Deck 18: Blood Vessels and Circulation

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a function of the blood vessels which helps to maintain homeostasis?

A) Carry blood from the heart to the tissues and back to the heart
B) Generate blood pressure
C) Exchange nutrients, wastes and gases with the tissues
D) All of these are functions of blood vessels

Answer 1

Generate blood pressure

Question 2

Which blood vessels allow the exchange of gases and nutrients between the blood and tissues?

A) Arteries
B) Capillaries
C) Veins
D) Lymphatic ducts

Answer 2

Capillaries

Question 3

The wall of a blood vessel is composed of three layers. Which of the following is NOT a layer of a blood vessel wall?

A) Tunica fibrosa
B) Tunica media
C) Tunica adventitia
D) Tunica intima

Answer 3

Tunica fibrosa

Question 4

What is the name of the blood vessel layer that forms the inner surface of the blood vessel?

A) Tunica fibrosa
B) Tunica media
C) Tunica adventitia
D) Tunica intima

Question 5

What is the name of the blood vessel layer that contains smooth muscle fibers?

A) Tunica fibrosa
B) Tunica media
C) Tunica adventitia
D) Tunica intima

Question 6

Which of the following types of arteries are large and recoil when stretched?

A) Elastic arteries
B) Muscular arteries
C) Small arteries
D) Arterioles

Question 7

Which of the following arteries are distributing arteries?

A) Elastic arteries
B) Muscular arteries
C) Small arteries
D) Arterioles

Question 8

Which of the following arteries delivers blood to the capillaries?

A) Elastic arteries
B) Muscular arteries
C) Small arteries
D) Arterioles

Question 9

What is the name of the blood vessel that directly connects an arteriole to a venule?

A) Capillary
B) Lateral precapillary
C) Thoroughfare channel
D) All of these capillaries directly connect an arteriole to a venule

Question 10

What type of vein directly connects with capillaries?

A) Large vein
B) Pulmonary vein
C) Venule
D) All of these blood vessels connect directly with capillaries

Question 11

Which of the following structures is ONLY found in veins?

A) Tunica adventitia
B) Chordae tendineae
C) Endothelium
D) None of the these are correct

Question 12

Which of the following is the flow of blood as blood moves from the heart to the tissues back to the heart?
Arterioles
Muscular arteries
Capillaries
Elastic arteries
Veins 6. Venules

A) 4,3,6,5,1,2
B) 4,2,1,3,6,5
C) 6,5,3,1,2,4
D) 2,1,3,6,4,5

Question 13

What is the name of the age related change in arteries that cause the arteries to be less elastic?

A) Atherosclerosis
B) Varicose veins
C) Arteriosclerosis
D) Stroke

Question 14

What is the name of the age related change in arteries that is caused by the deposition of material in the walls of arteries to form plaques?

A) Atherosclerosis
B) Varicose veins
C) Arteriosclerosis
D) Stroke

Question 15

Which of the following is the flow of blood from the heart through the pulmonary circulation?

A) Pulmonary trunk, pulmonary arteries, pulmonary capillaries, pulmonary veins
B) Pulmonary arteries, pulmonary capillaries, pulmonary trunk, pulmonary veins
C) Pulmonary trunk, pulmonary veins, pulmonary capillaries, pulmonary arteries
D) None of the above are correct

Question 16

Which of the following is the flow of blood from the heart through the systematic circulation?

A) Aorta, capillaries, arteries, arterioles, venules, veins
B) Aorta, arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, veins
C) Venules, veins, capillaries, arterioles, arteries, aorta
D) Aorta, arteries, arterioles, venules, veins, capillaries

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT a part of the aorta?

A) Aortic arch
B) Descending aorta
C) Ascending aorta
D) Transverse aorta

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT a branch off of the aortic arch?

A) Left common carotid artery
B) Left subclavian artery
C) Right subclavian artery
D) Brachiocephalic artery

Question 19

What major artery carries blood to the right side of the neck and head and right arm?

A) Right common carotid artery
B) Right subclavian artery
C) Branchiocephalic artery
D) Left common carotid artery

Question 20

Which of the following arteries is the artery that carries blood to right arm?

