Blood Vessels

Question 1

a part of the venous circulation of the leg; a vessel used in heart bypass surgery

Answer 1

great saphenous vein

Question 2

supplies blood to the kidney

Answer 2

renal artery

Question 3

drains most of the thorax and abdominal wall; can serve as a bypass for the inferior vena cava

Answer 3

azygos vein

Question 4

drains blood from the small intestine, portions of the large intestine, stomach and pancreas

Answer 4

superior mesenteric vein

Question 5

drain blood from the head

Answer 5

Jugular Vein

Question 6

main blood supply to arm; commonly used to measure blood pressure

Answer 6

Brachial Artery

Question 7

supplies blood to the large intestine

Answer 7

Inferior Mesenteric Vein

Question 8

supply blood to the lower limbs

Answer 8

common iliac arteries

Question 9

supply blood to the brain

Answer 9

Carotid Arteries

Question 10

supplies blood to the stomach, liver and pancreas

Answer 10

Celiac Trunk

Question 11

These arteries supply blood to the heart tissue

Answer 11

Coronary Arteries

Question 12

These veins drain blood from the heart muscle

Answer 12

Coronary sinus/ veins

Question 13

These veins drain blood from the lungs

Answer 13

Pulmonary Vein

Question 14

Blood in the vertebral veins flows next into these veins

Answer 14

BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN

Question 15

The basilar artery is formed by the union of these arteries.

Answer 15

VERTEBRAL ARTERIES

Question 16

The internal jugular veins receive blood from which sinuses?

Answer 16

SIGMOID SINUS

Question 17

a traveling pressure wave created by the alternate expansion and recoil of elastic artereis after each systole of the left ventricle

Answer 17

pulse

Question 18

a slow resting heart rate or pulse rate.

Answer 18

bradycardia

Question 19

an inadequate cardiac output that results in a failure of the cardiovascular system to deliver enough oxygen and nutrients to meet the metabolic needs of body cells.

Answer 19

shock

Question 20

a rapid resting heart rate or pulse rate

Answer 20

tachycardia

Question 21

a temporary loss of consciousness that results from a failure of the CV system to deliver enough oxygen to meet the metbolic needs of brain cells

Answer 21

syncope

Question 22

Pressure generated by the pumping of the heart, pushes fluid out of capillaries

Answer 22

blood hydrostatic pressure

Question 23

Pressure created by proteins present in the interstitial fluid; pulls fluid out of capillaries.

Answer 23

interstitial fluid osmotic pressure

Question 24

an opening in the septum between the right and left atria

becomes the fossa ovalis after birth.

Answer 24

foramen ovale

Question 25

Pressure generated by the pumping of the heart, pushes fluid out of capillaries

net filtration pressure
blood hydrostatic pressure
interstitial fluid hydrostatic pressure
blood colloid osmotic presure
interstitial fluid osmotic pressure

Answer 25

blood hydrostatic pressure

Question 26

Pressure created by proteins present int he interstitial fluid; pulls fluid out of capillaries.

net filtration pressure
blood hydrostatic pressure
interstitial fluid hydrostatic pressure
blood colloid osmotic presure
interstitial fluid osmotic pressure

Answer 26

interstitial fluid osmotic pressure