Blood Vessels Review

Which structure has strong elastic vessels carrying blood AWAY from the heart?

• capillaries

• veins

• valves

• arteries

Small arteries connect to

• venules

• capillaries

• arterioles

• veins

Which structure allows for gas exchange?

• veins

• arterioles

• arteries

• capillaries

Vasoconstriction is the narrowing of the vessels

• true

• false

The pulmonary trunk leaves the

• right ventricle

• left ventricle

• right atrium

• left atrium

The aorta leaves the

• right ventricle

• left ventricle

• right atrium

• left atrium

Pulmonary veins connect to the

• right ventricle

• left ventricle

• right atrium

• left atrium

The superior and inferior vena cava connect to the

• right ventricle

• left ventricle

• right atrium

• left atrium

Which structure supplies blood to the heart?

• left common carotid

• coronary arteries

• left subclavian artery

• right subclavian

A heart attack is also a

• myocardial infarction

• heart murmurs

• mitral valve prolapse

• atherosclerosis