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A & P Chapter 11
Cardiovascular System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The partition where the bundle branches are located is called the ________. | interventricular septum |
| Which valve is located between the left atrium and left ventricle? | bicuspid (mitral) valve |
| The transportation of blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs and back to the left side of the heart is known as ________ circulation. | pulmonary |
| The layer of the heart wall that receives the stimulus from the Purkinje Fibers is called the ________. | myocardium |
| Which wave on the electrocardiogram (ECG) results from the firing of the sinoatrial (SA) node? | P |
| Which term means heart contraction? | systole |
| During atrial diastole, blood flows from the atria to the ________. | ventricles |
| The normal resting heart rate is about ________ times per minute. | 75 |
| What large blood vessels carry blood away from the heart? | arteries |
| What drains capillary beds? | venules |
| What organs are served by the renal arteries and veins? | kidneys |
| The single vessel that drains blood from the digestive tract organs to the liver is the ________. | hepatic portal vein |
| The atrioventricular valves are closed when ________. | atrial pressure is less than ventricular pressure |
| What effect does the sympathetic nervous system have on the diameter of blood vessels? | vasoconstriction |
| Fluid tends to be forced out of a capillary bed by ________ while ________ tends to draw fluid into the capillary bed. | blood pressure; osmotic pressure |
| Oxygenated blood nourishing the myocardium comes from vessels that branch off the aorta called ________. | coronary arteries |
| The coronary veins empty blood from the myocardium into a large vein on the posterior side of the heart known as the ________. | coronary sinus |
| Our vessels lose elasticity as we age, as happens in arteriosclerosis. Which vessel layer is affected? | tunica media |
| What does each femoral vein become as it enters the pelvis? | external iliac vein |
| Which vessel feeds oxygenated blood into the cerebral arterial circle (circle of Willis) of the brain? | internal carotid artery |
| Which blood vessels are direct branches of the left coronary artery? | anterior interventricular and circumflex arteries |
| All four heart valves are briefly closed as pressure begins to rise in the ventricles, a phase known as ________. | isovolumetric contraction |
| You notice a missing P wave on a patient's electrocardiogram (ECG) and believe there is a problem with the ________. | sinoatrial (SA) node |
| Which of the following arteries is the first branch of the abdominal aorta? | celiac trunk |
| This drains blood from the radial and ulnar veins, then empties that blood into the axillary vein | The brachial vein |
| Which fetal shunt bypasses the lungs by directly connecting the right atrium and the left atrium? | foramen ovale |
| Which of the following hormones promotes sodium ion (and water) reabsorption by the kidney in order to increase blood pressure and blood volume? | aldosterone |
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