Cardiovascular

Question 1

Vasculature of the heart consists of

Answer 1

Arteries, capillaries, and veins

Question 2

Artery

Answer 2

Carries blood away from the heart

Question 3

Capillary

Answer 3

• carries blood away from the body
• exchanges oxygen, nutrients, and waste with tissues at the cellular level

Question 4

Vein

Answer 4

• carries blood back to the heart
• drains blood from organs and limbs

Question 5

After blood travels through [vessel type], it is returned to [right or left] side of the heart where it is pumped to the lungs for re-oxygenation

Answer 5

veins, right

Question 6

[oxygenated or deoxygenated] blood returns to [Right or Left] side of heart to be recirculated to the rest of the body

Answer 6

oxygenated, left

Question 7

the heart is a __ chambered structure consisting primarily of ____

Answer 7

4, cardiac muscle

Question 8

the ____ circuit is the first pump and is on the right side

Answer 8

pulmonary

Question 9

the ___ circuit is the second pump and is on the left side

Answer 9

systemic

Question 10

the right side of the heart accepts ___ blood returning from the ____ and moves it to the ___

Answer 10

deoxygenated, body, lungs

Question 11

the right side of the heart uses ____ arteries

Answer 11

pulmonary

Question 12

the left side of the heart receives ___ blood from the ___ through the pulmonary veins

Answer 12

oxygenated, lungs

Question 13

the left side of the heart forces ____ blood out of the body through the ____

Answer 13

oxygenated, aorta

Question 14

each side of the heart consists of ___ + ____

Answer 14

one atrium, one ventricle

Question 15

____ blood returns to the ___ side of the heart to be recirculated through the rest of the body

Answer 15

oxygenated, left

Question 16

blood returning from the body enters the right side of the heart via 2 routes (the ____ & ____, which are ____) before pooling in the ____

Answer 16

superior vena cava and inferior vena cava, veins, right atrium

Question 17

after blood from the body pools in the right atrium, it passes through the ___ valve into the ____

Answer 17

tricuspid valve, right ventricle

Question 18

What is the patent foramen ovule?

Answer 18

Shunt that allows blood to bypass the fetal lungs

Question 19

Where is the patent foramen ovule located?

Answer 19

In the wall between the left and right atria (of a fetus)

Question 20

What is the patent ductus arteriosus?

Answer 20

Shunt that allows blood from the right ventricle to bypass non-functioning fetal lungs (during fetal development)