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Cardiovascular & Respiratory System

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where does the exchange of the gasses oxygen and carbon dioxide take place?

a)

alveoli

b)

bronchioles

c)

bronchus

d)

esophagus

2.

This system gets oxygen from the air; you need oxygen to live; also gets rid of carbon dioxide your body makes and consist of the lungs and all the tubes.

a)

cardiovascular system

b)

nervous system

c)

respiratory system

d)

endocrine system

3.

A regularly exercising athlete who puts their body through stress will be able to increase the ______________ _____________________with a lower heart rate.

a)

heart rate

b)

stroke volume

c)

cardiac output

d)

none of the above

4.

The amount of blood pumped by the heart in one minute:

a)

heart rate

b)

stroke volume

c)

cardiac output

d)

none of the above

5.

The rate your heart beats for one minute:

a)

heart rate

b)

stroke volume

c)

cardiac output

d)

none of above

6.

Blood brings all of the following to your body EXCEPT:

a)

oxygen

b)

nutrients

c)

water

d)

electrolytes

e)

carbon dioxide

7.

The heart, with all its associated blood vessels that are designed to pump and carry blood throughout the body is:

a)

cardiovascular system

b)

respiratory system

c)

endocrine system

d)

digestive system

8.

TRUE or FALSE: blood vessels also carry away waste materials in the blood for disposal or recycling.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

TRUE or FALSE: oxygenated blood is rich in carbon dioxide and deoxygenated blood is rich in oxygen.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

The job of the heart:

a)

exchange gasses

b)

pump blood

c)

digest food

d)

breathe in and out

11.

The heart generates its own (a)   signal.

12.

The hear being to beat ___ days after conception.

a)

11

b)

22

c)

33

d)

44

13.

Cells make up:

a)

tissues

b)

organs

c)

organ systems

d)

none of the above

14.

Tissues make up:

a)

cells

b)

organs

c)

organ systems

d)

none of the above

15.

Organs make up:

a)

cells

b)

organs

c)

organ systems

d)

none of the above

16.

TRUE or FALSE: The cardiovascular system and the respiratory system work closely together.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

17.

How is oxygen carried throughout the body?

(this will definitely be short answer on the test)

a)

in the blood stream throughout the blood vessels

b)

in the lungs throughout your body

c)

in the blood stream through your heart

d)

in the blood vessels throughout your lungs

18.

Where thing are located in the body:

a)

Anatomy

b)

Physiology

19.

How things function in the body:

a)

Anatomy

b)

Physiology

20.

TRUE or FALSE: God created all the systems in first man and woman perfect and complete.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

21.

TRUE or FALSE: sin not only separated us from God, but also introduces sickness, disease, and death into the world.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

22.

TRUE or FALSE: the heart has only a few mitochondria because it does not require much energy.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

23.

Carries the food you swallow to your stomach:

a)

esophagus

b)

trachea

c)

diaphragm

d)

lungs

24.

Carries the air you breathe to your lungs:

a)

esophagus

b)

trachea

c)

diaphragm

d)

lungs

25.

a large sheet of skeletal muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity:

a)

esophagus

b)

trachea

c)

diaphragm

d)

lungs

26.

TRUE or FALSE: your heart is the only organ in the mediastinum.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

27.

Mediastinum means:

a)

inferior cavity

b)

superior cavity

c)

middle cavity

d)

none of the above

28.

The sac that goes around the heart, acts as a lubricants, protects the heart, and hold the heart in posistion:

a)

pericardium

b)

epicardium

c)

myocardium

d)

endocardium

29.

Outermost layer of the heart:

a)

pericardium

b)

epicardium

c)

myocardium

d)

endocardium

30.

Middle layer of the heart:

a)

pericardium

b)

epicardium

c)

myocardium

d)

endocardium

31.

The innermost layer of the heart:

a)

pericardium

b)

epicardium

c)

myocardium

d)

endocardium

32.

The right side of the heart pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs where it is oxygenated.

a)

Pulmonary Circulation

b)

Systemic Circulation

33.

The left side of the heart pumps oxygenated blood to the brain and to the body.

a)

Pulmonary Circulation

b)

Systemic Circulation

34.

One heart, ______ pump(s).

a)

one

b)

two

c)

three

d)

no

35.

vessels carrying blood toward the heart:

a)

veins

b)

arteries

36.

vessel that moves blood AWAY from the heart.

a)

veins

b)

arteries

37.

The job of the heart ____________ is to allow blood to flow freely in one direction but then shut to stop any back flow.

a)

atriums

b)

ventricles

c)

valves

d)

vessels

38.

________________ from the blood opens and closes the valves shut.

a)

pressure

b)

oxygen

c)

electrical signal

d)

none of the above

39.

TRUE or FALSE: "lub-dub" is the sound your heart makes when the 1st and then 2nd set of valves close after the blood passes.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

40.

steps involved in filling the heart chambers and pumping the blood:

a)

cardiac cycle

b)

systole

c)

diastole

41.

The period when the heart chambers contracting, pushing blood out through arteries

a)

cardiac cycle

b)

systole

c)

diastole

42.

the phase during which a chamber is relaxing, allowing blood to flow in through veins


a)

cardiac cycle

b)

diastole

c)

systole

43.

TRUE or FALSE: ejection fraction is when the hear completely empties its chambers of all blood.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

44.

The primary function of the majority of cardiac muscle in the heart is to ___________________

a)

contract

b)

stimulate contraction

45.

1% of the cardiac muscle is made up of autorhythmic cells, and their primary function is to __________________.

a)

contract

b)

stimulate contraction

46.

increase in heart rate, when we are frightened or excited, caused by the releasing a chemical called norepinephrine:

a)

parasympathetic nervous system

b)

sympathetic nervous system

47.

decrease in heart rate is cause by the releasing of chemical called acetylcholine:

a)

sympathetic nervous system

b)

parasympathetic nervous system

48.

Click ALL that apply: The respiratory System

a)

warms air that is too cold

b)

humidifies air that is to dry

c)

pumps blood

d)

circulates blood