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WorksheetsCardiovascular Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
The chamber in the heart that receives oxygenated blood from the lungs.
Aorta
AV node
Inferior vena cava
Left atrium
Responsible for distributing electrical impulses throughout the heart.
Aorta
AV node
Inferior vena cava
Left atrium
One of the body’s largest blood vessels that transports blood from the body region below the diaphragm to the heart.
Aorta
AV node
Inferior vena cava
Left atrium
When blood leaves this chamber of the heart, it heads out to the body.
Left ventricle
Pulmonary trunk
Pulmonary veins
Right atrium
This blood vessel splits in two and sends oxygen-poor blood to the lungs.
Left ventricle
Pulmonary trunk
Pulmonary veins
Right atrium
When this chamber contracts it pushes blood through the tricuspid valve.
Left ventricle
Pulmonary trunk
Pulmonary veins
Right atrium
When blood leaves this chamber of the heart, it heads to the lungs.
Right ventricle
SA node
Semilunar valves
Tricuspid and
bicuspid valves
Initiates the action potential that causes the heart to beat.
Right ventricle
SA node
Semilunar valves
Tricuspid and
bicuspid valves
Stops blood from flowing back into the ventricles each time they contract.
Right ventricle
SA node
Semilunar valves
Tricuspid and
bicuspid valves
Prevents blood from flowing back into the atria when the ventricles contract.
Right ventricle
SA node
Semilunar valves
Tricuspid and
bicuspid valves
___________ are the smallest blood vessels with the ____________ walls in order to maximize diffusion of nutrients in and out of the interstitial fluid.
capillaries; thickest
capillaries; thinnest
veins; thinner
arteries; thickest
_________ carry blood towards the heart and ____________ carry blood away from the heart.
arteries; veins
arteries; capillaries
veins; arteries
veins; capillaries
Blood traveling in the pulmonary circuit goes through the __________ side of the heart and out to the ___________.
left; lungs
right; lungs
left; body
right; body
Blood traveling in the systemic circuit goes through the ___________ side of the heart and out to the _____________.
left; lungs
right; lungs
left; body
right; body
Name the chamber of the heart
(top left in picture)
right atrium
right ventricle
left atrium
left ventricle
Name the chamber of the heart
(top right in picture)
right atrium
right ventricle
left atrium
left ventricle
Name the chamber of the heart
(bottom right in picture)
right atrium
right ventricle
left atrium
left ventricle
Name the chamber of the heart
(bottom left in picture)
right atrium
right ventricle
left atrium
left ventricle
Why is coronary circulation an essential process? (a)
Describe the unique property of pacemaker cells and
what they make possible in the heart.
(a)
