QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS A+ GRADED.
The digestive system consists of the heart, blood, vessels, and the structures that make up the lymphatic
system. -CORRECT ANSWER->>False - Circulatory system
The lymphatic system is responsible for moving blood through the body and removing waste. -
CORRECT ANSWER->>False - Immune system
The lymphatic system which is a subsystem of the circulatory system acts as the bodies transportation
system. -CORRECT ANSWER->>True
The lymphatic system is responsible for defending the body against disease causing agents called
pathogens. -CORRECT ANSWER->>True
The left and right sides of the heart are separated by a wall called the septum. -CORRECT ANSWER-
>>True
The right atrium is the first chamber blood enters as it enters the heart. -CORRECT ANSWER->>True
The final stop in the heart for the flow of blood, is the power house chamber, the right ventricle. -
CORRECT ANSWER->>False - left ventricle
Heart rates initiated by the SA node are typically 60-80 beats per minute for a healthy adult at rest. -
CORRECT ANSWER->>True
The cardiac cycle includes all the events that occur during one complete heartbeat. -CORRECT
ANSWER->>True
The arteries are the vessels that carry blood away from the heart. -CORRECT ANSWER->>True
The vessel that transports blood from the peripheral tissue to the heart are the veins. -CORRECT
ANSWER->>True
Blood pressure is defined as the measurement of force applied to walls of the arteries. -CORRECT
ANSWER->>True
The average resting blood pressure of a resting adult is 80/120. -CORRECT ANSWER->>False - 120/80
Pulse pressure is the difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure. -CORRECT ANSWER-
>>True
Blood is a type of connective tissue made up of cells and plasma. -CORRECT ANSWER->>True
A medical assistant should wear jewelry sparingly. -CORRECT ANSWER->>True
Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) or coronary artery disease (CAD) is considered one of the most common
forms of disease. -CORRECT ANSWER->>heart
Atherosclerosis or narrowing of the vessel lumen of the arteries is due to a buildup of material. -
, CORRECT ANSWER->>fatty
Often referred to as hardening of arteries, arteriosclerosis is the thickening and loss of in the arteries. -
CORRECT ANSWER->>elasticity
A heart attack or MI occurs when the supply of the myocardium is severely reduced or stopped. -
CORRECT ANSWER->>blood
Angioplasty is frequently used to reopen coronary arteries and stents. -CORRECT ANSWER-
>>blocked
CHF is a condition in which the condition cannot pump enough to the body or organs. -CORRECT
ANSWER->>blood
An arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat caused by a disturbance of activity of the heart. -
CORRECT ANSWER->>electrical
Tachycardia is an abnormal heartbeat over beats per minute. -CORRECT ANSWER->>fast / 100
People who suffer from endocarditis may experience weakness, fever, diaphoresis, dyspnea or difficulty
, or embolism that can lodge in other organs -CORRECT ANSWER->>breathing
Thrombophlebitis occurs when a blood occurs in one or more veins causing inflammation. -CORRECT
ANSWER->>clot
Anemia is a condition in which there is a low numbers of healthy blood cells circulation in the body. -
CORRECT ANSWER->>Red
Leukemia is a malignant cancer of the bone marrow and blood, like all cancers it involves the
uncontrolled growth of abnormal . -CORRECT ANSWER->>cells
An aneurysm is an abnormal widening or ballooning of a portion of an artery related to in the walls of
the blood vessel. -CORRECT ANSWER->>weakness
A CVA occurs when the blood to part of the brain is suddenly interrupted by an occlusion of blood
vessel, ischemia or embolism, or a ruptured blood vessel a hemorrhage in the . -CORRECT
ANSWER->>brain
Bradycardia is an abnormally heart rate under beats per minute. -CORRECT ANSWER->>slow / 60
After going through the tricuspid valve the blood then enters the ventricle. -CORRECT ANSWER-
>>right
Carbon dioxide in the blood is exchanged for oxygen via the artery. -CORRECT ANSWER-
>>pulmonary
The largest artery in the body is the . -CORRECT ANSWER->>aortic