Cardiovascular Drug Therapy Review

The cardiovascular system circulates ______ throughout the body.

• Nutrients

• Carbon Dioxide

• Blood

• Oxygen

Arteries carry blood ______ from the heart to the body.

• Away

• To

Veins carry blood ____ the heart from tissues.

• To

• Away

Which term refers to the period where the heart is contracting & actively pumping blood?

• Diastole

• Conduction

• Systole

• Blood Flow

Which term refers to the period when cardiac muscles relax & allow blood to flow into the heart, filling it's chambers?

• Diastole

• Conduction

• Systole

• Blood Flow

Which node is referred to as the heart's natural pacemaker?

• SA Node

• Bundle of His

• Purkinje Fibers

• AV Node

A heart rate is:_________

• The typical rate that the SA node fires to initate heartbeat

• Measured in "Beats Per Minute"

• Can be taken on the neck (carotid) or the wrist (radial)

• All of the above

This term describes the force of blood in the circulatory system:

• Cardiac Output

• Action Potential

• Peripheral Vascular Resistance

• Blood Pressure

Another word for constriction is:______

• Widening

• Squeezing

• Narrowing

• Stretching

Another word for Dilation is: ________

• Narrowing

• Widening

• Stretching

• Compressing