PM ANA

A blood cell is traveling in the inferior vena cava and approaches the heart. Rank the following structures in the order in which the cell encounters them, starting with the first one at the top.

1. right atrium 2. right ventricle 3. lungs 4, left atrium 5. left ventricle

What is the systolic pressure of patient, whose blood pressure was recorded as 116/79?

116 mm Hg

A patient has a diastolic blood pressure of 75, and a systolic blood pressure of 120. How is the overall blood pressure recorded?

120/75

In the systemic circuit, freshly oxygenated blood from the __________ ventricle is pushed into the aorta to travel out to the body and then to return via veins to the ___________ atrium.

Blank 1: left Blank 2: right

The ____________________ valve is located at the opening between the left atrium and the left ventricle and the __________________ valve is located at the exit from the left ventricle.

Blank 1: mitral, bicuspid, or left atrioventricular Blank 2: aortic or aortic semilunar

Blood from the right ventricle flows to the _________ _________, which then splits into two arteries (left and right) that lead into the lungs.

Blank 1: pulmonary Blank 2: trunk

What is the skeleton of the heart?

Fibrous tissue that gives the heart its shape and anchors the myofibers.

What is the function of the coronary arteries?

Supply oxygenated blood to the heart muscle

Why does the body need skeletal muscle contraction, pressure changes during breathing, and vasoconstriction to move blood through the veins?

The blood pressure in the veins is too low to push blood toward the heart.

What correctly describes the distribution of arteries to the lungs?

There are three lobar arteries that supply the right lung and two lobar arteries that supply the left lung.

features of ventricles?

Thick-walled Lower chambers of the heart

The auricles are flap-like projection off of the _________ and serve to increase their blood volume.

atria or atrium

The left __________ receives blood from the four pulmonary _____________

atrium veins

What is the earlike extension of each atrium called?

auricle

Where is the mitral, or bicuspid, valve located?

between left atrium and left ventricle

Where is the tricuspid valve located?

between right atrium and right ventricle

mitral valve

between the left atria and ventricle

aortic valve

between the left ventricle and the aorta

tricuspid valve

between the right atria and ventricle

Where is the the pulmonary semilunar valve located?

between the right ventricle and the pulmonary trunk

pulmonary valve

between the right ventricle and the pulmonary trunk

The ___________________ valve is located at the opening between the left atrium and the left ventricle and the ___________________ valve is located at the exit from the left ventricle.

bicuspid (or left atrioventricular aortic

The force exerted by the blood against the inner walls of vessels is called

blood pressure

What is the name of the force that blood exerts against artery walls?

blood pressure

The first branches of the aorta provide blood to the myocardium. They are called the left and right __________ arteries.

coronary

The heart is housed within the mediastinum and rests on the __________ , a muscle.

diaphragm

Blood pressure is reported as two numbers. The _____________ pressure is the blood pressure reading attained during ventricular relaxation.

diastolic

The lowest arterial blood pressure measured during ventricular relaxation is called the _________ pressure.

diastolic

The lowest arterial blood pressure measured during ventricular relaxation is called the ____________ pressure.

diastolic

What chamber of the heart do the pulmonary veins drain into?

left atrium

The oxygen-rich blood in the systemic circuit leaves the ______ of the heart via arteries. The veins return blood to the ______ of the heart to complete the circuit.

left ventricle; right atrium

What is systolic pressure?

maximum pressure achieved in the arteries during ventricular systole

Which two names are used to refer to the AV valve that separates the left atrium from the left ventricle?

mitral valve bicuspid valve

Blood pressure can be determined by ______.

multiplying cardiac output by peripheral resistance

When the right ventricle contracts, blood is pushed through the _______________ valve into the pulmonary trunk.

pulmonary

Blood leaving the right ventricle flows into the ______.

pulmonary trunk

Which two names are used to refer to the AV valve that separates the left atrium from the left ventricle?

pulmonary valve

Which valve is found between the right ventricle and the pulmonary trunk?

pulmonary valve

Where does the blood that enters the left atrium come from?

pulmonary veins

The tricuspid valve separates the ______________ atrium and ventricle, while the bicuspid valve separates the ________________ atrium and ventricle.

right left

The thick-walled inferior chambers of the heart that pump blood into the arteries are called

right and left ventricles

Which two terms are used to indicate the valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle?

right atrioventricular valve tricuspid valve

The central venous pressure represents the pressure in the ______.

right atrium

Which of the following describes the path of a blood cell from the superior vena cava as it makes its way through the heart?

right atrium --> right ventricle --> pulmonary artery --> lung --> pulmonary vein --> left atrium --> left ventricle --> aorta

What chamber of the heart pumps blood into the pulmonary trunk?

right ventricle

What factors contribute to venous return to the heart?

skeletal muscle contractions pressure changes during breathing vein vasoconstriction

Blood pressure is commonly measured using a ______.

sphygmomanometer

An average-weight male at rest ejects about 70 ml of blood with each ventricular contraction. This is known as the

stroke volume

The volume of blood ejected from the heart with each contraction is called the ______.

stroke volume

What is a physician measuring using a sphygmomanometer?

systemic arterial blood pressure

Which circuit supplies body tissues with oxygenated blood and returns deoxygenated blood to the heart?

systemic circuit

Blood pressure is reported as two numbers. The _______________ pressure is the maximum blood pressure reading attained during ventricular contraction.

systolic

The results of a blood pressure measurement are reported as a fraction such as 120/80. The upper number indicates the __________ pressure and the lower number indicates the __________ pressure.

systolic diastolic

How does the blood pressure of a healthy person change with increasing age?

systolic pressure increases.

What is the definition of blood pressure?

the force blood exerts against the blood vessel

What are the ventricles?

the thicker-walled, inferior chambers of the heart

What is stroke volume?

the volume of blood ejected from the heart with each contraction

The right atrioventricular valve is also called the ____________ valve.

tricuspid

True or false: The heart has a skeleton.

true

True or false: Three lobar arteries supply the right lung and two lobar arteries supply the left lung.

true

The pressure in the right atrium is also called the central ______ pressure.

venous

Systolic pressure is the arterial blood pressure attained during what phase of the cardiac cycle?

ventricular contraction