Cardiovascular System Warm Up

Question 1

Where is the carotid artery located?

Answer 1

Neck

Question 2

Where is the tricuspid valve located?

Answer 2

Between the right atrium and right ventricle

Question 3

What veins empty blood from the kidneys?

Answer 3

-The renal veins
(Right and Left)

Question 4

Where is the sinoatrial node located?

Answer 4

Right atrium

Question 5

Describe the path of blood flow within the system vascular system?

Answer 5

-Aorta
-Arteries
-Arterioles
-Capillary Beds
-Venules
-Veins
-Superior & Inferior Vena Cava

Question 6

Where is the function (mitral) valve?

Answer 6

-Prevents blood from flowing from the left ventricle to the left atrium

Question 7

What does the superior vena cava transport where?

Answer 7

-Deoxygenated blood
-Into the right atrium

Question 8

What do the pulmonary veins transport where?

Answer 8

-Oxygenated blood
-To the heart
(left atrium)

Question 9

What is tachycardia?

Answer 9

A heart rate of over 100 beats per minute

Question 10

What effect does the parasympathetic nervous system have on heart rate and cardiac output?

Answer 10

-Decreases both:
(Heart rate)
(Cardiac output)

Question 11

What vessel carries oxygen and nutrients from the placenta to the fetus?

Answer 11

Umbilical vein

Question 12

What causes varicose veins?

Answer 12

Incompetent venous valves