EXAM 150 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS AGRADE
The digestive system consists of the heart, blood, vessels, and the structures that make
up the lymphatic system. - ANSWER>>False - Circulatory system
The lymphatic system is responsible for moving blood through the body and removing
waste. - ANSWER>>False - Immune system
The lymphatic system which is a subsystem of the circulatory system acts as the bodies
transportation system. - ANSWER>>True
The lymphatic system is responsible for defending the body against disease causing
agents called pathogens. - ANSWER>>True
The left and right sides of the heart are separated by a wall called the septum. -
ANSWER>>True
The right atrium is the first chamber blood enters as it enters the heart. -
ANSWER>>True
The final stop in the heart for the flow of blood, is the power house chamber, the right
ventricle. - ANSWER>>False - left ventricle
Heart rates initiated by the SA node are typically 60-80 beats per minute for a healthy
adult at rest. - ANSWER>>True
The cardiac cycle includes all the events that occur during one complete heart beat. -
ANSWER>>True
,The arteries are the vessels that carry blood away from the heart. - ANSWER>>True
The vessel that transport blood from the peripheral tissue to the heart are the veins. -
ANSWER>>True
Blood pressure is defined as the measurement of force applied to walls of the arteries. -
ANSWER>>True
The average resting blood pressure of a resting adult is 80/120. - ANSWER>>False -
120/80
Pulse pressure is the difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure. -
ANSWER>>True
Blood is a type of connective tissue made up of cells and plasma. - ANSWER>>True
A medical assistant should wear jewelry sparingly. - ANSWER>>True
Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) or Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is considered one of
the most common forms of _________ disease. - ANSWER>>heart
Atherosclerosis or narrowing of the vessel lumen of the arteries is due to a buildup of
________ material. - ANSWER>>fatty
Often referred to as hardening of arteries, arteriosclerosis is the thickening and loss of
________ in the arteries. - ANSWER>>elasticity
A heart attack or MI occurs when the ________ supply of the myocardium is severely
reduced or stopped. - ANSWER>>blood
, Angioplasty is frequently used to reopen _________ coronary arteries and stents. -
ANSWER>>blocked
CHF is a condition in which the condition cannot pump enough _______ to the body or
organs. - ANSWER>>blood
An arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat caused by a disturbance of ________ activity of
the heart. - ANSWER>>electrical
Tachycardia is an abnormal _______ heartbeat over ______ beats per minute. -
ANSWER>>fast / 100
People who suffer from endocarditis may experience weakness, fever, diaphoresis,
dyspnea or difficulty ______, or embolism that can lodge in other organs -
ANSWER>>breathing
Thrombophlebitis occurs when a blood ________ occurs in one or more veins causing
inflammation. - ANSWER>>clot
Anemia is a condition in which there is a low numbers of healthy ________ blood cells
circulation in the body. - ANSWER>>Red
Leukemia is a malignant cancer of the bone marrow and blood, like all cancers it
involves the uncontrolled growth of abnormal ________. - ANSWER>>cells
An aneurysm is an abnormal widening or ballooning of a portion of an artery related to
_________ in the walls of the blood vessel. - ANSWER>>weakness
A CVA occurs when the blood to part of the brain is suddenly interrupted by an
occlusion of blood vessel, ischemia or embolism, or a ruptured blood vessel a
hemorrhage in the ____________. - ANSWER>>brain