Cardiovascular System EXAM THREE

Question 1

Aortic valve

Answer 1

Semilunar valve between the left ventricle and the aorta.

Question 2

Atrium

Answer 2

Top chamber of the heart into which blood enters.

Question 3

Pulmonary veins

Answer 3

Vessels that carry blood from the lungs back to the heart.

Question 4

Heart

Answer 4

Strongest muscle in the body; when it pumps, it makes a sound described as lub DUB.

Question 5

Aorta

Answer 5

Artery that carries blood from the heart to all other arteries.

Question 6

Superior vena cava

Answer 6

Vessels that receives blood from all veins in the upper body and delivers it to the heart

Question 7

Pulmonary valve

Answer 7

One of the semilunar valves; located between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery.

Question 8

Bicuspid valve

Answer 8

Valve between the left atrium and left ventricle.

Question 9

Myocardium

Answer 9

Muscular layer of the heart.

Question 10

Electrocardiogram

Answer 10

Picture of the wave pattern made by the tiny electrical impulses that the heart makes as it beats endocardium.

Question 11

Ventricle

Answer 11

Lower chamber on each side of the heart.

Question 12

Capillary

Answer 12

Tiniest of the blood vessels.

Question 13

Pericardium

Answer 13

Fluid filled sack that surrounds and protects the heart.

Question 14

Pulmonary artery

Answer 14

Vessels that carries blood from the heart to the lungs.

Question 15

Inferior vena cava

Answer 15

Vessels that receives blood from all veins in the lower body and delivers it to the heart.