WorksheetsHeart Transplant
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which of the following people might be turned down for a heart transplant?
A person who has a very damaged heart.
A person who has no other health issues.
A person who is 70 years old.
A person who has put their name on the list for a heart transplant.
A suitable donor for a heart should have all the following in common with the recipient except:
matching blood type
matching gender
matching organ tissue
matching size
Choose all the following that apply:
to suture means to:
sew
slice
stitch
seam
Which of the following is likely to be compatible?
a pit bull and a black cat
a type A blood and a type O blood
a child's heart and a mom's heart
an older husband and a younger wife
Something a heart transplant patient will need daily after surgery is
(a)
An anesthetic is a medication that will make the patient
susceptible
unconscious
immune
incompatible
A patient who has had heart transplant surgery is permanently more susceptible to germs and viruses because
they have been through a major surgery
the new heart is not immune to germs and viruses
their new medication suppresses their immunity
their body wants to reject the new heart
Select all the possible transplant incompatibilites
different blood types
different ethnicity
different sizes of organs
different types of tissues
Which word means unluckily?
gradually
efficiently
unfortunately
generosity
Which person generally has more generosity?
a donor
a patient
a recipient
a surgeon
A heart transplant surgery is a procedure, if efficiently done, a suitable donor generously gives the recipient an incompatible heart organ to be sutured into their chest.
True
False
An anesthetic causes a state of temporary
consciousness
immunity
unconsciousness
medication
A heart transplanted will automatically be rejected by the body's immune system and so the doctor will need to balance the donor's medication to keep the immune system a bit weaker, but they must be careful because the patient will be more susceptible to getting sick.
TRUE
FALSE
