HCB QUIZ QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS
diseases that affect the arteries of the heart - Answer-coronary artery disease
blood clot in a vein, usually a deep vein of the lower limbs - Answer-deep vein
thrombosis
fluid output exceeds fluid intake causing a decrease in the amount of fluid in body
tissues - Answer-dehydration
cool, pale, and moist/sweaty skin; sweating - Answer-diaphoresis
irregular, or absent heart rhythm - Answer-dysrhythmias
swelling from a build up of fluid in the body tissues - Answer-edema
loss of large amount of blood from the vessels, internal or external - Answer-
hemorrhage
inability of the body to adequately circulate blood to the body's cells to supply them with
oxygen and nutrients (SHOCK) - Answer-hypo-perfusion
abnormally low pressure of the blood - Answer-hypotension
Low fluid/blood volume - Answer-hypovolemia
death of the heart muscle due to blockage in an artery (HEART ATTACK) - Answer-
myocardial infarction
blockage from fatty deposits - Answer-occlusion
irregular or rapid heartbeats that feel as a fluttering sensation in the chest - Answer-
palpitations
supply of oxygen and nutrients to and removal of wastes from the cells and tissues of
the Body as a result of the flow of blood through the capillaries - Answer-perfusion
structure that opens and closes to permit the flow of fluid in only one direction - Answer-
valve
condition where the heart's electrical impulses are disorganized, preventing from
contracting normally - Answer-ventricular fibrillation
,male: 5 to 6 L
female: 4 to 5 L - Answer-what is the blood volume in an average sized adult?
transportation, regulation, protection - Answer-what are the three functions of blood?
1. oxygen from the lungs to the cells of the body
2. carbon dioxide from the body cells to the lungs
3. nutrients from the GI tract to body cells
4. hormones from endocrine glands to body cells - Answer-What does blood transport?
body temp, pH, fluid volume - Answer-what does blood regulate?
white blood cells - Answer-which blood cells protects?
1. control of bleeding by clotting
2. delivery of oxygen to the cells
3. removal of carbon dioxide from cells
4. removal and delivery of other waste to organs that provide filtration and removal -
Answer-what functions do the specific components of blood have?
contains dissolved nutrients and carries certain crucial proteins such as clotting factors -
Answer-plasma
contain specialized molecules called hemoglobin that bind to oxygen and are
responsible for oxygen delivery to the cells - Answer-red blood cells
fight infection by destroying microorganisms and produce antibodies to resist infection
and protect the body from disease - Answer-white blood cells
forms clots, fragments of larger cells that are crucial to the formation of clots; clumping
of platelets is the most rapid and initial response to bleeding - Answer-platelets
any blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart - Answer-arteries
blood vessel that supply the muscle of the heart - Answer-coronary
the large neck arteries, one on each side of the neck, that carry blood from the heart to
the head - Answer-carotid
largest artery in the body, transports blood from the left ventricle to the systemic
circulation - Answer-aorta
artery of the upper arm, the site of pulse checked during infect CPR - Answer-brachial
artery of the lower arm, felt when taking the pulse at the thumb side of the wrist -
Answer-radial
, the major artery supplying the leg - Answer-femoral
artery locked behind the knee - Answer-popliteal
artery supplying the foot, behind the medial ankle - Answer-posterior tibial
artery supplying the foot, lateral to the large tendon of the big toe - Answer-dorsalis
pedis
Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart - Answer-veins
two major veins return blood from body to right atrium - Answer-vena cava (superior and
inferior)
empty directly into the superior vena cava, reflect the activity of the right side of the
heart and offer clues to its functionality - Answer-jugular
Common site of intravenous catheter insertion in the antecubital space - Answer-
median basilic
thin walled, microscopic blood vessel where the oxygen/carbon dioxide and
nutrient/waste exchange with the body's cells takes place - Answer-capillaries
its diameter - Answer-what is the one factor that helps determine pressure within a
blood vessel?
autonomic nervous system - Answer-what system plays a major role in controlling
vessel diameter?
prepares the body to expend energy which allows the blood vessels to constrict -
Answer-What does the sympathetic nervous system do?
allows blood vessels to return to a relaxed state - Answer-What does the
parasympathetic nervous system do?
a pump that contracts and ejects blood through an estimated 75,000 miles of blood
vessels - Answer-essentially what is the heart?
mediastinum, between the lungs
about two-thirds of the heart lies to the left of the body's midline - Answer-where is the
heart located?
pericardium - Answer-the heart is enclosed and held in place by the ...
epicardium, myocardium, endocardium - Answer-what are the three layers of the heart?
