Chapter 9 section 1

Question 1

The word cardio means______?

Answer 1

heart

Question 2

vascular means_

Answer 2

blood vessel

Question 3

arteries, veins, and capillaries are______that carry blood pumped by the heart.

Answer 3

blood vessels

Question 4

What make up the cardiovascular system?

Answer 4

heart, blood and blood vessels

Question 5

What kind of tissue makes up most of the heart?

Answer 5

cardiac

Question 6

Each upper chamber of the heart is called ?

Answer 6

atrium

Question 7

Each lower chamber of the heart is called?

Answer 7

ventricle

Question 8

The right side of the heart pumps oxygen poor blood to the

Answer 8

lungs

Question 9

The left side of the heart pumps oxygen rich blood to the

Answer 9

body

Question 10

When atria relax,what do ventricles do?

Answer 10

contract

Question 11

Why do the hearts valves close?

Answer 11

To prevent blood from moving backward

Question 12

What part of the heart makes the heart beat sound?

Answer 12

The valves

Question 13

Artery

Answer 13

carries blood away from the heart

Question 14

Blood pressure

Answer 14

pressure caused by heart beat

Question 15

pulse

Answer 15

caused by rhythmic change in blood pressure

Question 16

capillary

Answer 16

allows exchanges between blood and body cells

Question 17

vein

Answer 17

carries blood back to the heart

Question 18

What is the narrowest kind of blood vessel?

Answer 18

capilary

Question 19

What kind of blood vessels are helped by the contracting of skeletal muscles?

Answer 19

vain

Question 20

What kind of blood vessels stretch due to blood pressure?

Answer 20

arterie

Question 21

What enters the blood when it is pumped to the lungs?

Answer 21

oxygen

Question 22

What leaves the blood when it is pumped to the lungs?

Answer 22

carbon dioxide

Question 23

Where does the exchange of blood and oxygen take place in the lungs?

Answer 23

capillaties

Question 24

Pulminary circulation is?

Answer 24

The flow of blood between the heart and the lungs

Question 25

Systemis circulation is?

Answer 25

The flow of blood between the heart and the rest of the body

Question 26

Cardiovascular problems can harm the------

Answer 26

whole body

Question 27

A_______and plenty of_____can reduce the risk of cardiovascular problems.

Answer 27

healthy diet and exercise

Question 28

What is the leading cause of death in the US?

Answer 28

heart disseasse

Question 29

atherosclerosis

Answer 29

fatty bulidup in blood vessels

Question 30

hypertension

Answer 30

abnormally high blood pressure

Question 31

stroke

Answer 31

brain damage caused by damage to blood vessels

Question 32

heart attack

Answer 32

condition caused by the death of heart muscle cells

Question 33

What can happen when blood supply to the heart is blocked?

Answer 33

Organs may be damaged by the lack of oxygen.