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Cardiovascular System Review

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The average blood pressure is 
a)
120/80
b)
80/120
c)
115/180
d)
120/180
2.
Blood enters the right atrium through 
a)
pulmonary veins
b)
vena cavaes
c)
pulmonary arteries
d)
aorta
3.
Which part of the heart pumps deoxygenated (oxygen-poor) blood?
a)
Left side
b)
Right side
c)
Top side
d)
Bottom side
4.
Which vessels carry blood to the heart?
a)
Veins
b)
Arteries
c)
Capillaries
5.
Which part of the heart pumps oxygenated blood?
a)
Left side
b)
Right side
c)
Top side
d)
Bottom side
6.
Which vessels carry blood away from the heart?
a)
Veins
b)
Arteries
c)
Capillaries
7.
_______ circulation takes blood from the heart to the lungs and back.
a)
Systemic
b)
Pulmonary
c)
Body
d)
Blood
8.
The bottom chambers of the heart are called
a)
ventricles
b)
atria
c)
vena cava
d)
valves
9.

The wall separating the heart into left and right halves is called the

a)

septum

b)

cardiac wall

c)

heart wall

d)

aortic separator

10.

Deoxygenated blood is received by the heart at the __________

a)

Left Atrium

b)

Left Ventricle

c)

Right Atrium

d)

Pulmonary Valve

11.

What structure brings oxygenated blood from the lung back into the heart:

a)

Aorta

b)

Pulmonary Artery

c)

Superior Vena Cava

d)

Pulmonary Vein

12.

Blood pressure is a measure of

a)

number of beats per minute

b)

number of breaths per minute

c)

amount of force on the arteries in your body

d)

amount of sugar in your blood

13.

What is the sac that surrounds and protects the heart called?

a)

pulmonary sac

b)

pericardium

c)

hematocrit

d)

cell membrane

14.

What is the first step that occurs to repair a broken blood vessel?

a)

vasoconstriction

b)

vasodilation

c)

platelet plug formation

d)

clot formation

15.

What is the last step of hemostasis?

a)

Vasoconstriction

b)

Vasodilation

c)

platelet plug formation

d)

clot formation

16.

What is also known as the "pacemaker" of the heart, generating impulses 60 to 100 times per minute?

a)

Sinoatrial (SA) node

b)

Atrioventricular (AV) node

c)

Atrioventricular (AV) bundle

d)

Purkinje fibers

17.

What is the purpose of the cardiovascular system?

a)

Produces hormones that act as chemical messengers.

b)

Bring oxygen into the body and send carbon dioxide out of the body.

c)

Send, receive, and interpret electrical impulses.

d)

Transport blood to and from every living cell in the body.

18.

What is your heart made of?

a)

Smooth muscle tissue

b)

Cardiac muscle tissue

c)

Skeletal muscle tissue

d)

Connective tissue

19.

What type of tissue is blood?

a)

nervous

b)

connective

c)

epithelial

d)

muscle

20.

What color is deoxygenated blood?

a)

dark red

b)

blue

c)

bright red

d)

orange red

21.

What is a series of reactions that stops the bleeding when a blood vessel wall breaks, providing time for the blood vessel to heal itself?

a)

phagocytosis

b)

erythropoiesis

c)

hemostasis

d)

hemopoiesis

22.

What does the smooth muscle of a blood vessel do in response to released proteins after an injury?

a)

coagulation

b)

dilate (widen)

c)

activation

d)

constrict

23.

If a person lacked fibrin, which process would they struggle with?

a)

clotting of blood

b)

binding of oxygen to red blood cells

c)

delivery of oxygen to body cells

d)

destruction of pathogens in the blood

24.

Which component of blood is measured by hematocrit?

a)

leukocytes

b)

thrombocytes

c)

erythrocytes

d)

plasma

25.

Which component of blood is also known as platelets?

a)

leukocytes

b)

thrombocytes

c)

erythrocytes

d)

plasma

26.

Which component of blood transports oxygen from the lungs to the body cells?

a)

leukocytes

b)

thrombocytes

c)

erythrocytes

d)

plasma

27.

Which component of blood includes neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils?

a)

leukocytes

b)

thrombocytes

c)

erythrocytes

d)

plasma

28.

Which component of blood assists with the process of hemostasis?

a)

leukocytes

b)

thrombocytes

c)

erythrocytes

d)

plasma

29.

Which leukocyte is attracted to sites of swelling/inflammation?

a)

lymphocytes

b)

neutrophils

c)

basophils

d)

monocytes

e)

eosinophils

30.

Which leukocytes become macrophages that engulf viruses and other pathogens?

a)

lymphocytes

b)

neutrophils

c)

basophils

d)

monocytes

e)

eosinophils

31.

Which leukocytes include B cells and T cells?

a)

lymphocytes

b)

neutrophils

c)

basophils

d)

monocytes

e)

eosinophils

32.

Which leukocytes release an inflammatory chemical that attracts other white blood cells to the site of infection?

a)

lymphocytes

b)

neutrophils

c)

basophils

d)

monocytes

e)

eosinophils

33.

Which leukocytes use enzymes to digest parasitic worms?

a)

lymphoctes

b)

neutrophils

c)

basophils

d)

monocytes

e)

eosinophils

34.

Which antigen(s) does a person with type A+ blood have? Choose all correct answers.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

Rh

35.

Which blood type has B and Rh antigens?

a)

B+

b)

B-

c)

AB+

d)

AB-

36.

Which antigens are foreign to type O- blood? Choose all correct answers.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

Rh

37.

What blood types can a person with type AB+ blood safely receive?

a)

all blood types

b)

O- only

c)

AB+ only

d)

O+, A+, B+, AB+ only

38.

What is the loop of blood vessels that carries blood to and from the body tissues called?

a)

systemic

b)

pulmonary

c)

cardiovascular

d)

lymphatic

39.

Which chamber of the heart pumps oxygenated blood out through the aorta?

a)

left atrium

b)

right atrium

c)

left ventricle

d)

right ventricle

40.
Which part of the heart is this?
a)
Aorta
b)
Right Ventricle
c)
Left Atrium
d)
Left Ventricle
41.

The main vein(s) that brings blood to the right atrium?

a)

Aorta

b)

Pulmonary veins

c)

Superior and Inferior vena cava

d)

Jugular vein

42.
a)
Pulmonary valve
b)
Aortic valve
c)
Tricuspid valve
d)
Bicuspid valve
43.
Which chambers contract during the first part of the Cardiac Cycle?
a)
Left & right ventricles
b)
Left & right atria
c)
Left atrium & ventricle
d)
Right atrium & ventricle
44.

Pulmonary veins

a)

return blood to the right atrium

b)

transport oxygenated blood to the lungs

c)

split off the pulmonary trunk

d)

transport oxygenated blood to the heart

45.

Place the steps of the heart's conduction system in the correct order from start to finish.

a)

Sinoatrial (SA) node

b)

Atrioventricular (AV) node

c)

Atrioventricular (AV) bundles

d)

Bundle branches

e)

Purkinje fibers

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
46.

Place the steps of hemostasis in the correct order from start to finish.

a)

vasoconstriction

b)

platelet plug formation

c)

clot formation

1)
2)
3)