Introduction

Question 1

What is the name of specialised cardiac muscle?

Answer 1

Myocardium

Question 2

Is the pulmonary circulation low or high pressure?

Answer 2

Low

Question 3

What is systole?

Answer 3

Contraction of the ventricles

Question 4

What is diastole?

Answer 4

Relaxation of the ventricles

Question 5

What blood leaves the right ventricle?

Answer 5

Deoxygenated blood. This goes to the lungs via the pulmonary arteries.

Question 6

What blood leaves the left ventricle?

Answer 6

Oxygenated blood. It goes to the body via the aorta,