Circulatory System Quiz 123 (60 MCQs)

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1. Where is blood made?
2. What type of blood vessel has one-way valves that allow blood to only move in one direction?
3. Which body structures have walls one cell thick?
4. What organ is described? the "pump" of the body, a muscular, hollow organ, the size of a fist, in the mediastinal cavity.
5. Which blood cell is involved in the immune/antibody response?
6. When we breath out (exhalation)
7. A normal, soft, waxy substance found among lipids (fats) in the bloodstream and all body cells is called
8. The function of our respiratory system is for
9. A capillary is an extremely small blood vessel located within the ..... of the body, which allows for gas exchange.
10. What do we call the vessels that return deoxygenated blood back to the heart?
11. What type of muscle is your heart?
12. What is the function of phagocytes in the circulatory system?
13. The blood flowing within the right ventricle travels to which part of the circulatory system next?
14. What component of blood helps to prevents you from bleeding to death if you get a cut?
15. The cells in the blood that help fight germs and illnesses are the .....
16. What are the two main blood vessels in the body?
17. What connects bones together?
18. This type of vessel carries blood back TO the heart from other areas and organs in our bodies:
19. Given the following structures:nasal cavity, trachea, lungs, pharynx. Which of the following is the correct order that air would flow during inhalation?
20. Where is the heart situated?
21. Left Ventricle-Aorta-Arteries-Capillaries-Veins-Superior/Inferior Vena Cava-Right AtriumWhat pathway of circulation is being listed above?
22. An arteriole is .....
23. Muscular structure that helps to expand and contract the lungs, forcing air in and out
24. This circuit transfers blood to the rest of the body?
25. Carries deoxygenated blood back to the heart:
26. Originate in the SA node and travel across the walls of the atrium to the AV node
27. Are veins and arteries connected?
28. What are all the things that are kept the same in an experiment?
29. Passageway where air is drawn into the system.
30. Hodgkin's Disease
31. The blood flowing within the pulmonary veins to which part of the circulatory system next?
32. Who can receive blood from type AB?
33. The cells found in human blood that destroy invading organisms and produce antibodies.
34. This organ is located between the lungs behind your rib cage in a slanting position in the center of the chest
35. What is the liquid that the cells of blood are suspended in?
36. The papillary muscles are helpful in .....
37. Which type of blood cell or cell fragment is responsible for fighting disease?
38. These carry oxygenated blood away from heart:
39. Each of the two upper chambers of the heart that receive blood that comes into the heart are called
40. Your voice box is also called (hint laryngitis is when you lose your voice)
41. What is the primary liquid component that circulates through the circulatory system?
42. System of tubes where blood flows
43. ..... take oxygen-rich blood away from the heart, to the rest of your body.
44. Systemic circulation pathway is .....
45. The electrical signal pathway after the AV Node:
46. It is the body's transports system.
47. Blood supply to the myocardium is provided by ..... arteries
48. Hormone is carried from a gland to another organ ..... what kind of job is this?
49. ..... carry blood from the heart to the rest of the body. This blood contains oxygen.
50. A thick tissue that travels through vessels to our body's cells.
51. Where does Pulmonary Vein Empties Oxygen rich blood?
52. Atria systole causes what to happen to the blood?
53. Picking up wastes from cells and delivering them to kidneys and lungs is one of the ..... functions of the circulatory system.
54. The walls of the alveoli are .....
55. Arteries stretch as pressurized blood enters, creating a pulse.
56. Superior and inferior vena cava are the largest of these:
57. Which one carries blood to your lungs for oxygen?
58. The heart valves do all of the following, EXCEPT:
59. Gas exchange occurs in the
60. Whenever the word "pulmonary" is used, it is in reference to which organs in our body?