egk test questions

Oxygenated blood travels through vessels from the lungs to the left side of the heart. The oxygenated blood is traveling through __________.

veins

Based on answers to the four previous questions, which of the following is the best definition of an artery?

vessels that transport blood away from the heart.

Which of the following statements is correct regarding the flow of oxygenated blood?

Leaves the lungs and enters the left side of the heart.

Oxygen is transported in the blood to be delivered to the tissues. At the same time, carbon dioxide leaves the tissues and enters the blood to be delivered to the lungs for exhalation. Which of the following are the vessels where this gas exchange occurs?

capillaries

Oxygenated blood travels from the left side of the heart through vessels out to body tissues. The oxygenated blood is traveling through __________.

arteries

Deoxygenated blood traveling from the body tissues back to the heart is traveling through __________.

veins

Which of the following is correct regarding the flow of blood in reference to the left side of the heart?

Blood flows from the left atrium, through the bicuspid valve, into the left ventricle, through the aortic semilunar valve, and then into the aortic arch.

Which of the following is correct regarding blood flow in reference to the right side of the heart?

Blood flows from the right atrium through the tricuspid valve, into the right ventricle, through the pulmonary semilunar valve, into the pulmonary trunk, and then into the pulmonary arteries.

Deoxygenated blood travels from the right side of the heart through vessels to the lungs to become oxygenated. The deoxygenated blood is traveling through __________.

arteries

As blood leaves the heart to be transported to the tissues of the body, it travels through vessels that begin large in diameter and end small in diameter. Which of the following is the correct sequence of blood flow away from the heart in reference to vessel diameter?

arteries, arterioles, capillaries

Which of the following is also known as the mitral valve?

bicuspid

The right ventricle is the chamber of the heart that pumps blood for the pulmonary circulation. Based on this information, blood from the right ventricle is on its way to the __________.

lungs