Question 1
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What is the function of the heart?
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To remove waste products from the muscles
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To keep the blood continuously circulating throughout the body
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Develop essential nutrients and deliver them to the muscles and organs
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To repair and replenish dead cells
Question 2
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The heart is made up of how many chambers?
Question 3
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What is the name of the upper chambers?
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Arteries
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Atria
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Capillaries
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Ventricles
Question 4
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What is the name of the lower chambers?
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Arteries
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Atria
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Capillaries
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Ventricles
Question 5
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The heart sits in a sack. Identify its correct name from the list below.
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Myocardium
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Pericardium
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Septum
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Myofascia
Question 6
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What is the name of the valve on the right side of the heart?
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Bicuspid valve
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Tricuspid valve
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Mitral valve
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Aortic valve
Question 7
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What is the name of the valve on the left side of the heart that separates the chambers?
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Tricuspid valve
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Bicuspid valve
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Aortic valve
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Pulmonary valve
Question 8
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The heart is split into right and left sides by what?
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The myocardium
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The myofascia
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The pericardium
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The septum
Question 9
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What is the name of the muscle that surrounds the heart?
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Pericardium
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Myocardium
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Myofascia
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Epimyosium
Question 10
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Blood enters through which vein after returning from the peripheries?
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Aorta
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Superior Vena Cava
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Pulmonary vein
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Pulmonary artery
Question 11
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Blood enters through which vessel after returning from the lungs?
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Superior vena cava
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Aorta
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Pulmonary vein
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Pulmonary artery
Question 12
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Blood leaves the heart through which vessel when going to the peripheries?
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Aorta
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Superior vena cava
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Pulmonary artery
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Pulmonary vein
Question 13
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Blood leaves the heart through which vessel when going to the lungs?
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Superior vena cava
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Pulmonary artery
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Aorta
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Pulmonary vein
Question 14
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The systemic circuit carries blood to the lungs to be oxygenated and then back to the heart
Question 15
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The pulmonary circuit carries blood around the body to deliver the oxygen and returns de-oxygenated blood to the heart.
Question 16
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Select all appropriate blood vessels
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Haemoglobin
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Vein
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Artery
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Capillary
Question 17
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What best describes the structure of arteries?
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Have thick muscular walls and small passageway for blood
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Have thin muscular walls and small passageway for blood
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Have thick muscular walls and large passageway for blood
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Have thin muscular walls and large passageway for blood
Question 18
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Arteries carry blood under high pressure
Question 19
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Arteries carry blood towards the heart
Question 20
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Identify the key structural points for veins
Question 21
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Veins carry blood to the heart
Question 22
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Blood pressure is a measure of the force blood exerts against vessel walls
Question 23
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Systolic pressure is the maximum pressure on the vessel walls and occurs during a heart beat
Question 24
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Diastolic pressure is the lowest pressure on the vessel walls and occurs when the heart is relaxed
Question 25
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What is classified as optimal blood pressure?
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120/80
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110/90
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120/70
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130/100