of the heart on the attached image. Check off each chamber when you are sure of where its label should go.

a)

Right atrium

b)

Right ventricle

c)

Left atrium

d)

Left ventricle