This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Circulatory System – Quiz 140 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Circulatory System Quiz 140 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which process are the xylem tubes part of? A) Translocation. B) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transpiration. 2. White blood cells move into and out of blood vessels by the process of (a) A) Positive chemotaxis. B) Euglenoid movement. C) A diapedesis. D) Plasmolysis. E) Diverticulitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A diapedesis. 3. Trivia! Which of the following statements seems correct? (this question is ungraded, don't worry!) A) Larger Mammals = Fast Heart Rate. (think about newborns!). B) The Heart can beat around 3 to 5 mins outside the body. C) All blood comes in the same shade of red. D) No idea . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Heart can beat around 3 to 5 mins outside the body. 4. Blood in the left ventricle: A) Deoxygenated. B) Oxygenated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxygenated. 5. ..... is a chemical reaction that releases energy needed for the body. A) Respiration. B) Digestion. C) Breathing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Respiration. 6. How does increasing temperature affect the rate of diffusion? A) Increases enzyme activity increasing the rate. B) Gives molecules more energy increasing the rate. C) Takes energy away from molecules slowing down the rate. D) Decreases enzyme activity and decreases the rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gives molecules more energy increasing the rate. 7. Pulmonary artery:to A) Right atrium. B) Heart. C) Heart muscles. D) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lungs. 8. A blood vessel is called an artery when it: A) Contains many valves. B) Transports blood to the heart. C) Transports blood away from the heart. D) Transports oxygenated blood to the heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transports blood away from the heart. 9. The activity or duty of an organ or system is it's A) Artery. B) Function. C) Veins. D) Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Function. 10. What is the purpose of white blood cells in the circulatory system? A) Fighting infections. B) Transporting nutrients. C) Filtering waste products. D) Carrying oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fighting infections. 11. Choose the characteristics of veins. A) Have very thick, strong, elastic walls. B) Have thin walls, made up of onlyone layer of cells. C) Have thinner wall, large space inside the vessel. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have thinner wall, large space inside the vessel. 12. Small, thin blood vessels that carry blood to the tissue and deliver gases and nutrients to the cells A) Arteries. B) Veins. C) Capillaries. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capillaries. 13. When an infection occurs, the number of A) Red blood cells decreases. B) White blood cells increases. C) Red blood cells increases. D) White blood cells decreases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) White blood cells increases. 14. Part of heart that pumps blood to the whole body is ..... A) Right atrium. B) Right ventricle. C) Left atrium. D) Left ventricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Left ventricle. 15. How do eating proteins improve body A) Long term energy that can be stored for later. B) Short term energy produced during CR. C) Structure is animals(muscles) during growth and repair. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Structure is animals(muscles) during growth and repair. 16. This disease does not have a certain protein needed to clot blood. A) Leukemia. B) Hemophilia. C) Sickle Cell Anemia. D) Hypertension. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hemophilia. 17. The heart gets oxygen from the ..... to make oxygenated blood. A) Kidneys. B) Stomach. C) Heart. D) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lungs. 18. High blood pressure is called ..... A) Hypertension. B) Hypotension. C) Isotension. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypertension. 19. If two parents are heterozygous for type A blood, what is the probability that their offspring would have type O blood? A) 50%. B) 100 %. C) 25%. D) 75%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 25%. 20. The thick muscle layer of the heart is called the A) Endocardium. B) Epicardium. C) Myocardium. D) Pericardium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myocardium. 21. Which of the following blood vessels surround the alveoli in the lungs? A) Artery. B) Vein. C) Capillary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capillary. 22. John wants to determine his blood type, so he takes a few drops of blood from a puncture wound in his finger and mixes it with various antisera(antibodies). His blood cells agglutinate when mixed with the anti-A and anti-Rh sera(antibodies) but not with the anti-B sera(antibodies). What agglutinins are in John's plasma? A) A only. B) B only. C) A & B only. D) None. E) A and Rh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B only. 23. Which one is correct about blood group AB Which statement is true about blood group AB. A) Individuals with blood group AB and have only B antigen Individuals from blood group AB have only B antigen. B) Individuals with blood group AB have both A and B antigens Individuals from blood group AB have antigen A and antigen B. C) Individuals with blood group AB do not have both A and B antigens Individuals from blood group AB do not have antigen A and antigen B. