Cardiovascular system

Question 1

Which system consists of the heart, blood vessels, and blood?

Answer 1

circulatory system

Question 2

What does Cardio mean?

Answer 2

Heart

Question 3

What does Vasculature mean?

Answer 3

vessels

Question 4

What system’s main role is to supply oxygen/nutrients to the cells and remove waste?

Answer 4

cardiovascular system

Question 5

What is the main organ responsible for keeping the blood circulating via the body?

Answer 5

heart

Question 6

What is the heart made up of?

Answer 6

muscular tissue

Question 7

What carries the blood around the body?

Answer 7

vessels

Question 8

How many chambers make up the heart?

Answer 8

four

Question 9

What are the top chambers called?

Answer 9

right and left atrium

Question 10

What are the bottom chambers called?

Answer 10

Right and left ventricle

Question 11

what happens when the heart stops pumping?

Answer 11

life ceases within minutes

Question 12

How many layers is the heart made of?

Answer 12

three

Question 13

What are the 3 layers of heart?

Answer 13

endocardium, myocardium, and pericardium

Question 14

What is the endocardium?

Answer 14

smooth, delicate, inner lining of atria, and ventricules

Question 15

What is the bottom tip of the heart called?

Answer 15

apex

Question 16

What is the heart’s top called

Answer 16

base

Question 17

how many primary circulatory loops are there?

Answer 17

2: pulmonary circulation loop and the systemic circulation loop

Question 18

What is the myocardium

Answer 18

muscular wall, makes up bulk of hear, left ventricle is thick to force blood via the arteries that lead to the body

Question 19

What is the pericardium?

Answer 19

thin, but sturdy outer membrane, has 2 layers of its own

Question 20

What are the two layers of the pericardium?

Answer 20

visceral and parietal

Question 21

what is the visceral pericardium?

Answer 21

adheres to the myocardium

Question 22

what is the parietal pericardium?

Answer 22

contains the whole heart like a sac

Question 23

pericardial cavity

Answer 23

fluid-filled sac between the visceral and parietal layers

Question 24

how many pumps does the heart have?

Answer 24

two

Question 25

Which chamber receives blood in the heart?

Answer 25

atria

Question 26

Which ventricle is thicker and larger?

Answer 26

left ventricle bc it sends blood to entire body

Question 27

What is the flow for the pulmonary circulation?

Answer 27

Right Atrium - tricuspid valve- right ventricle - pulmonary semilunar Valve - arteries

Question 28

What is the systemic circulatory loop?

Answer 28

Pulmonary vein - left atrium - mitral valve- the left ventricle - aortic semilunar valve- aorta

Question 29

What are the walls that divide the four chambers of the heart?

Answer 29

Septa (singular septum)

Question 30

What are the septums that divide the atria?

Answer 30

interatrial septum

Question 31

What are the septa that divides the ventricles?

Answer 31

interventricular septum

Question 32

What are the atrium and ventricle sides are connected by?

Answer 32

atrioventricular valve AV

Question 33

What is the valve that goes from the right atrium to right ventricle

Answer 33

tricuspid valve

Question 34

What is the AV valve of the left atrium and left ventricle?

Answer 34

bicuspid valve or mitral valve

Question 35

Where does the blood supply comes from?

Answer 35

capillary networks

Question 36

What is the process by which the heart receives its own blood supply

Answer 36

coronary circulation

Question 37

What is the big pipe that receives all the oxygenated blood that comes from the heart?

Answer 37

aorta