Cardiovascular System Questions 5.
What is the function of the C) Left anterior descending (LAD)
semilunar valves? artery
1. Which of the following structures is A) Prevent backflow from ventricles D) Left marginal artery
responsible for pumping to atria
oxygenated blood to the body? B) Prevent backflow from arteries 9. The sound of the heartbeat
A) Right atrium to ventricles (“lub-dub”) is caused by:
B) Right ventricle C) Control blood flow between atria A) Blood rushing through the aorta
C) Left atrium and ventricles B) Contraction of the atria and
D) Left ventricle D) Regulate blood pressure ventricles
C) Closing of heart valves
2. The primary pacemaker of the 6. Which layer of the heart is D) Movement of blood in the
heart is the: responsible for contracting to pump coronary arteries
A) Atrioventricular (AV) node blood?
B) Bundle of His A) Endocardium 10. Which of the following is the
C) Purkinje fibers B) Myocardium correct sequence of blood flow
D) Sinoatrial (SA) node C) Epicardium through the heart?
D) Pericardium A) Right atrium → right ventricle →
3. Blood flows from the right atrium to pulmonary arteries → left atrium →
the right ventricle through which 7. The thickest chamber of the heart left ventricle → aorta
valve? is the: B) Left atrium → left ventricle →
A) Bicuspid valve A) Right atrium pulmonary veins → right atrium →
B) Tricuspid valve B) Right ventricle right ventricle → aorta
C) Pulmonary valve C) Left atrium C) Right atrium → left ventricle →
D) Aortic valve D) Left ventricle pulmonary veins → left atrium →
right ventricle → aorta
4. Which vessel carries oxygenated 8. Which artery is known as the D) Left atrium → right atrium →
blood from the lungs to the heart? “widow maker” due to its critical pulmonary arteries → left ventricle
A) Pulmonary artery role in supplying blood to the → right ventricle
B) Pulmonary vein heart?
C) Aorta A) Right coronary artery
D) Superior vena cava B) Circumflex artery
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11. A typical blood pressure reading of C) Capillaries B) Transport blood to the kidneys
120/80 mm Hg indicates: D) Arterioles C) Oxygenate blood in the lungs
A) 120 is systolic pressure; 80 is D) Distribute nutrients
diastolic pressure 15. The smallest blood vessels in the
B) 120 is diastolic pressure; 80 is body are: 19. Which layer of blood vessels is
systolic pressure A) Venules responsible for vasoconstriction
C) 120 is atrial pressure; 80 is B) Arterioles and vasodilation?
ventricular pressure C) Capillaries A) Tunica intima
D) 120 is pulmonary pressure; 80 D) Veins B) Tunica media
is systemic pressure C) Tunica externa
D) Endothelium
12. During which phase of the cardiac 16. Which component of the blood is
cycle does ventricular contraction primarily responsible for clotting? 20. What percentage of blood volume
occur? A) Red blood cells is plasma?
A) Diastole B) White blood cells A) 10%
B) Systole C) Platelets B) 25%
C) Isovolumetric relaxation D) Plasma C) 45%
D) Ejection D) 55%
17. What structure in the heart
13. Which blood vessels have the prevents the backflow of blood 21. Which of the following is NOT a
thickest walls to withstand high from the left ventricle to the left component of blood?
pressure? atrium? A) Platelets
A) Veins A) Aortic valve B) Lymph
B) Capillaries B) Pulmonary valve C) Plasma
C) Arteries C) Tricuspid valve D) Red blood cells
D) Venules D) Mitral valve
14. The exchange of gases, nutrients, 18. The primary function of the
and wastes occurs primarily in the: pulmonary circuit is to:
A) Arteries A) Deliver oxygenated blood to
B) Veins body tissues
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22. The right side of the heart is 26. The majority of the heart wall is 30. The bicuspid valve is also known
involved in which type of composed of: as the:
circulation? A) Endocardium A) Tricuspid valve
A) Pulmonary B) Myocardium B) Pulmonary valve
B) Systemic C) Epicardium C) Mitral valve
C) Coronary D) Pericardium D) Aortic valve
D) Hepatic
27. Which chamber pumps blood into 31. Which vein returns deoxygenated
23. Which structure initiates the the pulmonary circulation? blood from the lower body to the
electrical impulse in the heart? A) Left atrium heart?
