cardiology

Question 1

What is cardiorespiratory endurance?

Answer 1

The heart, lungs and blood vessels distribute nutrients and oxygen to the body. Also removes wastes from the body’s tissues during extended activity.

Question 2

What are signs of poor cardiorespiratory endurance?

Answer 2

shortness of breath and a high heart rate after light exercise.
( heart and lungs cannot keep u w/ the oxygen demand )

Question 3

What are the 3 essential components of physical fitness ?

Answer 3

cardiorespiratory endurance
musculoskeletal health
body composition

Question 4

What is the study of the heart and body’s network of blood vessels and their functions?

Answer 4

cardiology

Question 5

What are the components in the cardiovascular system?

Answer 5

heart
arteries
veins
capillaries
blood

Question 6

What carries blood away from the heart?

Answer 6

arteries

Question 7

what carries blood back to the heart?

Answer 7

veins

Question 8

What do the microscopic capillaries do ?

Answer 8

connects arteries and veins together. They also exchange of nutrients and waste in every cell of the body.

Question 9

What divides the left heart chambers from the right chambers?

Answer 9

septum

Question 10

What are the upper chambers called?

Answer 10

atria

Question 11

what are the lower heart chambers called ?

Answer 11

ventricles

Question 12

Which side of the heart receives oxygen depleted blood and sends it to the lungs?

Answer 12

The right side

Question 13

Which side of the lungs receives oxygen rich blood to send to the body ?

Answer 13

The left side

Question 14

What is pulmonary circulation ?

Answer 14

The flow of blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart

Question 15

What is the largest artery?

Answer 15

aorta

Question 16

When the blood leaves the heart, what arteries does it pass through ?

Answer 16

pulmonary arteries

Question 17

After the blood goes through the pulmonary arteries where does it go ?

Answer 17

Lungs; to pick up oxygen

Question 18

Once blood picks up oxygen, what does it travel through to get back to the heart?

Answer 18

4 pulmonary veins ( 2 for each lung)

Question 19

When blood becomes oxygenated and goes back to the heart what does it travel through to go back to the body?

Answer 19

the aorta

Question 20

Once the blood drops off the oxygen throughout the body, what does it pass through to get back in the heart?

Answer 20

venae cavae

Question 21

What is the largest vein ?

Answer 21

venae cavae

Question 22

How does blood not flow backward from the heart?

Answer 22

Valves are inside the venae cavae

Question 23

What returns blood from the head, arms and upper body

Answer 23

superior vena cava

Question 24

What returns blood from the lower body ?

Answer 24

inferior vena cava

Question 25

what is the systemic circulation ?

Answer 25

The movement of blood through all parts of the body except the lungs

Question 26

What are the 2 numbers used to measure blood pressure?

Answer 26

systolic and diastolic

Question 27

Where are the easiest places to feel your pulse?

Answer 27

radial arteries and carotid arteries

Question 28

What is stroke volume?

Answer 28

the volume of blood ejected from the ventricles w/ each contraction

Question 29

When we exercise regularly, what happens to our stroke volume?

Answer 29

Our heart will become stronger which will increase our stroke volume

Question 30

What is blood pressure?

Answer 30

the force from blood going against the blood vessel walls