The coronary veins empty blood from the myocardium into a large vein on the posterior side of the heart known as the ________.
A) pulmonary vein
B) inferior vena cava
C) superior vena cava
D) coronary sinus
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Question 2) What portion of the diencephalon acts as a relay station for sensory impulses traveling upward to the sensory cortex?
A) pons
B) pituitary gland
C) thalamus
D) hypothalamus
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Question 3) Which of the following is NOT a major branch of the coronary arteries?
A) coronary sinus
B) marginal artery
C) circumflex artery
D) anterior interventricular artery
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Question 4) The large fiber tract that allows communication between the two cerebral hemispheres is called the ________.
A) corpus callosum
B) fornix
C) pons
D) thalamus
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Question 5) Which valve is closed during heart relaxation to prevent blood from backflowing from the aorta into the heart?
A) bicuspid (mitral) valve
B) tricuspid valve
C) pulmonary semilunar valve
D) aortic semilunar valve
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Question 6) The hypothalamus regulates the ________.
A) pineal gland
B) pituitary gland
C) pons
D) thalamus
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Question 7) The walls of the ________ are substantially thicker because that chamber acts as the more powerful systemic pump of the heart.
A) left atrium
B) left ventricle
C) right atrium
D) right ventricle
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Question 8) What fissure separates the two cerebral hemispheres of the brain?
A) transverse fissure
B) longitudinal fissure
C) sagittal fissure
D) tentorium cerebelli
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Question 9) Oxygenated blood nourishing the myocardium comes from vessels that branch off the aorta called ________.
A) pulmonary arteries
B) pulmonary veins
C) coronary arteries
D) venae cavae
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Question 10) Which of the following is one of the major functions of the pons?
A) breathing
B) hunger
C) thirst
D) consciousness
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