Circulatory System Quiz 108 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is label "1" ?
2. The nurse is reviewing the anatomy and physiology of the cardiac system with a patient scheduled for pacemaker insertion. Which chamber of the heart should the nurse instruct has the greatest workload and usually fails first as a result?
3. What is not a function of our circulatory system?
4. The Circulatory System helps in transportation of:
5. The heart pumps blood to get ..... to our cells.
6. Where does the blood travel after leaving the right ventricle?
7. Separates the right and left sides of the heart .....
8. The circulatory system is very important because all of our organs need the oxygen and nutrients carried by our blood.
9. What is the name of the fluid in Lymph Vessels?
10. When the atria are relaxed, they begin to fill with blood. Thisrelaxation is called
11. The purpose of mucus inside our nose is
12. How many percent is platelets and white blood cells?
13. Diameter of most capillaries, except sinusoidal capillaries
14. RBC's are of several kinds
15. What does increasing pulse rate achieve?
16. What does the T-wave represent in an ECG?
17. A major artery that runs through the neck besides thyroid glands carrying oxygenated blood to head and brain is
18. Name the large muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity and helps with breathing?
19. What is caused by limited/loss of blood flow?
20. Which of the following indicates that the proper cuff size has been selected?
21. The purpose of the ..... in xylem cells is to prevent the walls from collapsing?
22. The pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood to
23. What is the innermost layer of the heart?
24. Name the blood vessel that leaves the right ventricle. *
25. Which visual ..... the photograph or the diagram ..... would you use if you were a doctor who was going to repair the valve surgically?
26. Blood travel faster in veins and Blood travel slower in Arteries
27. Another name for white blood cells (help destroy pathogens)
28. What is a group of cells in the right atrium that sends signals to make the heart muscle contract?
29. What are smaller veins referred to as?
30. Why do your body cells need oxygen and sugar?
31. Tubes that carry blood back to the heart from other parts of the body
32. Which type of blood vessel is wide with thick walls to contain high amounts of pressure?
33. Which type of WBC is also called the Garbage Trucks of the immune system?
34. Blood, white blood cells, red blood cells, plasma, platelets
35. (a) help form clots to stop bleeding.
36. What does the text information link the journey of the blood cells to?
37. Which is a description for Veins?
38. 3 Which is a sudden change in a gene or chromosome?
39. What does the word part Thromb/o mean?
40. Carries blood containing wastes, such as carbon dioxide
41. Small blood vessels that diffuse oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nutrients are called .....
42. Separates the chambers of the heart.
43. Blood travels through blood vessels and reaches every cell in your body.*The three types of blood vessels are:arteries, veins, and capillaries.* Blood vessels are made up of smooth muscles.
44. A ..... is a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
45. Longest section of the aorta, beginning at the diaphragm and spanning the abdominal cavity
46. What condition occurs when the blood lacks hemoglobin, which allows oxygen to bind to red blood cells?
47. A normal count for thrombocytes is 5-9 thousand.
48. The relaxation phase of the heart.
49. ....., the liquid part of blood, is mostly made of water.
50. Which type of white blood cell releases histamine and heparin?
51. Which of the following blood vessels/heart chambers contains blood that has more oxygen?
52. Valves are present in
53. Why is yeast used in bread-making?
54. Name that System:arteries
55. A Double Circulatory System is a double loop in which blood flows:
56. What layer of the heart muscle is most superficial?
57. A scientist pumps water to the vena cava of a dissected pig heart. Where will the water go?
58. The pressure exerted by roots towards xylem is called.....
59. Which code is assigned for unspecified Type One Acute Myocardial Infarction?
60. Transports oxygenated blood to the body