CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM END
TERM EXAM QUESTIONNS AND
ASNWERS MODULE3 ||ALREADY A+
GRADED
1. What are the 3 layers of the heart wall? - ANSWER ✔ 1. Epicardium
2. Myocardium
3. Endocardium
4. Endocardium - ANSWER ✔ A thin sheet of endothelium that lines the heart
chambers, it is continuous with the linings of the blood vessels (innermost
layer of the heart wall)
5. How many hollow chambers does the heart has? - ANSWER ✔ 4
6. Atria - ANSWER ✔ Receiving chambers, blood comes into the heart
7. Where are the atria located? - ANSWER ✔ Superior
8. Ventricles - ANSWER ✔ Bottom chambers that send out blood
9. Interatrial or intraventricular septum - ANSWER ✔ Divides the heart
longitudinally
10.Superior Vena Cava - ANSWER ✔ Where the veins draining from the head
and arms empty into
11.Which side does the Venae Cava enter? - ANSWER ✔ On the right atrium
12.Inferior Vena Cava - ANSWER ✔ Where veins draining the lower body
empty into (below the diaphragm)
13.Azygos Vein - ANSWER ✔ Single vein that drains the thorax
14.Great Saphenous Veins - ANSWER ✔ The longest veins in the body (used
for open heart surgery)
, 15.External Jugular Vein - ANSWER ✔ receives blood from skin and muscles
of head
16.Subclavian Vein - ANSWER ✔ receives blood from the arm though the
axillary vein
17.Median Cubital Vein - ANSWER ✔ Site for blood removal for blood
testing, anterior aspect of the elbow
18.Basilar artery - ANSWER ✔ Serves the brain stem and the cerebellum as it
travels upward
19.What is another name for Cerebral Arterial Circle? - ANSWER ✔ Circle of
Willis
20.Cerebral Arterial Circle / Circle of Willis - ANSWER ✔ Blood vessels that
surround the base of the brain, protecting the brain and providing more than
one route for blood to reach brain tissue
21.Hepatic Portal Circulation - ANSWER ✔ Drains the digestive organs,
spleen, and pancreas and deliver this blood to the liver through the hepatic
portal vein
22.Which portal has a unique and unusual circulation - ANSWER ✔ Hepatic
Portal Circulation
23.Vital Signs - ANSWER ✔ Arterial Pulse and Blood Pressure and
Respiratory Rate
24.Pulse - ANSWER ✔ A pressure wave that occurs with each beat of the left
ventricle
25.What is the pulse average beats per minute? - ANSWER ✔ 70-75
26.Pressure Points - ANSWER ✔ Points at the body surface where the pulse
may be felt
TERM EXAM QUESTIONNS AND
ASNWERS MODULE3 ||ALREADY A+
GRADED
1. What are the 3 layers of the heart wall? - ANSWER ✔ 1. Epicardium
2. Myocardium
3. Endocardium
4. Endocardium - ANSWER ✔ A thin sheet of endothelium that lines the heart
chambers, it is continuous with the linings of the blood vessels (innermost
layer of the heart wall)
5. How many hollow chambers does the heart has? - ANSWER ✔ 4
6. Atria - ANSWER ✔ Receiving chambers, blood comes into the heart
7. Where are the atria located? - ANSWER ✔ Superior
8. Ventricles - ANSWER ✔ Bottom chambers that send out blood
9. Interatrial or intraventricular septum - ANSWER ✔ Divides the heart
longitudinally
10.Superior Vena Cava - ANSWER ✔ Where the veins draining from the head
and arms empty into
11.Which side does the Venae Cava enter? - ANSWER ✔ On the right atrium
12.Inferior Vena Cava - ANSWER ✔ Where veins draining the lower body
empty into (below the diaphragm)
13.Azygos Vein - ANSWER ✔ Single vein that drains the thorax
14.Great Saphenous Veins - ANSWER ✔ The longest veins in the body (used
for open heart surgery)
, 15.External Jugular Vein - ANSWER ✔ receives blood from skin and muscles
of head
16.Subclavian Vein - ANSWER ✔ receives blood from the arm though the
axillary vein
17.Median Cubital Vein - ANSWER ✔ Site for blood removal for blood
testing, anterior aspect of the elbow
18.Basilar artery - ANSWER ✔ Serves the brain stem and the cerebellum as it
travels upward
19.What is another name for Cerebral Arterial Circle? - ANSWER ✔ Circle of
Willis
20.Cerebral Arterial Circle / Circle of Willis - ANSWER ✔ Blood vessels that
surround the base of the brain, protecting the brain and providing more than
one route for blood to reach brain tissue
21.Hepatic Portal Circulation - ANSWER ✔ Drains the digestive organs,
spleen, and pancreas and deliver this blood to the liver through the hepatic
portal vein
22.Which portal has a unique and unusual circulation - ANSWER ✔ Hepatic
Portal Circulation
23.Vital Signs - ANSWER ✔ Arterial Pulse and Blood Pressure and
Respiratory Rate
24.Pulse - ANSWER ✔ A pressure wave that occurs with each beat of the left
ventricle
25.What is the pulse average beats per minute? - ANSWER ✔ 70-75
26.Pressure Points - ANSWER ✔ Points at the body surface where the pulse
may be felt
