Heart And Blood Vessels

Question 1

Hardest working organ in the body

Answer 1

Heart

Question 2

Receive and collect blood

Answer 2

Atrium

Question 3

Pump blood to other parts of the body

Answer 3

Ventricles

Question 4

Deoxygenated blood passes through here

Answer 4

Superior and Inferior Vena Cava

Question 5

Prevent back flow of blood

Answer 5

Valves

Question 6

Transport deoxygenated blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs

Answer 6

Pulmonary circulation

Question 7

Transport of highly oxygenated blood from left side of the heart to the other parts of the body

Answer 7

Systemic Circulation

Question 8

Allow blood to flow quickly and efficiently from the heart to other parts of the body.

Answer 8

Blood vessel

Question 9

Outer layer
Fibrous tissue
Protects & supports blood vessel

Answer 9

Tunica adventitia

Question 10

Middle layer
Smooth muscle and elastic tissue

Answer 10

Tunica media

Question 11

Endothelium
Outer layer
One cell thick
Only layer in capillaries

Answer 11

Tunica intima

Question 12

Thicker, bigger, more muscular, more elastic
Receives highly pressurized blood
Transfers blood away from the heart

Answer 12

Artery

Question 13

Blood that passes through the arm and head

Answer 13

Brachiocephalic artery

Question 14

Passes under the clavicle

Answer 14

Subclavian artery

Question 15

Carries blood back to the heart
Capacitance (having the capacity to hold large volumes of blood)

Answer 15

Veins

Question 16

Smallest and thinnest blood vessel in the body
Exchange of extreme and waste products
Connect with arterioles

Answer 16

Capillary