This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Circulatory System β Quiz 119 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books Circulatory System Quiz 119 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How is blood in the pulmonary artery different from other arteries? A) It is high in oxygen content. B) There are low oxygen levels. C) There are moderate oxygen levels. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There are low oxygen levels. 2. When the ventricles contract, the AV valves are A) Closed. B) Open. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Closed. 3. The LACK of which blood component interferes most with the transport of oxygen in humans? A) White blood cells. B) Platelets. C) Red blood cells. D) Plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red blood cells. 4. Caused by a blockage in one of the coronary arteries. A) Heart Murmur. B) Regurgitation. C) Myocardial infarction. D) Mitral valve prolapse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myocardial infarction. 5. Blood group AB + can recieve blood from which of the following blood group A) A+. B) Ab-. C) O. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 6. A person's blood type is determined by the presence or absence of specific molecules ( ..... ) on the cell membrane. A) Agglutinins or antibodies. B) Thrombocytes. C) Agglutinogens or antigens. D) Hemoglobin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agglutinogens or antigens. 7. What blood vessel transports deoxygenated blood from the body to the heart? A) Aorta. B) Vena Cava. C) Pulmonary Vein. D) Pulmonary Artery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vena Cava. 8. These carry deoxygenated blood to the heart A) Arteries. B) Veins. C) Capillaries. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Veins. 9. State how big (approximately) the heart is. A) The same size of your liver. B) The size of two closed fists. C) The size of a closed fist. D) The same size as you brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The size of a closed fist. 10. The circulatory system consists of heart, blood vessels and A) Muscles. B) Oxygen. C) Bones. D) Blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blood. 11. What is the small flap of tissue called that covers the air-only passage when we swallow? A) Epiglottis. B) Larynx. C) Bronchioles. D) Alveoli. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epiglottis. 12. The blood, the heart and the blood vessels make up what A) The Circulatory system. B) The Respiratory system. C) The Endocrine system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Circulatory system. 13. Where is "red" blood going? A) Body. B) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Body. 14. The name of the uper chambers of the heart A) Atrium. B) Ventricle. C) Other . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atrium. 15. They take blood from the heart to capillaries in your muscles, bones, and organs. A) Capillaries. B) Arteries. C) Vessels. D) Veins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arteries. 16. If fatty deposits form inside the coronary artery, the blood flow to the cardiac muscle A) Decreases. B) Increases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decreases. 17. What is circulation to all body organs called? A) Coronary. B) Organic. C) Systemic. D) Pulmonary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Systemic. 18. Which needed gas is picked up by the red blood cells in the lungs? A) Nitrogen. B) Oxygen. C) Hydrogen. D) Carbon Dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxygen. 19. The blood brings ..... to all the cells of the body. * A) Air. B) Water. C) Oxygen. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxygen. 20. Which of the following causes of chest pain is cardiac-related? A) Inflammation of the pancreas. B) Heartburn. C) Angina pectoris. D) Pleurisy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Angina pectoris. 21. These carry blood away from the heart A) Venules. B) Capillaries. C) Arteries. D) Veins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arteries. 22. What is the purpose of red blood cells in the circulatory system? A) To carry oxygen to cells and tissues. B) To fight infections. C) To clot blood. D) To transport nutrients. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To carry oxygen to cells and tissues. 23. The ..... present inside the veins allow one-way flow to the heart. A) Left ventricle. B) Capillaries. C) Valves. D) Right auricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Valves. 24. Oxygenated blood flow from the heart to the body cells via ..... A) Pulmonary vein. B) Aorta. C) Vena Cava. D) Pulmonary artery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aorta. 25. I counted/checked my heart rate for 30 seconds and I counted 60 beats. What would my heart rate be for one full minute? A) 220. B) 120. C) 100. D) 60. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 120. 26. If you have heart valve disease What abnormalities will there be? A) Blood flows back. B) Pee leaking. C) The blood doesn't stop flowing. D) Blood doesn't flow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blood flows back. 27. What am I? I am where carbon dioxide and oxygen diffuse in and out of the blood A) Artery. B) Capillary. C) Vein. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capillary. 28. This part of the heart pumps oxygen-poor blood TO the lungs. A) Left Atrium. B) Right Atrium. C) Right Ventricle. D) Left Ventricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right Ventricle. 29. The coloring in the skin; found in the epidermis. A) Melanin. B) Perspiration. C) Pores. D) Oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Melanin. 30. Where are nutrients transported? A) By white blood cells. B) By platelets. C) By red blood cells. D) In the plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the plasma. 31. Which one is not a main function of the circulatory system is A) Maintaining fluid balance in the body. B) Protection (white blood cells destroy bacteria and viruses and antibodies fight specific diseases). C) Transport blood, nutrients, and gases throughout the body. D) To transport messages from the body to the brain. E) Regulates (controls) body temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To transport messages from the body to the brain. 