Cardiovascular Physiology Exam Questions with correct answers provided

Cardiovascular Physiology Exam Questions
with correct answers provided
Cardiovascular system includes: - ✅✅heart, blood, arteries, veins, capillaries



Size of heart - ✅✅about the size of your fist



Heart is made of - ✅✅cardiac muscle



pericardium - ✅✅Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart.



Myocardium - ✅✅thick, muscular middle layer of the heart



endocardium - ✅✅thin inner lining of the heart



average resting heart rate - ✅✅65-85 bpm



Upper chambers of the heart - ✅✅right and left atrium



Lower chambers of the heart - ✅✅right and left ventricles



sinus node - ✅✅pacemaker of the heart



Right atrium - ✅✅Receives deoxygenated blood from the body



Left atrium - ✅✅receives oxygenated blood from the lungs



Left ventricle - ✅✅pumps oxygenated blood to the body

, right ventricle - ✅✅pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs



Blood consists of - ✅✅red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, plasma



Red blood cells - ✅✅Blood cells that carry oxygen from the lungs to the body cells.



white blood cells - ✅✅Blood cells that perform the function of destroying disease-causing
microorganisms



Blood platetes - ✅✅responsible for clotting the blood



Plasma - ✅✅Fluid portion of blood



How many gallons of blood does an average person have - ✅✅1.2-1.5 gallons



Erythema - ✅✅redness of the skin



Arteries - ✅✅carry blood away from the heart



Veins - ✅✅Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart



Capillaries - ✅✅Microscopic vessel through which exchanges take place between the blood and cells
of the body



Varicose veins - ✅✅abnormally swollen, twisted veins with defective valves; most often seen in the
legs