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Blood Vessels

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Put the blood vessels in order starting at the aorta

a)

Aorta

Venules

Arterioles

Veins

Capillaries

Vena cava

Arteries

b)

Aorta, arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, veins, vena cava

c)

aorta, veins, venules, vena cava, capillaries, arteries, arterioles

d)

aorta, arteries, capillaries, venules, arterioles, veins, vena cava

2.

1.     True/False. Giving someone an ACE inhibitor will increase blood pressure.

a)

true

b)

false

3.

1.     Epinephrine will cause the heart rate to (increase/decrease) which will cause heart rate to (increase/decrease).

a)

increase, increase

b)

increase, decrease

c)

decrease, decrease

d)

decrease, increase

4.

Which type of arteries have a thick tunica media?

a)

muscular arteries

b)

skeletal arteries

c)

elastic arteries

5.

1.     True or False. Veins have a thicker tunica media than arteries.

a)

true

b)

false

6.

Which blood vessels have most of the blood distribution in the cardiovascular system?

a)

systemic arteries

b)

systemic veins

c)

pulmonary arteries

d)

pulmonary veins

7.

Why do veins have venous valves?

a)

to help with sympathetic stimulation

b)

to control the rate of blood flow

c)

to prevent backflow of blood

d)

to separate oxygenated from deoxygenated blood

8.

In the RAAS system, what hormone will act on the kidneys to stimulate reabsorption of salt and water, or in other words, increase volume?

a)

aldosterone

b)

ADH

c)

epinepherine

d)

calcitonin

9.

True or false. Pressure is highest in the blood vessels near the heart and decreases as it gets farther away

a)

true

b)

false

10.

In what blood vessel is blood pressure the highest?

a)

large systemic veins

b)

small systemic veins

c)

small systemic arteries

d)

large systemic arteries

11.

True or false. Blood pressure is indirectly proportional to resistance

a)

true

b)

false

12.

True or false. Blood flow is directly proportional to the pressure gradient.

a)

true

b)

false

13.

Systolic blood pressure occurs when the heart?

a)

contracts

b)

relaxes

14.

Do the fillings of the chambers occur during systolic or diastolic?

a)

systolic

b)

diastolic

15.

If blood volume increases, will blood pressure increase or decrease?

a)

increase

b)

decrease

16.

How do you calculate pulse pressure?

a)

Systolic BP - diastolic BP

b)

Avg. BP - MAP

c)

Systolic BP + Diastolic BP

d)

Diastolic BP - Systolic BP

17.

Water loss or water gain will affect which determination of blood pressure?

a)

elasticity of arteries

b)

blood volume

c)

blood viscosity

d)

rate of blood flow

18.

True or False. The larger the radius of an artery, the larger the peripheral resistance in that artery

a)

true

b)

false

19.

What factors determine cardiac output?

a)

blood pressure

b)

stroke volume

c)

heart rate

d)

vessel radius

20.

True or False. The longer the blood vessel, the smaller the resistance.

a)

true

b)

false

21.

if your heart rate increases, cardiac output will (increase/decrease) and blood pressure will (increase/decrease).

a)

increase, decrease

b)

increase, increase

c)

decrease, decrease

d)

decrease, increase

22.

If vessel radius decreases, peripheral resistance will

a)

increase

b)

decrease