A) Right common carotid artery
B) Right subclavian artery
C) Right external carotid artery
D) Left subclavian artery

Question 21

What is the artery that carries blood to the left side of the brain?

A) Left internal carotid artery
B) Left parietal artery
C) Branchiocephalic artery
D) Left subclavian artery

Question 22

What is the artery that carries blood to the spinal cord?

A) Right common carotid artery
B) Internal carotid artery
C) Vertebral artery
D) Left common carotid artery

Question 23

Which of the following disorders is a neurological disorder caused by a decreased blood supply to a part of the brain?

A) Seizure
B) Stroke
C) Meningitis
D) Multiple sclerosis

Question 24

What is the major artery in the armpit that carries blood to the upper arm?

A) Axillary artery
B) Brachial artery
C) Digital artery
D) Radial artery

Question 25

Which of the following arteries is the artery that is found in the upper arm?

A) Axillary artery
B) Brachial artery
C) Digital artery
D) Radial artery

Question 26

Which pair of the arteries is found in the forearm?

A) Radial and palmar arteries
B) Digital and axillary arteries
C) Ulnar and radial arteries
D) Radial and brachial arteries

Question 27

What artery carries blood to the fingers and thumb?

A) Brachial artery
B) Radial artery
C) Ulnar artery
D) Digital artery

Question 28

What arteries carry blood to the esophagus, trachea, pericardium and bronchioles of the lungs?

A) Parietal arteries
B) Posterior intercostal arteries
C) Visceral arteries
D) Pulmonary arteries

Question 29

Which of the following arteries carries blood to the chest wall?

A) Pulmonary arteries
B) Superior phrenic arteries
C) Visceral arteries
D) Anterior intercostal arteries

Question 30

Which of the following pairs of arteries and supplied tissues is correctly matched?

A) Inferior mesenteric artery - small intestines and rectum
B) Common hepatic artery - spleen, pancreas and stomach
C) Renal artery - adrenal gland
D) None of the above is correct

Question 31

Which of the following pairs of arteries and supplied tissues is correctly matched?

A) Superior mesenteric artery - cecum, ascending and transverse colon
B) Gastric artery - spleen, pancreas and stomach
C) Suprarenal artery - kidney
D) None of the above is correct

Question 32

Which of the following pairs of arteries and supplied tissues is correctly matched?

A) Inferior phrenic artery - small intestines
B) Splenic artery - spleen, pancreas and stomach
C) Lumbar artery - liver and gall bladder
D) None of the above is correct

Question 33

Which of the following pairs of arteries and supplied tissues is correctly matched?

A) Ovarian artery - testes
B) Common hepatic artery - spleen, pancreas and stomach
C) Renal artery - kidney
D) None of the above is correct

Question 34

Which of the following is NOT an artery of the pelvic region?

A) Common iliac artery
B) External iliac artery
C) Internal iliac artery
D) Popliteal artery

Question 35

Which of the following pairs of arteries and supplied tissues is NOT correctly matched?

A) Internal iliac artery - urinary bladder, rectum, uterus and vagina
B) External iliac artery - lower limb
C) Common iliac artery - inferior vertebrae
D) None of the above is correct

Question 36

What is the artery that supplies blood to the leg?

A) Internal iliac artery
B) External iliac artery
C) Common iliac artery
D) None of the above is correct

Question 37

Which of the following arteries is found in the thigh region?

A) Femoral artery
B) Popliteal artery
C) Dorsalis pedis artery
D) Digital artery

Question 38

Which of the following arteries is found in the knee region?

A) Femoral artery
B) Popliteal artery
C) Dorsalis pedis artery
D) Digital artery

Question 39

Which of the following arteries is found in the toe region?

A) Femoral artery
B) Popliteal artery
C) Dorsalis pedis artery
D) Digital artery

Question 40

What is the vein that drains blood from the head, neck and upper limbs?

A) Coronary sinus
B) Inferior vena cava
C) Superior vena cava
D) All of the above would drain blood from the head, neck and upper limbs

Question 41

What is the vein that drains blood from the abdomen, pelvis and lower limbs?

