Cardiovascular Physiology

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11th - 12th Grade
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Charles Martinez
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the correct path through the circulatory system which describes the passage of a blood clot originating in the left leg?
Vena cava → left atrium → left ventricle → lungs → right atrium → right ventricle → aorta
Vena cava → right atrium → right ventricle → lungs → left atrium → left ventricle → aorta
Vena cava → left atrium → right atrium → lungs → left ventricle → right ventricle → aorta
Vena cava → right atrium → left atrium → lungs → right ventricle → left ventricle → aorta
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What divides the left side of the heart from the left side?
Atrium
Ventricles
Wall
Septum
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
At the instant following the second heart sound, which heart valves are open?
Both atrioventricular valves and semilunar valves
Atrioventricular valves only
All valves are closed
Semilunar valves only
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What physical feature of large systemic arteries (resistance vessels) makes them relatively more responsive to changes in intracellular calcium concentrations?
Thick tunica media
Absent tunica media
Thick tunica intima
Absent tunica intima
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Rank the following blood vessels in order of their average pressure, from highest to lowest: artery, vein, arteriole, venule, aorta, capillary.
Capillary > arteriole > venule > artery > vein > aorta
Capillary > vein > venule > arteriole > artery > aorta
Aorta > arteriole > venule > artery > vein > capillary
Aorta > artery > arteriole > capillary > venule > vein
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS1-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What vessels carry deoxygenated blood away from the heart?
Neither coronary arteries or pulmonary artery
Pulmonary artery only
Both coronary arteries and pulmonary artery
Coronary arteries only
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How can the circulatory system promote heat retention/conservation, such as on a cold day?
Vasoconstriction
Vasodilation
Decreasing tunica media contraction
Increasing capillary surface area
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS1-3
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