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WorksheetsCardiovascular Trivia
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Make a fist. That is around about the size of your heart. How much do you think your heart weighs in grams?
30grams
300grams
100 grams
200grams
The sound of a heartbeat has been described as a lub dub, lub dub. What part of the heart is making that noise?
Atrium
Ventricles
Valves/Valves opening and closing
Aorta
How many weeks after conception does a human heart start beating?
12 weeks
3 weeks
5 weeks
8 weeks
Daniel Hale Williams performed the first successful open-heart surgery on a patient with a knife wound in his chest. What year did Williams complete this surgery
1930
1980
1900
1893
In 1958, Arne Larsson received the first one of these implants to help his heartbeat normally. He went on to outlive the surgeon who installed it, finally dying from melanoma at age 86. What was installed in his chest?
Pacemaker
Arrhythmia
Cardiac Ablation
Artificial Valve
Louis Washkansky received the first human heart transplant when Lyndon B. Johnson was the U.S. president. What year was this surgery completed?
1930
1953
2000
1967
The first successful human heart transplant was completed by Dr Christiaan Bardnard in 1967. In what country was this amazing surgery performed?
United Kingdom
India
South Africa
Canada
You're having a heart transplant. The doctor fumbles and your heart rolls under the table. How many minutes does he have to recover the heart before it's spoiled?
5 second rule!
About an hour
About 3-5 minutes
With the help of a doctor and an ice box, how long can your heart survive outside the body before being reconnected?
1 hour
8 hours
4 hours
When you pledge allegiance to the flag, where should you really be placing your hand to cover your heart?
Midchest
Right side
Center, slightly to the left
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. How often does someone die from this disease?
One every 57 minutes
One every 23 minutes
One every 36 seconds
Every year, about how many Americans have a heart attack?
800,000
550,000
200,000
Your heart pumps blood to every corner of your body. Except for one place. Where?
Fingertips
Tongue
ears
Cornea
Before the invention of this instrument, a doctor would have to rest his head on your chest to listen to your heart. This is most improper! What modest instrument was invented in 1816 to fix this?
Stethoscope
Oxymeter
Blood pressure cuff
At 8 microns in diameter, about a tenth of the diameter of a human hair, these little vessels are found throughout the body
Artery
Veins
Capillaries
Connected to the left ventricle of the heart, this artery is the largest in your body.
Inferior Vena Cava
Aorta
Pulmonary Artery
Cardiac catheterization is where a doctor puts a very small, flexible, hollow tube into a blood vessel that then threads up into the aorta and heart. They can enter from your arm, neck, or what other place?
Abdomen
Midsternum
Groin
Femoral, Brachial, Pericardial, and Vertebral are all types of what?
Veins
Arteries
Capillaries
In the movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, a man has his heart ripped out of his chest. It still beats. Should that heart still be beating?
Yes
No
Human hearts beat at between 60 to 100 beats per minute. Which animal's heart beats the fastest at 1200 beats per minute?
Giraffe
Cheeta
Shrew
