Cardiovascular System

Question 1

What ARTERIES are the only artery to carry deoxygenated blood?

Answer 1

Pulmonary arteries

Question 2

What VEINS are the only vein to carry oxygenated blood?

Answer 2

Pulmonary veins

Question 3

How many serperate arteries does the pulmonary artery split into for the right lung?

Answer 3

3 (1 for each of the right lungs 3 lobes)

Question 4

How many serperate arteries does the pulmonary artery split into for the left lung?

Answer 4

2 (2 for each lobe)

Question 5

What part of the aorta are the coronary arteries located?

Answer 5

Proximal ascending aorta

Question 6

Where is the Popliteal artery located?

Answer 6

Back of knee

Question 7

Where is the Carotid artery located?

Answer 7

Major vessels in the neck up to the head

Question 8

Where is the Jugular vein located?

Answer 8

In the neck drains blood from the head

Question 9

Where is the Cephalic vein located?

Answer 9

In the arm lateral to the Brachial vein

Question 10

Where is the Basilic vein located?

Answer 10

In the arm medial to the Brachial vein

Question 11

Where is the Saphenous vein located?

Answer 11

Back of calf

Question 12

Where is the Peroneal vein located?

Answer 12

Calf

Question 13

What’s the layers of Arteries & Veins?

Answer 13

Tunica Externa (Outermost layer)
Tunica Media
Tunica Intima (Innermost layer)

Question 14

What’s another name for Tunica externa?

Answer 14

Tunica adventitia

Question 15

What’s another name for Tunica Intima?

Answer 15

Tunica Interna

Question 16

What’s Tunica Intima made from?

Answer 16

Endothelial & Sub-endothelial cells

Question 17

Which layer of blood vessels allows dilation and constriction?

Answer 17

Tunica Media

Question 18

What’s Tunica Externa made from?

Answer 18

Elastic & collagen fibres

Question 19

What’s Tunica Media made from?

Answer 19

Elastic & connective tissue

Question 20

Do arteries or veins have a larger lumen?

Answer 20

Veins

Question 21

Is the Tunica media larger in arteries?

Answer 21

Yes

Question 22

Is the Tunica externa larger in arteries?

Answer 22

Yes

Question 23

Is the Tunica Intima larger in arteries?

Answer 23

No (Same size in both)

Question 24

What layers do Arterioles consist of?

Answer 24

Tunica media & endothelial layer

Question 25

What layers do Venules consist of?

Answer 25

Consist of Tunica externa & endothelial layer

Question 26

What layers do Capillaries consist of?

Answer 26

Made of just the endothelial layer and a basement membrane

Question 27

How many pints of blood does an average man and women have?

Answer 27

Average man has 12 pints

Average woman has 9 pints

Question 28

What’s another name for Red blood cells?

Answer 28

Erythrocytes

Question 29

What’s the size of Erythrocytes (red blood cells)?

Answer 29

7-8µm diameter

Question 30

What’s another name for White blood cells?

Answer 30

Leukocytes

Question 31

What’s the name of the most common type of White blood cell?

Answer 31

Neutrophil (55-70%)

Question 32

What’s another name for Platelets?

Answer 32

Thrombocytes

Question 33

What’s the size of Platelets (Thrombocytes)?

Answer 33

2-3 µm diameter

Question 34

What is Cardiac Output?

Answer 34

Volume of blood pumped out by heart in 1 minute

Question 35

Name the 2 parts of the cardiac cycle which the heart goes through?

Answer 35

Systole

Diastole

Question 36

What is Diastole?

Answer 36

Heart is relaxed and refills with blood after the emptying is done during systole

Question 37

What is Systole?

Answer 37

When the heart contracts and ejects the blood from the heart into the aorta and pulmonary trunk.

Question 38

What is Venography?

Answer 38

Imaging of veins

Question 39

What is Angiography?

Answer 39

Imaging of vessels generally (including

arteries)