Heart

Question 1

What is the location of the heart

Answer 1

Just left of centre

Question 2

What is a function of the heart

Answer 2

To pump blood

Question 3

What is circulated by the heart and used for functions

Answer 3

Oxygen

Question 4

How many pumping chambers does the heart have ?

Answer 4

Two

Question 5

What is the name of the upper chambers of the heart

Answer 5

Atrium

Question 6

What is the name of the bottom chambers of the heart

Answer 6

Ventricles

Question 7

What half receives blood from the body and pumps blood to the lungs

Answer 7

The right

Question 8

What does the circulatory system consist of

Answer 8

Heart
Blood
Blood vessels

Question 9

What is the hearts pace maker

Answer 9

The sinoatrial node

Question 10

Where is the sa node located ?

Answer 10

In the wall of the right atrium

Question 11

How many times does the myocardium contract

Answer 11

72 bpm

Question 12

What does the aorta do?

Answer 12

Oxygen rich bloody to the body

Located at top of heart

Question 13

What does the pulmonary artery do ?

Answer 13

Oxygen poor blood to the lungs

Located on the top left of heart

Question 14

What does the pulmonary vein do

Answer 14

Oxygen rich blood from the lungs

Located below pulmonary artery on the left hand side of heart

Question 15

What does the vena cava do

Answer 15

Take oxygen poor blood from the body

Located on right hand side of heart

Question 16

What prevents the flow of blood back into the atria during ventricular contraction

Answer 16

The atrioventricular valve

Question 17

What prevents the flow of blood back into the right and left ventricles during ventricle contraction

Answer 17

The semilunar valve

Question 18

What is the ventricle contraction called

Answer 18

Systole

Question 19

What is the ventricular relaxation called

Answer 19

Diastole

Question 20

What are systole and diastol measurements of ?

Answer 20

Blood pressure

Question 21

The pumping and contracting phase of the cardiac cycle

Answer 21

Systole

Question 22

The relaxing resting phase of the cardiac cycle

Answer 22

Diastole

Question 23

What is systemic circulation between?

Answer 23

The heart and the body

Question 24

What are the systemic heart chambers

Answer 24

The left ventricle and right atrium

Question 25

What is the systemic blood vessels

Answer 25

The aorta | The inferior and superior vena cava

Question 26

What carry’s blood from the lower body

Answer 26

The inferior vena cava

Question 27

What carry’s blood from the upper body

Answer 27

The superior vena cava

Question 28

What is dark red in colour

Answer 28

Deoxygenated blood

Question 29

What colour is oxygenated blood

Answer 29

Red

Question 30

What is happening when the blood vessels narrow

Answer 30

Vasoconstriction

Question 31

Which blood vessel has the thickest muscular walls and carry blood under high pressure

Answer 31

Arteries

Question 32

What blood pressure reading 120 /80 be classified ?

Answer 32

Optimal

Question 33

What are the 4 components in the blood vessels

Answer 33

Red White Platelets Plasma

Question 34

What does red blood cells do?

Answer 34

Carry oxygen

Question 35

What do white blood cells do

Answer 35

Fight infection and destroy bacteria

Question 36

Where do white blood cells produce

Answer 36

Red bone marrow

Question 37

What cells assist in preventing blood loss | And help blood clotting

Answer 37

Platelets

Question 38

What does plasma consist of

Answer 38

Water 91.5% | Solutes 8.5

Question 39

What are arteries

Answer 39

Muscleluar thick walls | They contract and squeeze blood along the passageways away from heart

Question 40

What is the large artery?

Answer 40

Aorta

Question 41

Are there valves in the arteries

Answer 41

No

Question 42

What carry’s deoxgyenated blood to the lungs

Answer 42

Pulmonary arteries and artiolies

Question 43

What are extremely thin walls

Answer 43

Capillaries

Question 44

What happens after the capillaries have passed the tissue ?

Answer 44

Form larger blood vessels called venules

Question 45

Structure of blood vessels

Answer 45

Capillaries Venules Veins Vena cava

Question 46

What is the job of veins

Answer 46

Carrying blood from the tissues and back towards the heart

Question 47

What do veins carry

Answer 47

Deoxygenated blood

Question 48

What is blood vessels narrow

Answer 48

Vasoconstriction

Question 49

What is blood vessels widen

Answer 49

Vasodilation

Question 50

Where does the heart receive oxgygenated blood from

Answer 50

Pulmonary vein | Ocgygen rich blood from the lungs

Question 51

Where does the heart pump deoxygenated blood to ?

Answer 51

To the lungs with the pulmonary artery

Question 52

How many chambers does the heart have

Answer 52

4

Question 53

Which chambers of the heart receive blood

Answer 53

Atrium

Question 54

Which chambers of the heart pump blood

Answer 54

Ventricles

Question 55

Largest vein entering the heart

Answer 55

Vena cava

Question 56

What is oxygenated blood

Answer 56

Pulmonary vein Left atrium Left ventricle Aorta

Question 57

What is deoxygenated blood

Answer 57

Pulmonary artery Right ventricle Right atrium Vena cava

Question 58

What is blood pooling

Answer 58

Occurs in the veins pools in the extremities | Stopping suddenly during intense exercise

Question 59

What is venous return

Answer 59

Helping the return flow of blood to the heart and preventing blood pooling

Question 60

How is blood pressure measured

Answer 60

Cardiac output x total pheriihal resistance

Question 61

What is vasoconstriction

Answer 61

Blood vessels narrow

Question 62

What is vasodilation

Answer 62

Blood vessels widen