A & P ATI TEAS 7 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
What is pulmonary circulation? - Answer-blood flow between heart and lungs
What is systemic circulation? - Answer-blood flow between heart and body
pulmonary circulation - Answer-Transports deoxygenated blood to the lungs to absorb
oxygen and release carbon dioxide
As the heart beats, what cycle does it go through? - Answer-A cardiac cycle
What are the two phases of the cardiac cycle? - Answer-diastole and systole
When does systole occur? - Answer-when the ventricles contract and pump blood out of
the heart
When does diastole occur? - Answer-when the ventricles relax after contraction and
refill with blood
What does the systolic and diastolic process measure? - Answer-Blood pressure
What causes the heart to beat? - Answer-Electrical impulses from the myocardium
causes the heart to contract
What are the main components of the cardiac conduction system? - Answer-SA node,
AV node, bundle of His, bundle branches, and Purkinje fibers
What are the 4 components of blood? - Answer-plasma, red blood cells, white blood
cells, platelets
The blood that runs through the veins, arteries, and capillaries is known as - Answer-
whole blood
The liquid component of blood is called - Answer-plasma
What protein does red blood cells contain? - Answer-hemoglobin
What is the function of hemogloblin - Answer-carries oxygen from lungs to the body
T or F? White blood cells protects the body against infection - Answer-True
, What is the correct blood flow pathway in the heart? (Heart-valve-vessel) - Answer-
Right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary circulation, left atrium, mitral valve, left ventricle,
aorta
From innermost to outermost, the heart wall is made up of which of the following? -
Answer-The endocardium, myocardium, and epicardium
Which of the following represents the depolarization of the atria? - Answer-P wave
Which of the following structures has the lowest blood pressure? - Answer-vein
On an electrocardiogram (ECG) tracing, which segment, complex, or interval represents
ventricular depolarization and atrial repolarization? - Answer-QRS Complex
Which of the following terms matches the definition: an abnormally slow heartbeat? -
Answer-Bradycardia
Which of the following reflects a PR interval seen with first degree heart block? -
Answer-0.20
Which of the following is the iron containing component of a red blood cell? - Answer-
hemoglobin
Which of the following structures is located between the descending colon and the
rectum? - Answer-sigmoid colon
Calcium concentration in the blood is controlled by which of the following glands? -
Answer-parathyroid
Which of the following types of muscle tissue is under voluntary control? - Answer-
skeletal
Which part of the brain regulates heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure? -
Answer-medulla oblongata
Which of the following hormones is secreted by the posterior pituitary gland? - Answer-
antidiuretic hormone
Which of the following is a role of plateletes in homeostasis - Answer-Formation of plugs
Which of the following tissues connects bones to joints? - Answer-Ligaments
organs in the left lumbar region - Answer-Descending colon, left kidney
organs in the right iliac region - Answer-cecum, appendix
AND ANSWERS
What is pulmonary circulation? - Answer-blood flow between heart and lungs
What is systemic circulation? - Answer-blood flow between heart and body
pulmonary circulation - Answer-Transports deoxygenated blood to the lungs to absorb
oxygen and release carbon dioxide
As the heart beats, what cycle does it go through? - Answer-A cardiac cycle
What are the two phases of the cardiac cycle? - Answer-diastole and systole
When does systole occur? - Answer-when the ventricles contract and pump blood out of
the heart
When does diastole occur? - Answer-when the ventricles relax after contraction and
refill with blood
What does the systolic and diastolic process measure? - Answer-Blood pressure
What causes the heart to beat? - Answer-Electrical impulses from the myocardium
causes the heart to contract
What are the main components of the cardiac conduction system? - Answer-SA node,
AV node, bundle of His, bundle branches, and Purkinje fibers
What are the 4 components of blood? - Answer-plasma, red blood cells, white blood
cells, platelets
The blood that runs through the veins, arteries, and capillaries is known as - Answer-
whole blood
The liquid component of blood is called - Answer-plasma
What protein does red blood cells contain? - Answer-hemoglobin
What is the function of hemogloblin - Answer-carries oxygen from lungs to the body
T or F? White blood cells protects the body against infection - Answer-True
, What is the correct blood flow pathway in the heart? (Heart-valve-vessel) - Answer-
Right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary circulation, left atrium, mitral valve, left ventricle,
aorta
From innermost to outermost, the heart wall is made up of which of the following? -
Answer-The endocardium, myocardium, and epicardium
Which of the following represents the depolarization of the atria? - Answer-P wave
Which of the following structures has the lowest blood pressure? - Answer-vein
On an electrocardiogram (ECG) tracing, which segment, complex, or interval represents
ventricular depolarization and atrial repolarization? - Answer-QRS Complex
Which of the following terms matches the definition: an abnormally slow heartbeat? -
Answer-Bradycardia
Which of the following reflects a PR interval seen with first degree heart block? -
Answer-0.20
Which of the following is the iron containing component of a red blood cell? - Answer-
hemoglobin
Which of the following structures is located between the descending colon and the
rectum? - Answer-sigmoid colon
Calcium concentration in the blood is controlled by which of the following glands? -
Answer-parathyroid
Which of the following types of muscle tissue is under voluntary control? - Answer-
skeletal
Which part of the brain regulates heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure? -
Answer-medulla oblongata
Which of the following hormones is secreted by the posterior pituitary gland? - Answer-
antidiuretic hormone
Which of the following is a role of plateletes in homeostasis - Answer-Formation of plugs
Which of the following tissues connects bones to joints? - Answer-Ligaments
organs in the left lumbar region - Answer-Descending colon, left kidney
organs in the right iliac region - Answer-cecum, appendix
