The Vascular System
Practice Quiz A-10
Practice Quiz A-10
1. Which type of blood vessel is small, thick, and carries oxygenated blood away from the heart?
2. Which type of blood vessel sometimes has valves?
3. All of the following are branches off the aortic arch EXCEPT:
4. Which artery supplies the brain?
5. Which artery divides into the radial and ulnar arteries?
6. The renal arteries off the abdominal aorta receive what percent of cardiac output during rest?
7. What is the name of the artery in the thigh region that is the continuation of the external iliac artery in the pelvic region?
8. The right and left common iliac veins join to form what vein?
9. In changing from rest to maximal exercise, blood flow directed to skeletal muscle increases by a factor of more than how much?
10. The vascular system's role in homeostasis involving multiple interdependent body systems makes it particularly important for sustaining life.
- A. Arteries
- B. Arterioles
- C. Venules
- D. Veins
2. Which type of blood vessel sometimes has valves?
- A. Arteries
- B. Capillaries
- C. Veins
- D. None
3. All of the following are branches off the aortic arch EXCEPT:
- A. Right Coronary Artery
- B. Brachiocephalic Artery
- C. Left Common Carotid Artery
- D. Left Subclavian Artery
4. Which artery supplies the brain?
- A. Vertebral Artery
- B. Superficial Temporal Artery
- C. External Carotid Artery
- D. Internal Carotid Artery
5. Which artery divides into the radial and ulnar arteries?
- A. Subclavian Artery
- B. Axillary Artery
- C. Brachial Artery
- D. Palmer Artery
6. The renal arteries off the abdominal aorta receive what percent of cardiac output during rest?
- A. 5%
- B. 10%
- C. 20%
- D. 25%
7. What is the name of the artery in the thigh region that is the continuation of the external iliac artery in the pelvic region?
- A. Common Iliac Artery
- B. Internal Iliac Artery
- C. Deep Femoral Artery
- D. Femoral Artery
8. The right and left common iliac veins join to form what vein?
- A. Lumbar Vein
- B. Inferior Vena Cava
- C. Hepatic (liver) Vein
- D. Renal (kidney) Vein
9. In changing from rest to maximal exercise, blood flow directed to skeletal muscle increases by a factor of more than how much?
- A. 4 (1200 to 5,000)
- B. 6 (1200 to 7,500)
- C. 8 (1200 to 10,000)
- D. 10 (1200 to 12,500)
10. The vascular system's role in homeostasis involving multiple interdependent body systems makes it particularly important for sustaining life.
- A. True
- B. False
The correct answers are:
1-B, 2-C, 3-A, 4-D, 5-C, 6-C, 7-D, 8-A, 9-D, 10-A
1-B, 2-C, 3-A, 4-D, 5-C, 6-C, 7-D, 8-A, 9-D, 10-A