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Heart Transplant

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following people might be turned down for a heart transplant?

a)

A person who has a very damaged heart.

b)

A person who has no other health issues.

c)

A person who is 70 years old.

d)

A person who has put their name on the list for a heart transplant.

2.

A suitable donor for a heart should have all the following in common with the recipient except:

a)

matching blood type

b)

matching gender

c)

matching organ tissue

d)

matching size

3.

Choose all the following that apply:

to suture means to:

a)

sew

b)

slice

c)

stitch

d)

seam

4.

Which of the following is likely to be compatible?

a)

a pit bull and a black cat

b)

a type A blood and a type O blood

c)

a child's heart and a mom's heart

d)

an older husband and a younger wife

5.

Something a heart transplant patient will need daily after surgery is

(a)  

6.

An anesthetic is a medication that will make the patient

a)

susceptible

b)

unconscious

c)

immune

d)

incompatible

7.

A patient who has had heart transplant surgery is permanently more susceptible to germs and viruses because

a)

they have been through a major surgery

b)

the new heart is not immune to germs and viruses

c)

their new medication suppresses their immunity

d)

their body wants to reject the new heart

8.

Select all the possible transplant incompatibilites

a)

different blood types

b)

different ethnicity

c)

different sizes of organs

d)

different types of tissues

9.

Which word means unluckily?

a)

gradually

b)

efficiently

c)

unfortunately

d)

generosity

10.

Which person generally has more generosity?

a)

a donor

b)

a patient

c)

a recipient

d)

a surgeon

11.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

An anesthetic causes a state of temporary

a)

consciousness

b)

immunity

c)

unconsciousness

d)

medication

13.

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.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE