Cardiovascular Physiology Exam Questions
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arteries - ✅✅Carry oxygenated blood away from the heart
blood vessels - ✅✅A general term for any or all of the 3 types of vessels-- arteries, veins and
capillaries
capillaries - ✅✅Microscopic vessel through which exchanges take place between the blood and cells
of the body
circulatory system - ✅✅Another name for the cardiovascular system
deoxygenated - ✅✅Without oxygen. After blood has unloaded its oxygen load in the tissues, it gets
transported back to the heart and then to the lungs to pick up oxygen.
Blood carrying little or no oxygen
oxygenated - ✅✅With oxygen. After circulating in the lungs, the blood picks up oxygen to deliver to
the tissues.
pulmonary circulation - ✅✅One of the two parts of the cardiovascular system, the other being the
systemic circulation.
Blood flow through a network of vessels between the heart and the lungs for the oxygenation of blood
and the removal of carbon dioxide.
systemic circulation - ✅✅The branch of the circulatory system that supplies all body organs and then
returns oxygen-poor blood to the right atrium via the veins.
veins - ✅✅Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart
, Carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart from the tissues
apex - ✅✅the tip of the heart
cardiac muscle - ✅✅Striated muscle fibers (cells) that form the wall of the heart; stimulated by the
intrinsic conduction system and autonomic nervous system
endocardium - ✅✅the inner lining of the heart
epicardium - ✅✅Covers outer surface of heart
myocardium - ✅✅Thick middle muscle layer of the heart
parietal pericardium - ✅✅outside layer of the pericardium, or tough outer layer that forms a fibrous
sac that surrounds and protects the heart.
Outermost layer of the serous membrane around the heart.
pericardium - ✅✅Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart.
visceral pericardium - ✅✅Innermost layer of the serous membrane around the heart
atria - ✅✅2 upper chambers of the heart
interatrial septum - ✅✅separates the two atria
interventricular septum - ✅✅Partition that separates the right and left ventricles.
ventricles - ✅✅Lower chambers of the heart
thicker walled and larger than the atria
with correct answers provided
arteries - ✅✅Carry oxygenated blood away from the heart
blood vessels - ✅✅A general term for any or all of the 3 types of vessels-- arteries, veins and
capillaries
capillaries - ✅✅Microscopic vessel through which exchanges take place between the blood and cells
of the body
circulatory system - ✅✅Another name for the cardiovascular system
deoxygenated - ✅✅Without oxygen. After blood has unloaded its oxygen load in the tissues, it gets
transported back to the heart and then to the lungs to pick up oxygen.
Blood carrying little or no oxygen
oxygenated - ✅✅With oxygen. After circulating in the lungs, the blood picks up oxygen to deliver to
the tissues.
pulmonary circulation - ✅✅One of the two parts of the cardiovascular system, the other being the
systemic circulation.
Blood flow through a network of vessels between the heart and the lungs for the oxygenation of blood
and the removal of carbon dioxide.
systemic circulation - ✅✅The branch of the circulatory system that supplies all body organs and then
returns oxygen-poor blood to the right atrium via the veins.
veins - ✅✅Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart
, Carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart from the tissues
apex - ✅✅the tip of the heart
cardiac muscle - ✅✅Striated muscle fibers (cells) that form the wall of the heart; stimulated by the
intrinsic conduction system and autonomic nervous system
endocardium - ✅✅the inner lining of the heart
epicardium - ✅✅Covers outer surface of heart
myocardium - ✅✅Thick middle muscle layer of the heart
parietal pericardium - ✅✅outside layer of the pericardium, or tough outer layer that forms a fibrous
sac that surrounds and protects the heart.
Outermost layer of the serous membrane around the heart.
pericardium - ✅✅Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart.
visceral pericardium - ✅✅Innermost layer of the serous membrane around the heart
atria - ✅✅2 upper chambers of the heart
interatrial septum - ✅✅separates the two atria
interventricular septum - ✅✅Partition that separates the right and left ventricles.
ventricles - ✅✅Lower chambers of the heart
thicker walled and larger than the atria
