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The Cardiac Cycle

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Diastole refers to what action?

a)

Filling

b)

Pumping

2.

Systole refers to what action?

a)

Filing

b)

Pumping

3.

The Vena Cava delivers blood to the heart into the.....

a)

left atrium

b)

right atrium

c)

left ventricle

d)

right ventricle

4.

During ventricular systole what is happening?

a)

the ventricles are relaxed and the atria contracted

b)

the ventricles and the atria are relaxed

c)

the ventricles and the atria are contracted

d)

the ventricles are contracted and the atria are relaxed

5.

Deoxygenated blood is found on the left side of the heart. True or false?

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Oxygenated blood returns to the heart via the Pulmonary vein to the ...

a)

Left atrium

b)

Right atrium

c)

Left ventricle

d)

Right ventricle

7.

Oxygenated blood is pumped from the left ventricle to the rest of the body via...

a)

the pulmonary vein

b)

the pulmonary artery

c)

the vena cava

d)

the aorta

8.

What is the definition of the cardiac cycle?

a)

The contraction of the atria

b)

The contraction and relaxation of the ventricles

c)

The sequence of events that occur during one complete heartbeat

d)

The circulation of blood in the heart

9.

During ventricular ejection (blood being ejected from the ventricles when they contract)

a)

Only the AV valves open

b)

The semilunar valves open and the AV valves close.

c)

Only the semilunar valves close.

d)

The semilunar valves close and the AV valves open

10.

Why are the walls of the left ventricle thicker than that of the right ventricle?

a)

The left ventricle must force blood into all the capillaries of the lungs

b)

This is false, the walls of the right ventricle are thicker

c)

The left ventricle pumps blood to the body

d)

Blood from the left ventricle is pumped around the entire body with greater force