This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Circulatory System – Quiz 102 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Circulatory System Quiz 102 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The top chamber of the heart is called A) Ventricles. B) Atrium. C) Valves. D) Septum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atrium. 2. The muscular middle layer of the heart is called the A) Myocardium. B) Endocardium. C) Epicardium. D) Pericardium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myocardium. 3. What does the pancreas do? A) Produces digestive enzymes to break down proteins and fats. B) Produces sodium bicarbonate to neutralize stomach acid. C) Regulates our blood sugar levels. D) All answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All answers are correct. 4. Inferior Vena Cava is a large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the upper half of the body to the right atrium A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 5. Blood cells are formed in: A) The bone marrow. B) The lungs. C) The kidneys. D) The heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The bone marrow. 6. How does sickle cell prevent red blood cells from transporting oxygen throughout our bodies? A) It makes us sick so we can't breathe well. B) It changes the shape of the red blood cells, causing blood clots that prevent cells from reaching other areas of the body. C) It causes red blood cells to forget to transport oxygen. D) It eliminates all blood cells in the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It changes the shape of the red blood cells, causing blood clots that prevent cells from reaching other areas of the body. 7. What happens in the lungs? A) Carbon dioxide goes into the blood and oxygen leaves the blood. B) Carbon dioxide and oxygen go into the blood. C) Oxygen goes into the blood and carbon dioxide leaves the blood. D) Oxygen and carbon dioxide leave the blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxygen goes into the blood and carbon dioxide leaves the blood. 8. Arteries carries ..... blood from heart to the other parts of the body. A) Oxygenated blood. B) Blood. C) Impure blood. D) Carbonated blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxygenated blood. 9. When oxygenated blood is carried away from the heart it travels through A) Veins. B) Arteries. C) Capillaries. D) Alveoli. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arteries. 10. Into which part of the body is the blood pumped from the left ventricle? A) The arteries. B) The aorta. C) The lungs. D) The veins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The aorta. 11. Which type of blood cell makes up more than half of the blood? A) Red blood cells. B) Green blood cells. C) White blood cells. D) Blue blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red blood cells. 12. Tissue that connects bone to bone A) Cartilage. B) Ligament. C) Muscle. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligament. 13. What is the top number called in blood pressure? 120/80 A) Diastolic. B) Systolic. C) Thrombus. D) Vasodilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Systolic. 14. ..... is the formation of lipid deposits (due to LDLs) in a blood vessel. A) Thrombus. B) Arteriosclerosis. C) Embolus. D) Atherosclerosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atherosclerosis. 15. WHAT DOES THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEART DO? A) IT PUMP BLOOD WITHOUT PLASMA. B) IT PUMPS BLOOD WITHOUT OXYGEN. C) IT PUMP BLOOD WITHOUT RED CELLS. D) IT PUMP BLOOD WITH OXIGEN. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) IT PUMPS BLOOD WITHOUT OXYGEN. 16. The blood comes back to the heart from the body through two big veins called the ..... A) Vena cava. B) Aorta. C) Pulmonary veins. D) Right atria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vena cava. 17. Vein that empties blood from the lower body into the upper right heart chamber A) Veins. B) Pulmonary Veins. C) Superior Vena Cava. D) Inferior Vena Cava. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inferior Vena Cava. 18. In which system does the heart work to move blood throughout the body? A) Muscular system. B) Cardiovascular system. C) Respiratory system. D) Digestive system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cardiovascular system. 19. Arteries carries blood rich in A) Oxygen. B) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxygen. 20. Which side of the heart receives the deoxygenated blood from the body? A) Left. B) Right. C) Middle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Right. 21. The largest blood vessels are the ..... A) Capillaries. B) Veins. C) Blood pressure. D) Arteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arteries. 22. Tiny blood vessel that connects arterioles and venules and allows for exchange of nutrients and gases between the blood and the body cells. A) Vein. B) Vena cava. C) Capillaries. D) Artery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capillaries. 23. The leukocyte above is responsible for releasing histamines, which dilate blood vessels during an allergic attack. It is categorized as a(n) ..... and is called a ..... cell. A) Granulocyte, basophil. B) Agranulocyte, monocyte. C) Agranulocyte, eosinophil. D) Granulocyte, lymphocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Granulocyte, basophil. 24. What unique features of veins help move blood back to the heart? A) Capillary. B) Valves. C) Venule. D) Arteriole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Valves. 25. This is the attachment site of cardiac muscles and valves. A) Cardiovascular Conducting System. B) Impulse Conducting System. C) Cardiac skeleton. D) Cardiovascular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cardiac skeleton. 26. Where does the exchange of materials between the body and the blood occurs? A) Valves. B) Capillaries. C) Bones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capillaries. 27. Why are white blood cells important to the human body? A) They work to destroy viruses and bacteria that can cause illness. B) They hold the oxygen until it is delivered to places in the body. C) White blood cells are not as important as red blood cells. D) They carry blood away from the heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They work to destroy viruses and bacteria that can cause illness. 28. The cell fragments that help with blood clotting are called A) Platelets. B) Plasma. C) Red blood cells. D) Leukocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Platelets. 