chapter 10 test on Cardiovascular system

Question 1

what is the term for abnormally fast hearetbeat?

Answer 1

Tachycardia

Question 2

The heart is enclosed by a thin double-walled membranous scac called the

Answer 2

Pericardium

Question 3

Abnormal rapidity of heart action usually defined as a heart over 100 beats per minute

Answer 3

Tachycardia

Question 4

The heart lies within the mediastinum

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Any of the small flaps of the heart is known as a

Answer 5

cusp

Question 6

deoxygenated blood enters the right atrium from the

Answer 6

inferior and superior vena Cava

Question 7

What are the pumping chambers of the Heart

Answer 7

left and right ventricles

Question 8

inflammation of the membrane lining of the heart is known as

Answer 8

pericarditis

Question 9

*impulses from the AV Node travel first to the **

Answer 9

Bundle of his

Question 10

what nerve slows down the heart rate

Answer 10

vagus nerve

Question 11

what connects arteries to the capillaries for the transportation of blood

Answer 11

aetrioles

Question 12

Rapid, violent or throbbing pulsation or fluttering of the heart is know as

Answer 12

Palpitation

Question 13

A disease of the heart muscle primarily affecting the pumping ability of the heart

Answer 13

cardiomyopathy

Question 14

The circulation of deoxygenated blood on the left side of the heart is called pulmonary circulation

Answer 14

false— its the right side

Question 15

which one of the following is NOT a function of the heart

Answer 15

maintaining respiration

Question 16

inflammation of the heart muscles

Answer 16

myocarditis

Question 17

what side of the heart pumps oxygenated blood

Answer 17

Left

Question 18

what separates the right and left side of the atrium

Answer 18

interatrial septium

Question 19

a form of arteriosclerosis characterized by fatty deposits building up within the inner layers of the walls of large arteries

Answer 19

atherosclerosis

Question 20

what establishes the basic rhythm of the heart

Answer 20

SA node

Question 21

What side of the heart does pulmonary circulation pump on

Answer 21

right

Question 22

My/o

Answer 22

mulscle

Question 23

ather/o

Answer 23

fatty plaque

Question 24

scler/o

Answer 24

hard

Question 25

ven/o

Answer 25

vein

Question 26

thromb

Answer 26

clot

Question 27

sphygm/o

Answer 27

pulse

Question 28

vas/o

Answer 28

vessel

Question 29

phren

Answer 29

diaphragm

Question 30

hemat/o

Answer 30

blood

Question 31

hepat/o

Answer 31

liver

Question 32

Heart disease as a result of a long-term hypertension

Answer 32

hypertensive heart disease

Question 33

Relaxation phase of the heartbeat

Answer 33

diastole

Question 34

Large thick-walled vessels are called

Answer 34

arteries

Question 35

the nerve that slows down the heart rate

Answer 35

vagus

Question 36

allow for the exchange of materials between the blood and the tissue fluid surrounding the body cells

Answer 36

capillaries

Question 37

Condition in which the contractions of the atria become extremely rapid, at the rate of between 250 and 350 beats per minute

Answer 37

atrial flutter

Question 38

X-ray visualization of the internal anatomy of heart and blood vessels after introducing a radiopaque substance (contrast medium)

Answer 38

angiography