COMPLETE ANSWERS
diseases that affect the arteries of the heart - Answer-coronary artery disease
blood clot in a vein, usually a deep vein of the lower limbs - Answer-deep vein
thrombosis
fluid output exceeds fluid intake causing a decrease in the amount of fluid in body
tissues - Answer-dehydration
cool, pale, and moist/sweaty skin; sweating - Answer-diaphoresis
irregular, or absent heart rhythm - Answer-dysrhythmias
swelling from a build up of fluid in the body tissues - Answer-edema
loss of large amount of blood from the vessels, internal or external - Answer-
hemorrhage
inability of the body to adequately circulate blood to the body's cells to supply them with
oxygen and nutrients (SHOCK) - Answer-hypo-perfusion
abnormally low pressure of the blood - Answer-hypotension
Low fluid/blood volume - Answer-hypovolemia
death of the heart muscle due to blockage in an artery (HEART ATTACK) - Answer-
myocardial infarction
blockage from fatty deposits - Answer-occlusion
irregular or rapid heartbeats that feel as a fluttering sensation in the chest - Answer-
palpitations
supply of oxygen and nutrients to and removal of wastes from the cells and tissues of
the Body as a result of the flow of blood through the capillaries - Answer-perfusion
structure that opens and closes to permit the flow of fluid in only one direction - Answer-
valve
condition where the heart's electrical impulses are disorganized, preventing from
contracting normally - Answer-ventricular fibrillation
,male: 5 to 6 L
female: 4 to 5 L - Answer-what is the blood volume in an average sized adult?
transportation, regulation, protection - Answer-what are the three functions of blood?
1. oxygen from the lungs to the cells of the body
2. carbon dioxide from the body cells to the lungs
3. nutrients from the GI tract to body cells
4. hormones from endocrine glands to body cells - Answer-What does blood transport?
body temp, pH, fluid volume - Answer-what does blood regulate?
white blood cells - Answer-which blood cells protects?
1. control of bleeding by clotting
2. delivery of oxygen to the cells
3. removal of carbon dioxide from cells
4. removal and delivery of other waste to organs that provide filtration and removal -
Answer-what functions do the specific components of blood have?
contains dissolved nutrients and carries certain crucial proteins such as clotting factors -
Answer-plasma
contain specialized molecules called hemoglobin that bind to oxygen and are
responsible for oxygen delivery to the cells - Answer-red blood cells
fight infection by destroying microorganisms and produce antibodies to resist infection
and protect the body from disease - Answer-white blood cells
forms clots, fragments of larger cells that are crucial to the formation of clots; clumping
of platelets is the most rapid and initial response to bleeding - Answer-platelets
any blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart - Answer-arteries
blood vessel that supply the muscle of the heart - Answer-coronary
the large neck arteries, one on each side of the neck, that carry blood from the heart to
the head - Answer-carotid
largest artery in the body, transports blood from the left ventricle to the systemic
circulation - Answer-aorta
artery of the upper arm, the site of pulse checked during infect CPR - Answer-brachial
artery of the lower arm, felt when taking the pulse at the thumb side of the wrist -
Answer-radial
, the major artery supplying the leg - Answer-femoral
artery locked behind the knee - Answer-popliteal
artery supplying the foot, behind the medial ankle - Answer-posterior tibial
artery supplying the foot, lateral to the large tendon of the big toe - Answer-dorsalis
pedis
Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart - Answer-veins
two major veins return blood from body to right atrium - Answer-vena cava (superior and
inferior)
empty directly into the superior vena cava, reflect the activity of the right side of the
heart and offer clues to its functionality - Answer-jugular
Common site of intravenous catheter insertion in the antecubital space - Answer-
median basilic
thin walled, microscopic blood vessel where the oxygen/carbon dioxide and
nutrient/waste exchange with the body's cells takes place - Answer-capillaries
its diameter - Answer-what is the one factor that helps determine pressure within a
blood vessel?
autonomic nervous system - Answer-what system plays a major role in controlling
vessel diameter?
prepares the body to expend energy which allows the blood vessels to constrict -
Answer-What does the sympathetic nervous system do?
allows blood vessels to return to a relaxed state - Answer-What does the
parasympathetic nervous system do?
a pump that contracts and ejects blood through an estimated 75,000 miles of blood
vessels - Answer-essentially what is the heart?
mediastinum, between the lungs
about two-thirds of the heart lies to the left of the body's midline - Answer-where is the
heart located?
pericardium - Answer-the heart is enclosed and held in place by the ...
epicardium, myocardium, endocardium - Answer-what are the three layers of the heart?
