This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Circulatory System â Quiz 111 đ Homepage đ Download PDF Books đ Premium PDF Books Circulatory System Quiz 111 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What causes lymph to flow through the lymphatic vessels? A) Contraction of cardiac muscle. B) Contraction of smooth muscle. C) Contraction of skeletal muscle. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contraction of skeletal muscle. 2. Match each section of the respiratory system to its characteristics or definition Chest A) Flap of skin to cover when you swallow. B) Air moves down the Trachea. C) This is where the trachea dives into 2). D) Are filled with small alveoli and oxygen and carbon dioxide swap places. This area is like a sponge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air moves down the Trachea. 3. What type of blood vessel returns blood to the heart? A) Artery. B) Vein. C) Capillary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vein. 4. What is atherosclerosis? A) High blood pressure. B) A lung disease. C) Low blood pressure. D) Where fatty deposits called plaque builds up on the walls of arteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Where fatty deposits called plaque builds up on the walls of arteries. 5. A human heart beats ..... times per minute A) 36. B) 72. C) 104. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 72. 6. It is composed of dead white blood cells that were killed by the poison of disease causing microorganisms. A) Pus. B) Macrophages. C) Bacteria. D) Parasitic Worms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pus. 7. What are known as pumping chambers? A) Atrium. B) Arteries. C) Auricles. D) Ventricles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ventricles. 8. Which side of the heart carries poorly oxygenated blood? A) Right. B) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 9. Release a chemical that turns liquid into threads (fibrin) A) Red blood cells. B) White blood cells. C) Plasma. D) Platelets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Platelets. 10. During exhalation the diaphragm moves up and the volume of air decreases in the lungs. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 11. Where does blood move after the pulmonary vein? A) Lungs. B) Left atrium. C) Right atrium. D) Aorta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left atrium. 12. What is the average person's heart rate at rest? A) 80. B) 60. C) 50. D) 70. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 70. 13. Which cell(s) carries oxygen? A) Lymphocytes. B) Phagocytes. C) Red blood cells. D) Blood platelets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red blood cells. 14. It pumps blood around the body. It's inside the chest. A) Large intestine. B) Stomach. C) Heart. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heart. 15. What does the right ventricle of the heart do? A) Pushes oxygen-rich blood to the lungs. B) Pushes oxygen-rich blood to the body. C) Pushes oxygen-poor blood to the lungs. D) Receive blood returning to the heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pushes oxygen-poor blood to the lungs. 16. What side of the heart are the atrium? A) The left side. B) The upper side. C) The right side. D) The lower side. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The upper side. 17. The veins from the body enter the heart with ..... A) Oxygenated blood. B) Deoxygenated blood. C) Food. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deoxygenated blood. 18. To take the pulse, especially at the wrist What type of blood vessel dilation do we detect? A) Venous blood vessels. B) Capillaries. C) Arteries. D) Arteries and venules. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Venous blood vessels. 19. What is a group of the same kind of cells that work together to do the same job? A) Tissue. B) Organism. C) System. D) Organ. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tissue. 20. Which type of cell picks up oxygen and carries it to the heart? A) Red blood cells (red-orange). B) White blood cell (purple). C) Platelet (blue). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red blood cells (red-orange). 21. The shape of the Red Blood Cell is biconcave which allows for a greater surface area so the cell can ..... A) Exchange gasses more quickly. B) Reproduce quicker. C) Hold additional hemoglobin. D) Fit through capillaries easily. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exchange gasses more quickly. 22. Which blood vessels carry oxygen-poor blood from the different parts of the body back to the heart? A) Arteries. B) Blood. C) Veins. D) Capillaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Veins. 23. How does oxygen get delivered to organs and tissues? A) Through the heart. B) Through veins. C) Through arteries. D) Through capillaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Through capillaries. 24. Unscramble:E-T-R-A-R-E-S-I A) AREA. B) ARTERIES. C) ARTERIES. D) AREA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ARTERIES. 25. Which side of the heart pumps blood through the systemic circuit? A) Left. B) Right. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left. 26. Oâ is the product of respiration. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 27. Which of the following is the circulatory system delivering to all cells in the body? A) Glucose. B) Oxygen. C) Hormones. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 28. If fatty deposits form inside the coronary artery, the cardiac muscle receives A) More oxygen. B) Less oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less oxygen. 29. What causes a heart attack? A) Coronary arteries become blocked so the heart tissue cannot receive oxygen and dies off. B) An artery in the brain becomes blocked and caused damage. C) A faulty valve creates back flow in the heart. D) A hole forms in the septum between the ventricles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coronary arteries become blocked so the heart tissue cannot receive oxygen and dies off. 30. True or False:Platelets and plasma each make up less than 1% of person's total blood volume. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. What do muscles move in your body? A) Fingers and toes. B) Elbows and knees. C) Bones and organs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bones and organs. 32. If the radius of blood vessels of a person decreases his/her blood pressure will A) Increase. B) Decrease. C) Remain unaffected. D) Increase for males and decrease for females. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increase. 33. What is the blood vessel that carries blood from the organs to the heart? A) Platelets. B) Arteries. C) Capillaries. D) Veins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Veins. 34. Which type of animal has one atria and one ventricle? A) Amphibian. B) Bird. C) Fish. D) Mammal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fish. 35. Who conducted experiments to prove passage of blood in veins? Who experimented to discover the circulation of blood in veins? A) William Harvey William Harvey. B) Giriloma Fabrici Giriloma Fabrici. C) Marcello Malphigi is our cello Malphigi. D) None of the above ā°ā°ĩā°°āą ā°ā°žā°Ļāą. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Harvey William Harvey. 36. Your circulatory system is made up of what two systems? A) Lymphatic, cardiovascular. B) Cardiovascular, digestive. C) Respiratory, cardiovascular. D) Lymphatic, respiratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lymphatic, cardiovascular. 37. The vessel that is only one cell thick and allows gases and nutrients to exchange from the blood to the body's cells. A) Capillaries. B) Arteries. C) Veins. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capillaries. 38. Small fragments of ruptured cells found in blood. A) PLATELETS. B) RED BLOOD CELLS. C) WHITE BLOOD CELLS. D) PLASMA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PLATELETS. 39. The dome-shaped muscle that plays an important role in breathing is the A) Alveolus. B) Diaphragm. C) Bronchus. D) Larynx. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diaphragm. 40. What is the point of initiation of the human heartbeat? A) Node of Ranvier. B) Sinoatrial node. C) Purkinje fibers. D) Atrioventricular node. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sinoatrial node. 41. A(n) ..... causes an antibody to be produced. A) Red blood cell. B) Antibody. C) Antigen. D) White blood cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antigen. 42. What is the main problem faced by a multicellular organism in obtaining their cellular requirements and removing body waste? A) Body volume is too large. B) Total surface area per volume ratio becomes too large. C) Total surface area per volume ratio becomes too small. D) Total surface area is insufficient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Total surface area per volume ratio becomes too small. 43. When in the lungs, the oxygen leaves the blood A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 44. These tubes carry blood around the body. A) Arteries and veins. B) Asparagus. C) Arteries and ventricles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arteries and veins. 45. Oxygen is absorbed from the ..... in the ..... to make the blood oxygenated. A) Blood vessels in the lungs. B) Blood vessels in the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blood vessels in the lungs. 46. When the blood travels back to the heart in tubes, it is called arteries. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 47. Which of the following is the scientific name for white blood cells? A) Osteocytes. B) Thrombocytes. C) Erythrocytes. D) Leukocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leukocytes. 48. ..... carry oxygen to the body's tissues and make up most of the blood. They look like ..... without the holes and are made of the bone marrow A) Red Blood Cells/ doughnuts. B) White Blood Cells/ cookies. C) Red and white cells/ bananas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red Blood Cells/ doughnuts. 49. The ribs move up and out while the diaphragm contracts. This active action causes ..... ? A) Inhalation. B) Exhalation. C) Diffusion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inhalation. 50. What chambers are located on each side of the heart? A) 2 ventricles. B) 2 atriums. C) 1 atrium and 1 ventricle. D) Only one ventricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1 atrium and 1 ventricle. 51. The function of all valves A) Prevent backflow. B) Carry blood to the heart. C) Create pressure. D) Pump blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prevent backflow. 52. The oxygenated blood flows to the left atrium through ..... A) Vein. B) Pulmonary arteries. C) Pulmonary veins. D) Aorta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pulmonary veins. 53. Where does the blood from the left side of your heart go? A) The rest of your body. B) Lungs. C) Pulmonary Artery. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The rest of your body. 54. Superior vena cava-right atrium-Tricuspid valve-right ventricle-Pulmonary valve-pulmonary artery-lungs-?-left atrium-mitral valve-left ventricle-aorta-rest of body A) PULMONARY VEINS. B) PULMONARY ARTERY. C) AORTA. D) IINFERIOR VENA CAVA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PULMONARY VEINS. 55. Blood circulation to the LUNGS and back A) Arteries. B) Systemic. C) Vascular. D) Pulmonary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pulmonary. 56. What is biggest artery in a human body? A) Capillaries. B) Veins. C) The aorta. D) Arteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The aorta. 57. The only blood vessels whose walls permit exchange between the blood and cells are the ..... A) Venules. B) Veins. C) Arteries. D) Capillaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Capillaries. 58. They carry blood away from the heart to all parts of the body A) Arteries. B) Veins. C) Capillaries. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arteries. 59. The instrument used to feel the heartbeat is called a ..... A) Pulse meter. B) Stethscope. C) Blood pressure monitor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pulse meter. 60. The lungs pump blood throughout your body. A) True. B) False. 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