Exam 12: The Heart

A basketball player has a resting cardiac output of 5,500 mL and a stroke volume of 100 mL.What is the pulse?

The term diastole means ____________________ of the heart chambers.

If stroke volume is 70 mL and pulse is 74 bpm,what is cardiac output?

The ventricle that has thicker walls is the ____________________ because it must pump blood throughout the ____________________.

The right and left AV valves prevent backflow of blood from the:

The normal resting heart rate for a healthy adult is:

The aortic and pulmonary semilunar valves prevent backflow of blood from the ____________________ to the ____________________ when the ____________________ relax.

The aortic and pulmonary semilunar valves close when the ____________________ relax.

Chemoreceptors that detect changes in blood oxygen levels are located in the:

The sensory nerves for the aortic sinus and body are the ____________________ nerves.

The carotid and aortic sinuses contain ____________________ to detect changes in ____________________.

The outer layer of the pericardial membranes is the:

The coronary arteries are branches of the ____________________ and supply blood to the ____________________.

The visceral pericardium is also called the ____________________.

Exercise cardiac output is 9,900 mL.What are the pulse and stroke volume?

The cardiac inhibitory center uses these nerves:

Stroke volume is the amount of blood pumped by a ventricle in ____________________.

The ____________________ emerges from the right ventricle and takes blood to the ____________________.

Which statement is true of the left side of the heart?

Impulses carried by the vagus nerves to the heart will ____________________ the heart rate.