A) Coronary sinus
B) Inferior vena cava
C) Superior vena cava
D) All of the above would drain blood from the abdomen, pelvis and lower limbs

Question 42

Which of the following veins drains blood from the anterior head, face and neck?

A) Internal jugular vein
B) External jugular vein
C) Axillary vein
D) Both the internal and external jugular veins

Question 43

Which of the following major veins is formed from the joining of the subclavian veins?

A) External jugular vein
B) Inferior vena cava
C) Brachiocephalic vein
D) Brachial vein

Question 44

Which of the following veins drains blood from the posterior head and neck?

A) Internal jugular vein
B) External jugular vein
C) Basilic vein
D) Both the internal and external jugular veins

Question 45

Which of the following veins drains blood from the upper limbs?

A) Cephalic vein
B) Internal jugular vein
C) Basilic vein
D) Both the cephalic and basilic veins

Question 46

Which of the following major veins receives blood from the axillary vein?

A) Brachial vein
B) Cephalic vein
C) Brachiocephalic vein
D) Subclavian vein

Question 47

Which of the following veins is used to draw blood from at the elbow?

A) Brachial vein
B) Digital vein
C) Median cubital vein
D) Radial vein

Question 48

What vein drains blood from the fingers and thumb?

A) Brachial vein
B) Radial vein
C) Ulnar vein
D) Digital vein

Question 49

Which of the following veins receives blood from the radial and ulnar veins?

A) Brachial vein
B) Digital vein
C) Median cubital vein
D) Subclavian vein

Question 50

Which of the following veins empties its blood directly into the superior vena cava?

A) Coronary sinus
B) Inferior vena cava
C) Azygos vein
D) Both the coronary sinus and inferior vena cava

Question 51

What is the vein that drains blood from the anterior thoracic wall?

A) Posterior intercostal vein
B) Hemiazygos or accessory hemiazygos vein
C) Subclavian vein
D) None of the above are correct

Question 52

Which of the following veins drains blood from the pelvis, pelvic organs and external genitalia?

A) Internal iliac vein
B) Hepatic portal vein
C) External iliac vein
D) Brachial vein

Question 53

Which of the following major veins drains blood from the stomach, intestines and spleen?

A) Internal iliac vein
B) Hepatic portal vein
C) External iliac vein
D) Brachial vein

Question 54

What is the vein that drains blood from the small intestine?

A) Inferior mesenteric vein
B) Renal vein
C) Superior mesenteric vein
D) All of the above drain blood from the small intestine

Question 55

What is the vein that drains blood from the descending and transverse colon and rectum?

A) Inferior mesenteric vein
B) Renal vein
C) Superior mesenteric vein
D) All of the above drain blood from the descending and transverse colon

Question 56

What is the vein that drains blood from the stomach?

A) Inferior mesenteric vein
B) Renal vein
C) Superior mesenteric vein
D) Gastric vein

Question 57

Which of the following veins is NOT a vein of the leg?

A) Greater saphenous vein
B) Lumbar vein
C) Popliteal vein
D) Femoral vein

Question 58

Which of the following veins is the longest vein in the body that ascends along the medial side of the leg?

A) Greater saphenous vein
B) Anterior tibial vein
C) Popliteal vein
D) Femoral vein

Question 59

What is the measure of the force that the blood exerts against the wall of a blood vessel?

A) Heart rate
B) Resistance
C) Blood pressure
D) All of the above are measures of the force that blood places on the wall of a blood vessel

Question 60

What is the blood pressure that occurs when the ventricles are contracting?

A) Diastolic pressure
B) Systolic pressure
C) Mean arterial blood pressure
D) All of the above are correct

Question 61

What are the sounds that are heard in the artery when a blood pressure reading is determined?

A) Starling sounds
B) Frank's sounds
C) Korotkoff sounds
D) None of the above are correct

Question 62

What are the two factors of the blood that determine blood flow?

A) Resistance and pressure
B) Heart rate and pressure
C) Resistance and viscosity
D) All of the above determine blood flow

Question 63

Which of the following factors influences resistance to blood flow in the arteries?