29. Where does your heart send oxygen? A) To lungs only. B) To different parts of your body. C) To foot only. D) To head only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To different parts of your body. 30. Identify the type of blood vessel described:A blood vessel that has thick walls and carries blood away from the heart. A) Vein. B) Artery. C) Capillary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Artery. 31. What waste gas does blood pick up from the body cells and transport to the lungs A) Carbon dioxide. B) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon dioxide. 32. The left ventricle has thicker wall than the right ventricle. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 33. Contained in blood vessels and consists of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets suspended in a fluid medium known as plasma A) Hemoglobin. B) Blood. C) Erythropoiesis. D) Neutrophil. E) Erythropoiesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blood. 34. What is the primary function of lymphocytes? A) Act against foreign bodies. B) Phagocytize damaged cells. C) Release substances that initiate blood clots. D) Produce enzymes that dissolve blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Act against foreign bodies. 35. During a biology class, Abigail asked the teacher, 'What is the movement of deoxygenated blood from the heart and into the lungs called?' A) Pulmonary ventilation. B) Systemic circulation. C) Cardiac circulation. D) Pulmonary circulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pulmonary circulation. 36. Plasma is the liquid part of the blood A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 37. The human body is made up of organ systems that work together as one unit. Which systems work together to prepare and distribute food for cells? A) Digestive and circulatory. B) Digestive and endocrine. C) Nervous and respiratory. D) Nervous and excretory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Digestive and circulatory. 38. These Y shaped cells destroy the pathogens A) Osteocytes. B) Basophil. C) Mast cells. D) Antibodies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antibodies. 39. Which of these is not a function of blood A) Transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide. B) Transport of digested food. C) Filtering of excretory material. D) Distribution of heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Filtering of excretory material. 40. Where are the pacemaker cells found? A) Right atrium. B) Right ventricle. C) Left ventricle. D) Left atrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right atrium. 41. Fish have..... atrium A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One. 42. Blood in the aorta is A) High in oxygen, high in carbon dioxide. B) High in oxygen, low in carbon dioxide. C) Low in oxygen, high in carbon dioxide. D) Low in oxygen, low in carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) High in oxygen, low in carbon dioxide. 43. Pressure exerted by circulating blood upon thewalls of the blood vessels A) Arterial Pressure. B) Diastolic Pressure. C) Blood Pressure. D) Systolic Pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blood Pressure. 44. From which one of the following chambers of human heart is the oxygenated blood pumped into aorta? A) Left ventricle. B) Right ventricle. C) Right atrium. D) Left atrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left ventricle. 45. Looking at blood under a microscope, what are the cells that stained purple? A) Erythrocytes. B) Platelets. C) Hematocrits. D) Leukocytes. E) Plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leukocytes. 46. "Provides body cells with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide that cells produce as waste" describes which system A) Circulatory System. B) Respiratory System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Respiratory System. 47. This is the process in which cells surround and digest any bacteria or other cells that may cause damage to tissue. A) Hemolysis. B) Phagocytosis. C) Lymphocytosis. D) Fibrinolysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phagocytosis. 48. Heart muscle allows our heart to ..... continuously to all parts of our body. A) Pump oxygen. B) Pump blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pump blood. 49. The windpipe and trachea are synonyms. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 50. How many kind of blood vessels do we have in our circulatory system? A) Three. B) Four. C) Two. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three. 51. What am I? I am the outer layer of an artery or vein A) Outer tunic. B) Tunica media. C) Intimate tunic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Outer tunic. 52. ..... carry blood from the heart to the rest of the body. This blood contains ..... A) Veins, Carbon Dioxide. B) Arteries, Carbon Dioxide. C) Arteries, Oxygen. D) Veins, Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arteries, Oxygen. 53. What is the name of the largest artery in the body? A) Pulmonary artery. B) Aorta. C) Subclavian artery. D) Carotid artery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aorta. 54. Each upper chamber. A) Capillary. B) Ventricle. C) Atrium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atrium. 55. The 5th grade team at Paw Creek Elementary School is A) Amazing. B) Incredible. C) Extremely helpful. D) The best in CMS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amazing. 56. Oxygenated in veins A) Pulmonary veins. B) Systematic veins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pulmonary veins. 57. Which heart structure separates the right and left sides of the heart and prevents oxygenated and deoxygenated blood from mixing? A) Atrium. B) Ventricle. C) Septum. D) Mitral valve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Septum. 58. The Main tube that takes air to your lungs A) Bronchioles. B) Bronchi. C) Air sacs. D) Trachea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trachea. 59. When blood passes through the pulmonary valve, which vessel does it enter A) Aorta. B) Vena cava. C) Pulmonary artery. D) Pulmonary vein. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pulmonary artery. 60. The heart is the strongest muscle in your body. How many parts is the human heart divided into? A) 3. B) 2. C) 5. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesCirculatory System Quiz 1Circulatory System Quiz 2Circulatory System Quiz 3Circulatory System Quiz 4Circulatory System Quiz 5Circulatory System Quiz 6Circulatory System Quiz 7Circulatory System Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books