The Cardiovascular System

Question 0

What are the three layers of the heart?

Answer 0

Epicardium (outer layer)
Myocardium (middle, muscle layer)
Endocardium (inner layer, lines chambers of the heart)

Question 1

The SVC and IVC are the ______ veins in the body?

Answer 1

Largest

Question 2

What are the three blood elements?

Answer 2

Erythrocytes (RBC)
Leukocytes (WBC)
Thrombocytes (Platelets)

Question 3

What do platelets do?

Answer 3

Initiate the clotting mechanism

Question 4

What is plasma?

Answer 4

Liquid part of the blood

Question 5

What are the three types of blood vessels?

Answer 5

Arteries
Veins
Capillaries

Question 6

What are arteries?

Answer 6

Carry oxygenated blood from the heart

Have muscle tissue to expand and contract.

Question 7

What are veins?

Answer 7

Return blood to the heart.

Muscle contractions help move blue blood back to the heart.

Question 8

What are capillaries?

Answer 8

Blood vessels that connect the arterial and venous systems.

Question 9

How is blood pressure recorded?

Answer 9

As a fractional number with a sphygmomanometer.
Systolic on top, contraction
Diastolic on bottom, when it relaxes.

Question 10

How many blood types are there?

Answer 10

4

Question 11

What are the 4 blood types?

Answer 11

A
B
AB (universal recipient)
O (universal donor)

Question 12

What is a hematologist?

Answer 12

Blood specialist

Question 13

What is thrombosis?

Answer 13

A clot

Question 14

What is myocardial infraction?

Answer 14

Heart attack

Question 15

What is an irregular heart beat?

Answer 15

Arrhythmia

Question 16

What is a heart attack called?

Answer 16

Myocardial infraction

Question 17

What is a blood clot called?

Answer 17

Thrombosis

Question 18

What is high blood pressure called?

Answer 18

Hypertension

Question 19

What are two types of arrhythmias?

Answer 19

Tachycardia

Bradycardia

Question 20

What is tachycardia?

Answer 20

Heart rate of 100+

Question 21

Wha is bradycardia?

Answer 21

Heartbeat less than 60

Question 22

The _____ arteries are the hearts own blood supply?

Answer 22

Coronary

Question 23

What is fibrillation?

Answer 23

Fluttering heart rate.

Question 24

What is congestive heart failure?

Answer 24

When the heart cannot pump enough.

Question 25

What is BP?

Answer 25

Blood pressure

Question 26

What is HDL?

Answer 26

High density lipoprotein (good cholesterol)

Question 27

What is LDL?

Answer 27

Low density lipoprotein

Bad cholesterol

Question 28

What is RBC?

Answer 28

Red blood cell

Question 29

What is WBC?

Answer 29

White blood cell

Question 30

what does the pulmonary artery do?

Answer 30

Only artery in the body that carries deoxygenated blood.

Question 31

The pulmonary veins do what?

Answer 31

They’re the only veins that carry oxygenated blood

Question 32

What do capillaries do?

Answer 32

Surround the cells, this is where the exchange takes place

Question 33

What is the order of circulation of blood through the heart?

Answer 33

R atrium
Tricuspid valve (r a-v valve)
R ventricle 
Pulmonary valve 
Pulmonary artery
Lungs
Pulmonary veins 
L atrium 
Bicuspid or mitral valve (left a-v valve)
L ventricle 
Aortic valve
Aorta

Question 34

What is the largest and strongest chamber of the heart?

Answer 34

Left ventricle