Exam 11: The Cardiovascular System

The major vessels involved in hepatic portal circulation are the inferior and superior mesenteric arteries, the splenic artery, and the left gastric artery.

Match the following: -Blood is ejected from the ventricles through the pulmonary trunk and aorta

Match the following: -Superior and inferior vena cava are classified as these types of vessels

The volume of blood pumped out by each ventricle with each beat of the heart is called the ________.

Using Figure 11.1, identify the following: -The Purkinje fibers are indicated by ________.

The vessel that carries oxygenated and nutrient-rich blood to the fetus is the ________.

Which of the following promotes vasodilation and a decrease in blood pressure?

The atrioventricular valves are closed when ________.

When precapillary sphincters are contracted and closed, blood flows through the shunts and bypasses the tissue cells in that region.

Blood leaves the left ventricle through an artery known as the ________.

Using Figure 11.1, identify the following: -The atrioventricular bundle (bundle of His) is represented by ________.

The inferior vena cava returns blood to the heart from all body regions above the diaphragm.

Match the following: -Semilunar valves are forced open as pressure in the heart rises

Due to the presence of plasma proteins, what pressure draws fluids into capillaries?

Match the following: -The coronary sinus empties blood from cardiac circulation into this chamber

The radial and ulnar veins ultimately drain into the superior vena cava.

Pulmonary arteries transport ________.

Substances tend to leave the bloodstream at the arterial end of the capillary because ________.

Match the following: -These vessels have thicker walls and a heavier tunica media

Match the following: -Heart chamber with the thickest wall