Cardiovascular System 1

Question 1

Lower edge of the heart that lies on the diaphragm, pointing toward the left

Answer 1

Apex of the heart

Question 2

CPR stands for

Answer 2

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Question 3

Rhythmic compression of the heart combined with artificial respiration

Answer 3

CPR

Question 4

Two upper chambers of the heart

Answer 4

Atria

Question 5

Two lower chambers of the heart

Answer 5

Ventricles

Question 6

Receiving chambers of the heart

Answer 6

Atria

Question 7

Discharging chambers of the heart

Answer 7

Ventricles

Question 8

Cardiac muscle tissue that composes the wall of each heart chamber

Answer 8

Myocardium

Question 9

Septum between the atria chambers

Answer 9

Interatrial septum

Question 10

Septum between the ventricle chambers

Answer 10

Interventricle septum

Question 11

Smooth tissue that lines each chamber

Answer 11

Endocardium

Question 12

Inflammation of endocardium

Answer 12

Endocarditis

Question 13

Covering of the heart

Answer 13

Pericardium

Question 14

Inner layer of pericardium

Answer 14

Visceral pericardium

Question 15

Visceral pericardium is also known as

Answer 15

Epicardium

Question 16

Outter layer of pericardium

Answer 16

Parietal pericardium

Question 17

Inflammation of pericardium

Answer 17

Pericarditis

Question 18

Contraction of the heart

Answer 18

Systole

Question 19

Relaxation of the heart

Answer 19

Diastole

Question 20

Which part of the heart contracts first?

Answer 20

Atria

Question 21

Two valves that separate the atrial chambers

Answer 21

Atrioventricular (AV) valves

Question 22

Left AV valve

Answer 22

Bicuspid or mitral valve

Question 23

Right AV valve

Answer 23

Tricuspid valve

Question 24

AV valves prevent

Answer 24

Backflow of blood back into the atria

Question 25

Attach the AV valves to the walls of the ventricles

Answer 25

Chordae Tendeneae

Question 26

Valves located between the two ventricular chambers and the large arteries that carry blood away from the heart

Answer 26

Semilunar (SL) valves

Question 27

System that supplies our bodies transportation needs

Answer 27

Cardiovascular system

Question 28

Veins in which blood enters the right atrium

Answer 28

Superior vena cava and inferior vena cava

Question 29

Artery that takes blood to the lungs

Answer 29

Pulmonary artery

Question 30

Veins that bring oxygen rich blood back to the heart

Answer 30

Pulmonary veins

Question 31

The artery into which the left ventricle pumps blood

Answer 31

Aorta

Question 32

Involves movement of blood from the right ventricle to the lungs

Answer 32

Pulmonary circulation

Question 33

Involves movement of blood from the left ventricle throughout the body as a whole

Answer 33

Systematic circulation

Question 34

Coronary circulation

Answer 34

The delivery of oxygen and nutrient rich arterial blood to cardiac tissue and the return of oxygen poor blood

Question 35

Two vessels that blood flows into heart muscle

Answer 35

Coronary arteries

Question 36

Veins in which blood leaves the heart muscle

Answer 36

Cardiac veins

Question 37

Cardiac veins empty into the

Answer 37

Coronary sinus

Question 38

Each completed heart beat is called

Answer 38

Cardiac cycle

Question 39

Refers to the volume of blood ejected from ventricles during each beat

Answer 39

Stroke volume

Question 40

Cardiac output

Answer 40

Volume of blood pumped by one ventricle per minute

Question 41

Severe chest pain caused by oxygen deprivation

Answer 41

Angina pectoris