Cardio System

Question 1

Trace the flow of blood starting at the aorta

Question 2

What is the pericardium and what are its layers?

Question 3

What is the purpose of the coronary arteries and the cardiac veins?

Question 4

What are the nodes in order?

Question 5

Define bradycardia

Question 6

Define tachycardia

Question 7

Define systole

Question 8

Define diastole

Question 9

Define cardiac cycle

Question 10

Name the three layers of blood vessel wall and what each layers composed of 

Question 11

Describe an EKG and what is happening at each part

Question 12

Name four differences between arteries and veins

Question 13

Describe the direction of movement for oxygen and carbon dioxide across capillaries in the lungs and in the tissues. Why do the gases move in that particular direction?

Question 14

Describe fluid exchange at the capillary level, using the terms hydrostatic and osmotic pressures.

Question 15

Define cardiac output 

Question 16

Define stroke volume

Question 17

Define peripheral resistance

Question 18

Describe the formulas for cardiac output and blood pressure

Question 19

What is the purpose of the hepatic portal circulation

Question 20

Name the blood vessels that make up the circle of Willis