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Cardiovascular System's Response to Exercise

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Sympathetic Nervous System is controlled by the

a)

Somatic Nervous System

b)

Central Nervous System

c)

Medula Oblongata

d)

Cerebellum

2.

The Autonomic Nervous System is controlled in the medulla oblongata. You can Categorize the autonomic Nervous system, in two parts. What are they?

(a)  

3.

The _________ slows things such as your HR and breathing down

a)

Medula Oblongata

b)

Sympathetic Nervous System

c)

Cardiac Control Center

d)

Parasympathetic Nervous System

4.

The Sympathetic Nervous System controls heart rate by releasing which hormones

a)

epinephrin

b)

Norepinephrine

c)

Oxytocin

d)

ATP

5.

The more common name for epinephrin is:

a)

Glucose

b)

Cortisol

c)

Energy

d)

Adrenaline

6.

The redistribution of blood flow from one area of the body to another, is controlled by the _________.

a)

Cardiac Control System

b)

Gravity

c)

Blood Pooling

d)

Vascular Shunt Mechanism

7.

At rest about 80% of our blood supply goes to our skeletal muscles.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Which blood vessels have valves?

(a)  

9.

Gas exchange happens in the ________.

a)

Veins

b)

Arteries

c)

Capillaries

d)

Venules & Arterioles

10.

Blood flow into the capillary bed is controlled by pre-capillary sphincters at the entrance to the capillary bed: They can constrict, limiting blood flow and they can dilate, maximizing blood flow.

Question:

At rest arterioles to the organs vasodilate, increasing blood flow to the organs, while arterioles to the skeletal muscles vasoconstrict.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

This person's HR is 180 BPM and their SV is 100 ml. What is their cardiac output?

a)

20 L

b)

180 ML

c)

18 L

d)

8 L

12.

Jaimie is warming up for a basketball game. His HR is 102 BPM and his SV is 96 ml. The game starts and both his HR & SV go up by 30%. What is his CO?

(a)  

13.

Why does the graph not start at 0?

a)

because your cardiac output is 60 L

b)

because the graph is wrong

c)

because your heart is never at 0