Apologia Human Anatomy and Physiology Chapter 8 Test

Name ______Date ______

1. What are the two main parts of your cardiovascular system?

2. What are the main colors of these two types of blood?

oxygenated blood______

deoxygenated blood______

3. Where on your body is a good place to feel your pulse? (only 1 answer required)

4. Name the three main bones or sets of bones that protect the heart:

1) ______

2) ______

3) ______

5. What is the septum?

6. Blood on the right side of the heart is:

oxygenateddeoxygenated

7. The "lubb" sound of your heart beating sound is actually:

a) semilunar valves closing

b) atrioventricular valves closing

c) semilunar valves opening

d) atrioventricular valves opening

8. How many feet of blood vessels are in your body?

a) 100,000

b) 500,000

c) 200 million

d) 500 million

9. Why does exercising lower blood pressure?

10. How much extra time does someone have to spend in school (after medical school) to be able to work on hearts (perform surgery)?

11. Most ______take blood towards the heart.

a) arteries

b) veins

c) capillaries

12. An average adult's blood pressure is:

a) 90/60

b) 110/70

c) 120/80

d) 150/90

Match the correct letter from the right column to the term in the left column:

______13. descending aortaa. takes blood from lungs to the heart

______14. brachiocephalic arteryb. takes blood to your legs

______15. carotidc. takes blood to your head

______16. subclaviand. takes blood to your upper right side

______17. ascending aortae. takes blood to your arms

______18. pulmonary veinsf. takes blood to your upper left side

g. takes blood from heart to body

h. takes blood to your heart from body

19. During which period in history was the function of different body organs discovered?

a) the Gilded Age

b) Colonial Times

c) the Renaissance Period

d) the Middle Ages

20. ______means someone is inactive and doesn't get a lot of exercise

21. What tells the heart when to beat?

22. Name one sign of a heart attack:

Properly identify the numbered items on the provided heart diagram:

23. ______

24. ______

25. ______

26. ______

27. ______

28. ______

Write true or false for each of these statements.

______29. All four chambers of the heart are completely relaxed for about a second.

______30. Blood cells always travel to the same lung to pick up oxygen.

______31. A blood cell may be excited about visiting different parts of the body.

______32. Fatty material, called plaque, can clog up the heart and cause a heart attack.

______33. When someone exercises, blood can get around the body in about 5 seconds.

______34. The heart is closer to the left side of your body.

______35. Smoking can be a factor that leads to a heart attack.

**Bonus:

Write out Matthew 22:37 (the full verse.)

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