Title: Quiz: The Cardiovascular System
Course: Health Care Math and Science > Section: Learning Modules

You can take this quiz as many times as you like, but only your last score will be recorded.

You can take this quiz as many times as you like, but only your last score will be recorded.

Q: What are the vessels that carry oxygenated blood called?
- arteries
- veins
- ventricles
- atria
A: arteries

Q: What separates the two sides of the heart?
- septum
- valves
- atria
- cardiac wall
A: septum

Q: What part of the body is the carotid artery in?
- neck
- head
- leg
- chest
A: neck

Q: What are the lower chambers of the heart called?
- ventricles
- atria
- aortas
- inferior chamba
A: ventricles

Q: What part of the body is the femoral artery in?
- leg
- arm
- chest
- head
A: leg

Q: Which of the following hormones changes blood pressure?
- antidiuretic
- polycythemia
- amylin
- hepcidin
A: antidiuretic

Q: What controls heart rate and respiration?
- the autonomic nervous system
- the diastole phase
- the intrinsic conduction system
- the myocardium
A: the autonomic nervous system

Q: What is the inflammation of the veins called?
- phlebitis
- arteriosclerosis
- angina pectoris
- myocardial infarction
A: phlebitis

Q: What does someone with blood pressure above mm Hg have?
- hypertension
- coronary artery disease
- arteriosclerosis
- bradycardia
A: hypertension

Q: What is the node in the heart that controls heart rate?
- sinoatrial
- atrioventricular
- vena cava
- bicuspid
A: sinoatrial