A) AV node B) Left ventricle A) Pulmonary vein
B) Bundle of His C) Right atrium B) Superior vena cava
C) SA node D) Right ventricle C) Inferior vena cava
D) Purkinje fibers D) Aorta
28. Which blood cells are responsible 32. In the cardiac conduction system,
24. Which heart chamber receives for carrying oxygen? the bundle of His transmits
deoxygenated blood from the A) White blood cells impulses from the:
body? B) Platelets A) AV node to the SA node
A) Left atrium C) Red blood cells B) SA node to the ventricles
B) Left ventricle D) Plasma cells C) AV node to the bundle
C) Right atrium branches
D) Right ventricle 29. What is the function of D) Atria to the ventricles
hemoglobin?
25. Coronary arteries supply blood to A) Clotting blood 33. The left side of the heart is
the: B) Fighting infections involved in:
A) Brain C) Carrying oxygen A) Systemic circulation
B) Lungs D) Producing antibodies B) Pulmonary circulation
C) Heart muscle C) Coronary circulation
D) Liver D) Hepatic circulation
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34. Which of these vessels carries 38. Which of the following is C) Mitral valve
blood away from the heart? considered a normal resting heart D) Tricuspid valve
A) Veins rate for adults?
B) Capillaries A) 30–40 bpm 42. Which organ is primarily
C) Arteries B) 60–100 bpm responsible for regulating blood
D) Lymphatic vessels C) 100–120 bpm pressure?
D) 120–150 bpm A) Heart
35. .A hematocrit measures: B) Lungs
A) White blood cell count 39. Cardiac output is defined as: C) Kidneys
B) Hemoglobin levels A) Heart rate multiplied by stroke D) Liver
C) Plasma volume volume
D) Percentage of red blood cells in B) Stroke volume divided by heart 43. Blood returning from systemic
blood rate circulation enters the heart through
C) Systolic pressure minus the:
36. The pulmonary veins carry blood to diastolic pressure A) Pulmonary veins
the: D) Blood pressure divided by pulse B) Left atrium
A) Lungs rate C) Superior and inferior
B) Left atrium vena cava
C) Right atrium 40. The QRS complex on an D) Pulmonary arteries
D) Aorta electrocardiogram (ECG)
represents: 44. Which is the largest artery in the
37. Which type of muscle is found in A) Atrial depolarization body?
the heart? B) Ventricular A) Carotid artery
A) Skeletal depolarization B) Femoral artery
B) Smooth C) Atrial repolarization C) Aorta
C) Cardiac D) Ventricular repolarization D) Coronary artery
D) Striated
41. Which valve prevents backflow into
the right ventricle?
A) Aortic valve
B) Pulmonary valve
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45. Which of the following occurs B) ECG or EKG 20. D
during diastole? C) MRI 21. B
A) Atrial contraction D) CT scan 22. A
B) Ventricular relaxation 23. C
C) Ventricular contraction 50. Which valve separates the left 24. C
D) Aortic valve closing ventricle and the aorta? 25. C
A) Mitral valve 26. B
46. The heart’s natural pacemaker, the B) Aortic valve 27. D
SA node, is located in the: C) Pulmonary valve 28. C
A) Right ventricle D) Tricuspid valve 29. C
B) Left ventricle 30. C
C) Right atrium Answer Key 31. C
D) Left atrium 1. D 32. C
2. D 33. A
47. The coronary sinus drains into the: 3. B 34. C
A) Right atrium 4. B 35. D
B) Left atrium 5. B 36. B
C) Right ventricle 6. B 37. C
D) Left ventricle 7. D 38. B
8. C 39. A
48. The blood in the pulmonary 9. C 40. B
arteries is: 10. A 41. B
A) Oxygenated 11. A 42. C
B) Deoxygenated 12. B 43. C
C) Highly oxygenated 13. C 44. C
D) Equal in oxygen to 14. C 45. B
systemic arteries 15. C 46. C
16. C 47. A
49. Which of the following measures 17. D 48. B
electrical activity in the heart? 18. C 49. B
A) EEG 19. B 50. B
