Heart

Question 1

What type of vessel is an aorta and where does it transport blood?

Answer 1

The artery carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body

Question 2

What type of vessel is the vena cava and is the blood oxygenated and where does it transport it?

Answer 2

Vein which Carries the oxygenated blood back from the body to the heart

Question 3

Is the pulmonary artery oxygenated or deoxygenated and where does it transport?

Answer 3

Carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle into the lungs

Question 4

Is the pulmonary vein, oxygenated blood and where does it transport blood to?

Answer 4

Carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart

Question 5

What is the tricuspid valve?

Answer 5

Gate that separates right atrium from right ventricle

Question 6

What is the bicuspid valve?

Answer 6

Gate that separates left atrium from left ventricle

Question 7

What are the semilunar valves?

Answer 7

One way gates at the entrance to the aorta and pulmonary artery which prevent the backflow of the blood into the heart

Question 8

Define heart rate

Answer 8

The number of heart beats per minute (beats per minute bpm)

Question 9

Define stroke volume

Answer 9

The volume of blood pumped out of the heart per beat

Question 10

Define cardiac output

Answer 10

Volume of blood pumped out the heart per minute

Question 11

Cardiac output equation

Answer 11

Stroke volume x heart rate