Exam 11: The Cardiovascular System

Which of the following is often called the pacemaker of the heart?

Which one of the following does NOT receive blood directly from the aortic arch?

An increased firing of the parasympathetic nervous system causes increased cardiac output.

Which of the following increases heart rate?

What organs are served by the renal arteries and veins?

Which vein returns blood to the femoral vein?

The brachial vein ________.

Which vessels return oxygenated blood to the left atrium of the heart?

Which valve is closed during heart relaxation to prevent blood from backflowing from the aorta into the heart?

Match the following: -Venules drain these tiny beds of vessels

What large blood vessels carry blood away from the heart?

Cardiac output is the product of which two variables?

The path of blood flow within the systemic vascular system is ________.

The partition where the bundle branches are located is called the ________.

Blood cells and proteins typically cannot pass across the walls of capillaries and are thus prevented from leaving or entering the capillaries.

Which one of the following represents the correct path for the transmission of an impulse in the intrinsic conduction system of the heart?

The aorta is the largest artery in the body and the different parts are known as the ascending aorta, aortic arch, thoracic aorta, and the abdominal aorta.

Match the following: -Atrioventricular (AV) valves shut as pressure in the heart rises

The correct sequence of layers of a typical blood vessel, from superficial to deep, are ________.

Which vessel carries deoxygenated blood from cardiac circulation to the right atrium of the heart?