- What are the two main parts and major functions of the Cardiovascular System?
- How does the Lymphatic System help the Cardiovascular System?
- Name the different types of blood vessels. What is the structure and function of each of these vessels?
- Describe the size and location of the heart? What is the major portion of the heart called?
- List the chambers of the heart. Where is the septum found?
- Name the four heart valves and where they are located. Why are valves needed in the heart?
- What is another name for the cardiac cycle? Define systole and diastole.
- Name the 2 heart sounds and what produces each one. Describe a heart murmur?
- What is the function of the internal conduction system of the heart? Name and describe its main parts.
- What does ECG stand for and what does it tell you. What do the P, QRS, and T waves represent? Name and describe an abnormality an ECG can detect.
- What causes a person’s pulse and what does it indicate?
- What does blood pressure measure, what produces it and what is a normal value?
- What force accounts for the flow of blood in arteries? Where is pressure highest and lowest?
- Describe the three factors that account for the flow of blood in veins.
- Name the two circuits that blood flows through. Why is the heart called a double pump?
- Trace the low of blood in the Pulmonary Circuit. Indicate the places where the blood is oxygen rich or oxygen poor.
- Trace the flow of blood through the Systemic Circuit.
- Name and describe four cardiovascular diseases and what treatments are available.