32. What receives oxygen-poor blood from the Vena Cava? A) Right atrium. B) Left ventricle. C) Right ventricle. D) Left atrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right atrium. 33. Inflammation of the voice box A) Pharyngitis. B) Sinusitis. C) Bronchitis. D) Laryngitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laryngitis. 34. Where does gas exchange occur? A) Lungs. B) Trachea. C) Bronchioles. D) Alveoli. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alveoli. 35. Which of the following are NOT found in animal cells A) Chloroplasts and cytoplasm. B) Chloroplasts and cell wall. C) Cell wall and cell membrane. D) Mitochondria and nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chloroplasts and cell wall. 36. These are small, irregularly shaped pieces of cells that plug wounds and stop bleeding? A) Plasma. B) Erythrocytes (red blood cells). C) Platelets. D) Leukocytes (white blood cells). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Platelets. 37. I can take my pulse in which two places? A) Neck and wrist. B) Wrist and leg. C) Neck and head. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neck and wrist. 38. Which type of circulation is described when the pathway of blood is from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart? A) Pulmonary circuit. B) Systemic circuit. C) Both of the two. D) Neither of the two. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pulmonary circuit. 39. Blood travels to the head and shoulders through the brachiocephalic artery, the left common artery and the: A) Left pulmonary artery. B) Right pulmonary artery. C) Inferior vena cava. D) Left subclavian artery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Left subclavian artery. 40. Proteins are produced at this organelle. A) Golgi body. B) Cytoskeleton. C) Cilia. D) Ribosome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ribosome. 41. Atherosclerosis is closely related to which of the following substances? A) Phospholipid. B) Testosterone. C) Cholesterol. D) Ζ strogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cholesterol. 42. Blood carries ..... and ..... to every cell. A) Oxygen, carbon dioxide. B) Carbon dioxide, digested food. C) Oxygen, digested food. D) Waste, carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxygen, digested food. 43. What do our veins do? A) They transport information away from our heart. B) They transport information to our heart. C) They transport blood away from our heart. D) They transport blood to our heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They transport blood to our heart. 44. If you are this blood type, you are considered a "universal donor." A) O. B) A. C) AB. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) O. 45. High carbon dioxide levels in the blood triggers faster breathing. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 46. Deoxygenated blood is also called ..... blood. A) Blue. B) Impure. C) Pure. D) Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impure. 47. After the blood gets oxygen from the lungs, what color does it become? A) Bright red. B) Purple. C) Dark red. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bright red. 48. What is the first step in the mechanism of gas exchange which is also known as pulmonary ventilation? A) Breathing. B) External Respiration. C) Cellular respiration. D) Internal Respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Breathing. 49. The spleen and the (a) filter, or clean, the blood by removing old blood cells and bacteria. A) Heart. B) Arteries. C) A liver. D) Brain. E) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A liver. 50. What causes the sound of "Lub-Dub" in the heart? A) Valves. B) Septum. C) Cardiac muscle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Valves. 51. Arteries about the size of your thumb. Veins are much? A) Smaller. B) Bigger. C) Microscopic. D) Do not exist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smaller. 52. An artery has thicker, more elastic muscular walls, and smaller lumen compared to veins A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 53. When should a mother be concerned about a 2nd pregnancy? A) When she is Rh+ and her first child is Rh-. B) When she is Rh+ and her first child is Rh+. C) When she is Rh-and her first child is Rh+. D) When she is Rh-and her first child is Rh-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When she is Rh-and her first child is Rh+. 54. What are the solid parts found in blood? A) Platelets. B) Moves blood & regulates temperature. C) Pump the blood. D) Red & white blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red & white blood cells. 55. Your blood is made up of which following? A) Plasma and white blood cells. B) Platelets and red blood cells. C) Red blood cells. D) Plasma, Red blood cells, White blood cells and platelets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plasma, Red blood cells, White blood cells and platelets. 56. ..... are the small tubes where gas is exchanged. A) Arteries. B) Capillaries. C) Ventricles. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capillaries. 57. What is Hemopoiesis? A) Blood clotting. B) Movement of blood. C) Production of blood cells. D) Blood typing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Production of blood cells. 58. The frequency of heart contractions is controlled by the "pacemaker" of the heart called: A) Cardiac cycle. B) Because of the difference. C) Blood pressure. D) AV node. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because of the difference. 59. What is the significance of the colors red and blue in the context of the circulatory system? A) Red indicates oxygen is present, blue indicates carbon dioxide is present. B) Red indicates carbon dioxide is present, blue indicates oxygen is present. C) Red indicates oxygenated blood, blue more oxygenated blood. D) Red indicates deoxygenated blood, blue indicates oxygenated blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red indicates oxygen is present, blue indicates carbon dioxide is present. 60. The deoxygenated blood is pumped to the pulmonary arteries by ..... A) The contraction of right ventricle. B) The contraction of left ventricle. C) The contraction of right atrium. D) The contraction of left atrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The contraction of right ventricle. β PreviousNext βRelated 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 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books