Cardiovascular System

Question 1

When you cut into the apex what are you cutting into?

Answer 1

Left ventricle

Question 2

How much does adult heart weigh?

Answer 2

10oz (T/F) question

Question 3

Endocardium lines the what ?

Answer 3

Outside of the heart (blood vessels)

Question 4

Myocardium is the…

Answer 4

Middle layer of the heart; made of cardiac muscle

Question 5

Pericardium is the…

Answer 5

2-layer sac that lines the inside of the heart. It contains a small amount of fluid and helps reduce friction around the heart

Question 6

The muscular wall that divides the atria and ventricles

Answer 6

Septum

Question 7

What septum is between the L&R atrium

Answer 7

Interatrial septum

Question 8

What septum is between the ventricles ?

Answer 8

Interventricular septum

Question 9

_____:Receives de-oxygenated blood from inferior and superior ____

Answer 9

Right atrium

Vena cava

Question 10

____ blood enters from right atrium, pumped out to the lungs via the ________ artery

Answer 10

Right ventricle

Pulmonary

Question 11

____recieves _______ blood back from the lungs via the ______ veins

Answer 11

Left atrium
Oxygenated
Pulmonary veins

Question 12

______Has the thickest wall; pumps blood out of the heart and to all tissues of the body via the ____

Answer 12

Left ventricle

Aorta

Question 13

How many valves in the heart ? Name them

Answer 13

4
Bicuspid valve
Tricuspid valve
Pulmonary valve
Aortic valve

Question 14

Where is the tricuspid valve

Answer 14

Between the right atrium and right ventricle

Question 15

Where is the bicuspid valve located?

Answer 15

Between the left atrium and right ventricle

Question 16

The contraction of ventricles causes the pulse

Answer 16

Systole

Question 17

Brief resting period of ventricles

Answer 17

Diastole

Question 18

Blood pressure: higher number is? Lower number is?

Answer 18

Systole

Diastole

Question 19

What is the SA node?

Answer 19

Sinoatrial Node

The “pacemaker” of the heart

Question 20

Structures involved in SA, bundle of his, L&R bundle branches and purkinje fibers

Answer 20

All of the above

Question 21

Arteries carry blood…

Answer 21

Away from the heart

Question 22

What is the largest artery in the body

Answer 22

Aorta

Question 23

What is the only artery with deoxygenated blood

Answer 23

Pulmonary artery

Question 24

Veins carry blood…

Answer 24

Back to the heart

Question 25

What are the largest veins

Answer 25

Superior and inferior vena cava

Question 26

Only veins with oxygenated blood

Answer 26

Pulmonary veins

Question 27

Blood flow from the head and neck return to the heart via the

Answer 27

superior vena cava

Question 28

Blood what 6 things does it contain

Answer 28

Protein 
Nutrients 
Heat
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide 
Waste products
Hormones and enzymes

Question 29

What are thrombocytes also called

Answer 29

Platelets

Question 30

Main function of thrombocytes

Answer 30

Clotting process

Question 31

Arrhythmia

Answer 31

Abnormal heart beating

Question 32

Anemia?

Answer 32

Reduction of red blood cells

Question 33

Common cause of Anemia

Answer 33

Lack of iron in diet

Question 34

Treatments for anemia

Answer 34

Stop blood loss

Replace red blood cells

Question 35

Aneurysm

Answer 35

Ballooning or sac-like formation in artery wall

Question 36

What type of vessel is involved with an anurysm

Answer 36

Artery

Question 37

Athersclerosis

Answer 37

Thickening of artery wall by fatty plaque

Question 38

What vessel does Athersclerosis effect

Answer 38

Artery

Question 39

How do you treat coronary artery disease ?

Answer 39

Stent replacement

or artery bypass graft

Question 40

Embolism?

Answer 40

A blood clot or foreign substance floating in the blood stream

Question 41

Most common type of embolism?

Answer 41

Blood clot

Question 42

Other types of embolism?

Answer 42

Air, bacterial clumps , fat globule

Question 43

Hypertension?

Answer 43

High blood pressure