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Cardiovascular System Review

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the main function of the cardiovascular system?

a)

transport waste out of the body in the form of feces

b)

transport oxygen and nutrients to the cells of the body and remove cellular waste

c)

exchange gases with the environment

d)

transport nitrogen waste away from the cells and out of the body

2.

What is the function of the blood vessels?

a)

pump blood throughout the body

b)

provide a network of tubes through which blood can travel

c)

act as a vehicle to carry oxygen and nutrients

d)

none of these

3.

The heart is made of which of the following types of muscles?

a)

Cardiac muscle

b)

Striated muscle

c)

Smooth muscle

d)

None of the above

4.
A hollow, muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body.
a)
Skeleton
b)
Heart
c)
Vein
d)
Artery
5.

What is the name of the double walled sac that surrounds the heart?

a)

Myocardium

b)

Epicardium

c)

Pericardium

d)

Endocardium

6.

What is the medical term for cardiac muscle?

a)

Myocardium

b)

Epicardium

c)

Pericardium

d)

Endocardium

7.

What cardiac tissue layer lines the chambers of the heart?

a)

Myocardium

b)

Epicardium

c)

Pericardium

d)

Endocardium

8.

Identify:

a)

Vena Cava

b)

Aorta

c)

Pulmonary veins

d)

Pulmonary artery

9.

Identify:

a)

Left Ventricle

b)

Right Atrium

c)

Right Ventricle

d)

Left Atrium

10.

What vessels carry deoxygenated blood away from the heart?

a)

Neither coronary arteries or pulmonary artery

b)

Pulmonary artery only

c)

Both coronary arteries and pulmonary artery

d)

Coronary arteries only

11.

What divides the left side of the heart from the right side?

a)

Atrium

b)

Ventricles

c)

Wall

d)

Septum

12.

What is the correct path through the circulatory system which describes the passage of a blood clot originating in the left leg?

a)

Vena cava → left atrium → left ventricle → lungs → right atrium → right ventricle → aorta

b)

Vena cava → right atrium → right ventricle → lungs → left atrium → left ventricle → aorta

c)

Vena cava → left atrium → right atrium → lungs → left ventricle → right ventricle → aorta

d)

Vena cava → right atrium → left atrium → lungs → right ventricle → left ventricle → aorta

13.
What chamber pumps blood to the body?
a)
Right atrium
b)
Right ventricle
c)
Left atrium
d)
Left ventricle 
14.
_______ circulation takes blood from the heart to the lungs and back.
a)
Systemic
b)
Pulmonary
c)
Body
d)
Blood
15.
a)
Left atrium
b)
Right atrium
c)
Left ventricle
d)
Right ventricle
16.
a)
Left atrium
b)
Right atrium
c)
Left ventricle
d)
Right ventricle
17.

Blood from the Inferior and Superior Vena Cava is:

a)

Oxygenated

b)

Deoxygenated

18.

Deoxygenated blood travels from the right atrium to the right ventricle through this valve:

a)

Mitral Valve

b)

Aortic Valve

c)

Pulmonary Valve

d)

Tricuspid Valve

19.
Which side of the heart contains oxygenated blood?
a)
the right
b)
the left
c)
the superior region
d)
the inferior region
20.
a)
Pulmonary veins
b)
Pulmonary artery
c)
Aorta
d)
Vena cava
21.

Which valves separate ventricles and arteries?

a)

The semi-lunar valves

b)

The atrioventricular valves

22.

The semi-lunar valves include:

a)

The bicuspid and the tricuspid

b)

The tricuspid and the aortic valve

c)

The aortic valve and the bicuspid

d)

The aortic valve and the pulmonary valve

23.

The chordae tendineae prevent the prolapse of:

a)

The aortic valve

b)

The pulmonary valve

c)

The atrioventricular valves

d)

The semi-lunar valves

24.

This structure prevents the backwards movement of blood:

a)

Ventricle

b)

Valve

c)

Atrium

d)

Vein

25.
Identify the circled valve
a)
Tricuspid
b)
Mitral
c)
Pulmonary
d)
Aortic
26.
Wall of the heart made up mostly of cardiac muscle
a)
Pericardium 
b)
Epicardium 
c)
Myocardium 
d)
Endocardium 
27.
Un-oxygenated blood enters the right atrium from the bottom of the heart.
a)
inferior vena cava
b)
superior vena cava
c)
pulmonary veins
28.