A) Diameter of blood vessel
B) Viscosity of blood
C) Length of blood vessel
D) All of the above are correct

Question 64

Which of the following events would cause a decrease in blood flow?

A) Vasodilation or increased diameter of a blood vessel
B) Increased viscosity of blood
C) Shorting the length of a blood vessel
D) All of the above are correct

Question 65

Which of the following equations describes the mean arterial blood pressure (MAP)?

A) MAP=PRXHR
B) MAP=SVXPR
C) MAP=COXPR
D) MAP=COXHR

Question 66

What is it called when the sympathetic stimulation keeps the arteries in a constant state of partial constriction?

A) Vasoconstriction paradox
B) Sympathetic tone
C) Vasomotor tone
D) All of the above are correct

Question 67

What is the difference between the systolic and diastolic blood pressures called?

A) Mean arterial pressure
B) Mean pulmonary pressure
C) Pulse pressure
D) Venous return

Question 68

What are the two factors that determine pulse pressure?

A) Stroke volume and vascular compliance
B) Heart rate and systolic pressure
C) Peripheral resistance and blood viscosity
D) None of the above are correct

Question 69

Which of the following is a major pulse point on the body?

A) Common carotid artery
B) Radial artery
C) Femoral artery
D) All of the above are major pulse points

Question 70

Which pair of processes is responsible for the exchange of substances between the blood and interstitial fluid of the tissues?

A) Blood flow and viscosity
B) Diffusion and filtration
C) Heart rate and blood pH
D) All of the above are correct

Question 71

Which pair of processes is responsible for the exchange of fluids across the walls of capillaries?

A) Blood pressure and osmosis
B) Diffusion and osmosis
C) Blood pH and electrolyte concentrations
D) All of the above are correct

Question 72

Which of the following local control mechanisms would increase blood flow to the tissues?

A) Arterioles vasoconstrict and precapillary sphincters constrict
B) Arterioles vasoconstrict and precapillary sphincters relax
C) Arterioles vasodilate and precapillary sphincters constrict
D) Arterioles vasodilate and precapillary sphincters relax

Question 73

Stimulation from which of the following nervous system areas will directly cause vasomotor tone?

A) Thermoregulatory center of the hypothalamus
B) Vasomotor center of the medulla
C) Cardioregulatory of the pons
D) All of the above are correct

Question 74

What is the effect of sympathetic stimulation of blood vessels?

A) Most blood vessel vasoconstrict and muscle and heart blood vessels vasoconstrict
B) Most blood vessel vasoconstrict and muscle and heart blood vessels vasodilate
C) Most blood vessel vasodilate and muscle and heart blood vessels vasoconstrict
D) Most blood vessel vasodilate and muscle and heart blood vessels vasodilate

Question 75

Which type of blood vessel is a storage area or reservoir for blood?

A) Arteries
B) Capillaries
C) Veins
D) All of the above are reservoirs for blood

Question 76

Which of the following factors effects venous return?

A) Vasoconstriction and vasodilation
B) Blood volume
C) Valves in the veins and the skeletal muscle pump
D) All of the above effect venous return

Question 77

Which of the following does NOT effect the mean arterial pressure?

A) Heart rate
B) Blood flow
C) Stroke volume
D) Peripheral resistance

Question 78

Which of the following sensory receptors detects changes in arterial stretch?

A) Baroreceptors
B) Chemoreceptors
C) Photoreceptors
D) All of the above are correct

Question 79

Which of the following is the effect of epinephrine released from the adrenal medulla?

A) Vasoconstriction in the skeletal and cardiac muscles and vasoconstriction in skin and kidneys
B) Vasoconstriction in the skeletal and cardiac muscles and vasodilation in skin and kidneys
C) Vasodilation in the skeletal and cardiac muscles and vasoconstriction in skin and kidneys
D) None of the above is correct

Question 80

Which of the following is NOT a chemical that is detected by chemoreceptors that effects blood pressure?

A) Hydrogen ions
B) Oxygen
C) Carbon dioxide
D) Sodium