Cardiovascular System

State the general relationship between exercise and heart rate in humans.

• If a person exercises, then their heart rate will not change

• If a person exercises, then their heart rate will increase

• If a person exercises, then their heart rate will decrease

• Person exercising and heart rate are not related

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Identify one way to determine a person's heart rates.

• put a hand on the heart to measure pulse

• put a thumb on the wrist to measure pulse

• put a thumb on the neck to measure pulse

• put two fingers on the wrist to measure radial pulse

The circulatory system consists of what three parts?

• Heart

• Brain

• Blood

• Blood vessels

• Liver

Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.

• Veins

• Capillaries

• Arteries

The _____ is the largest artery in the body.

Your heart rate, or pulse, is the number of times your heart beats per ______.

_____ is the liquid part of blood.

____ help form clots to stop bleeding.

Blood vessels that carry blood to the heart.

• Veins

• Arteries

• Capillaries

The upper part of the heart is made up of two chambers called what?

• Ventricles

• Atria