| Chapter 18 Sample Quiz |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| Chapter 18: The Cardiovascular System: The Heart |
Each chapter will be given a sample quiz that will consist of 10-50 questions. There will be a fully explained answer key for each sample quiz given.
1. What is an irregular heart beat known as?
a. Fibrilation
c. Heart Block
c. Heart Block
b. Arrhythmia
d. Murmur
d. Murmur
2. What is the overall function of the heart valves?
a. To supply blood to the right
atrium
c. To prevent backflow of the
blood
atrium
c. To prevent backflow of the
blood
b. To supply oxygen to
deoxygenized blood
d. To supply gap junctions to
the cardiac cells
deoxygenized blood
d. To supply gap junctions to
the cardiac cells
3. Where does blood go after it cycles through the Aorta?
a. Through the Superior Venae
Cavae
c. Into the Apex
Cavae
c. Into the Apex
b. Through the Right Ventricle
d. It is channeled into the body
d. It is channeled into the body
**IMPORTANT**
Chapter 18 can be very confusing. If this sample quiz is confusing please refer to the book and the notes you took in class to help you better understand the material.
Thank You
4. When De-O2 blood enters the heart from the body, which vein does it enter
through?
through?
a. Right & Left Pulmonary Veins
c. The Superior and Inferior Vena
Cava
c. The Superior and Inferior Vena
Cava
b. The Aorta
d. Bicuspid Valve
d. Bicuspid Valve
5. What allows the heart to beat as a single unit simultaneously?
a. Gap Junctions
c. Myocardium
c. Myocardium
b. Epicardium
d. Tricuspid Valve
d. Tricuspid Valve
6. After the blood is pumped into the left ventricle what route does it begin?
a. The Pulmonary Route
c. The Semilunar Route
c. The Semilunar Route
b. The Systemic Route
d. The Atrioventricular Route
d. The Atrioventricular Route
7. Which valve is located between the right atrium and the right ventricle?
a. Bicuspid Valve
c. Pulmonary Valve
c. Pulmonary Valve
b. Tricuspid Valve
d. Aortic Valve
d. Aortic Valve
8. What is the double walled sac enclosing the heart?
a. Pericardium
c. Endocardium
c. Endocardium
b. Epicardium
d. None of the above
d. None of the above
9. What supplies blood to the left atrium and the posterior wall of the left
ventricle?
ventricle?
a. Anterior Interventricular Artery
c. Circumflex Artery
c. Circumflex Artery
b. Marginal Artery
d. Posterior Interventricular
Artery
d. Posterior Interventricular
Artery
10. What is the contraction period of a persons heart known as?
a. Stroke Volume
c. Diastole
c. Diastole
b. Systole
d. Heart Rate
d. Heart Rate
11. What part of the Serous Pericardium becomes part of the heart wall?
a. Fibrous Pericardium Layer
c. Parietal Layer
c. Parietal Layer
b. Endocardium Layer
d. Visceral Layer
d. Visceral Layer
12. What part of an EKG is very short and is responsible for the atrial
depolarization?
depolarization?
a. T-Wave
c. QRS Complex
c. QRS Complex
d. Fibrilation