Which antigens would be present on the RBC if a person was AB- ?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

None

d)

Rh

29.

Which blood type would have no Rh antigens, but only have B antigens on the surface of red blood cells?

a)

A-

b)

A+

c)

B-

d)

B+

30.

Maxwell has lost a lot of blood and needs a transfusion. Doctors at the hospital have identified that he has A- blood type, which means he also has B and Rh antibodies in his plasma. Select the blood types he can safely receive?

a)

A+

b)

O-

c)

O+

d)

B-

31.

Maria (type B+) and Jacob (type B-) are sister and brother. Can Jacob receive Maria’s blood in the event of an emergency?

a)

Yes

b)

No

32.

Maria (type B+) and Jacob (type B-) are sister and brother. Can Maria receive Jacob's blood in the event of an emergency?

a)

Yes

b)

No

33.

Which blood type is known as the universal donor? (can be used by all)

a)

AB +

b)

AB -

c)

O+

d)

O-

34.

Which blood type is known as the universal recipient? (can receive all types)

a)

AB+

b)

AB-

c)

O+

d)

O-

35.

What type of blood is shown here?

a)

A positive

b)

A negative

c)

B positive

d)

B negative

36.

A mother is type A blood and a father is type O blood. What are the possible blood types of the child? Select all that apply.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

AB

d)

O

37.

Someone with Type A blood has...

a)

A antigens

b)

A antibodies

c)

B antigens

d)

A & B antigens

38.

If one of your parents is blood type A and the other is type B, which of the following blood types could you be?

a)

O

b)

AB

c)

A or B

d)

Any of these

39.

where are red blood cells located in the body?

a)

eyes

b)

blood

c)

hair

d)

skin

40.

where do red blood cells start developing?

a)

muscle

b)

lungs

c)

bone marrow

d)

bones

41.

what is another name for red blood cells?

a)

erythrocyte

b)

red blood cells

c)

blood cells

d)

donuts in my body

42.

Blood is a type of

a)

connective tissue

b)

epithelial tissue

c)

skeletal tissue

43.

Which of the following are the two basic components of blood?

a)

cells

b)

plasma

c)

bone marrow

d)

enzmes

44.

A hematocrit measures the precentage of

a)

blood cells

b)

plasma

c)

bone marrow

45.

platelets

a)

erythrocytes

b)

leukocytes

c)

thrombocytes

46.

Hematopoiesis is the formation of

a)

blood cells

b)

plasma

47.
Blood becomes bright red in color because of the
a)
amount of folic acid present
b)
amount of hemoglobin present
c)
amount of oxygen present
d)
amount of iron present
48.

The cardiac cycle is

a)

contraction of the atrium

b)

contraction of the ventricular

c)

blood flow through the aorta

d)

one complete heartbeat

49.

During ventricular systole the aortic valve is

a)

closed

b)

open

50.

During diastole the aortic valve is

a)

closed

b)

open

51.

The average blood pressure for an adult is

a)

105/68

b)

130/75

c)

140/90

d)

120/80

52.

Which factors affect blood pressure (check all that apply)?

a)

blood volume

b)

gentics

c)

blood viscosity

d)

diet

53.

If a person has a blood pressure of 105/68, which number is systole?

a)

68

b)

105

54.

If a person has a blood pressure of 125/90, which number is diastole?

a)

125

b)

90

55.

Review the image, which type of heartbeat is this EKG showing?

a)

arrhythmia

b)

bradycardia

c)

normal

d)

tachycardia

56.

Review the image, which type of heartbeat does the EKG show?

a)

tachycardia

b)

normal

c)

bradycardia

d)

arrhythmia

57.

Review the image, which type of heartbeat does the EKG show?

a)

bradycardia

b)

tachycardia

c)

normal

d)

arrhythmia

58.

Heart rate is controlled by

a)

medulla oblongata

b)

cerebral cortex

c)

brain stem

d)

hypothalamus

59.

Review the image, which type of heartbeat is shown?

a)

tachycardia

b)

bradycardia

c)

arrhythmia

d)

normal

60.

Which type of vessels have the smallest diameter?

a)

arteries

b)

venules

c)

capillaries

d)

arterioles