Download Cardiovascular System Quiz 1. The left lower chamber of the heart

Cardiovascular System Quiz
1. The left lower chamber of the heart that receives blood from
the left atrium and pumps it out under high pressure through the
aorta to the body.
A) Arterioles
B) Left Ventricle
C) Arteries
D) Right Ventricle
2. Are small VEINS that RECEIVE BLOOD from the capillaries and
begin blood transport back to the heart.
A) Venules
B) Arteries
C) Aneurysm
D) Veins
3. The phase of contraction of the heart muscle myocardium.
A) Diastole
B) Arteries
C) Systole
D) Embolism
4. Vein that returns carbon dioxide rich blood from tissues below
the diaphragm.
A) Right Ventricle
B) Arteriosclerosis
C) Left Ventricle
D) Inferior Vena Cava
5. Larger Vessels formed by the merging of venules that CARRY
BLOOD TO THE HEART
A) Veins
B) Systole
C) Arteries
D) Aneurysm
6. MIDDLE LAYER OF THE HEART WALL - Thickest LayerComposed of Cardiac Muscle.
A) Pericardium
B) Myocardium
C) Endocardium
D) Mediastinum
7. Smallest most numerous blood vessel - exchanges of
substances between blood and tissue?
A) Epicardium
B) Heart Valves
C) Pericardium
D) Capillaries
8. The Right Upper chamber of the heart receives/Accepts
deoxygenated blood From the Body
A) Left Atrium
B) Epicardium
C) Right Ventricle
D) Right Atrium
9. A double-layered serous membrane that surrounds the heart?
A) Left Atrium
B) Endocardium
C) Mediastinum
D) Pericardium
10. Vessels that CARRY BLOOD AWAY from the heart toward the
tissues?
A) Arteries
B) Veins
C) Arterioles
D) Venules