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Individuals with blood group AB have both A and B antigens Individuals from blood group AB have antigen A and antigen B. 24. The upper chambers of the heart consist of: A) The right and left atrium. B) The right and left ventricle. C) Both A & B. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The right and left atrium. 25. What does the circulatory system use to carry nutrients and oxygen? A) Water. B) Blood Vessels. C) Pepsi. D) Blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blood. 26. Blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood to the heart. A) Capillaries. B) Arteries. C) Veins. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Veins. 27. Supplies nutrients and oxygen to all tissues A) Coronary circulation. B) Pulmonary circulation. C) Systemic circulation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Systemic circulation. 28. The ..... measures a person's heartbeat. A) Pulse. B) Brain. C) Ruler. D) Veins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pulse. 29. During ventricular systole, which of the following occurs? A) Atrioventricular valves close and semilunar valves close. B) Atrioventricular valves close and semilunar valves open. C) Atrioventricular valves open and semilunar valves are open. D) Atrioventricular valves open and semilunar valves close. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atrioventricular valves close and semilunar valves open. 30. I pump the deoxygenated Blood. Who am I? A) Kidney. B) Heart. C) Lungs. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heart. 31. The blood flowing within the veins travels to which part of the circulatory system next? A) Right atrium. B) Left atrium. C) Left ventricle. D) Right ventricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right atrium. 32. Located in the walls of the right atrium which acts like the pacemaker A) Because of the difference. B) Tricuspid valve. C) AV node. D) Pulmonary semilunar valve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because of the difference. 33. The components of blood are A) Red blood cells, white blood cells platelets, and plasma. B) Leukocytes, lymph, and dead cell debris. C) Erythrocytes, Rh, and hemoglobin. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red blood cells, white blood cells platelets, and plasma. 34. Arteries take blood ..... the heart A) To. B) Away from. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Away from. 35. Blood vessels that carryblood back to the heart are called ..... ? A) Veins. B) Arteries. C) Heart. D) Circulatory System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Veins. 36. It takes about ..... for blood to pump through your entire body. A) 2 minutes. B) 20 seconds. C) 60 seconds. D) 90 seconds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 60 seconds. 37. Which among these helps in blood clotting A) RBC. B) WBCs. C) Platelets. D) Plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Platelets. 38. How does pulmonary circulation differ from coronary circulation? A) Coronary circulation occurs throughout the body; pulmonary circulation occurs in the heart. B) Coronary circulation occurs in the brain; pulmonary circulation occurs in the lungs. C) Coronary circulation occurs in the heart; pulmonary circulation occurs in the heart and lungs. D) Coronary circulation involves oxygenated blood only; pulmonary circulation involves deoxygenated blood only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coronary circulation occurs in the heart; pulmonary circulation occurs in the heart and lungs. 39. The control center of the nervous system A) Brain. B) Spinal Cord. C) Neurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 40. Valves in veins keep the blood flowing in the ..... direction. A) Right. B) Opposite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 41. Which part of the bone is involved in blood cell production? A) Cartilage. B) Periosteum. C) Marrow. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marrow. 42. Which of the following is a vein? A) Pulmonary Artery. B) Aorta. C) Superior Vena Cava. D) Tricuspid Valve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Superior Vena Cava. 43. What sort of circulatory system is the human circulatory system? A) An open circulatory system. B) A single circulatory system. C) A double circulatory system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A double circulatory system. 44. ..... receive the blood from all the body cells through vena cava. A) Left atrium. B) Right ventricle. C) Right atrium. D) Left ventricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right atrium. 45. White blood cells main function is to ..... A) Clot the blood. B) Fight infection. C) Carry carbon dioxide. D) Carry oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fight infection. 46. Lipids get digested in the liver. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 47. What happens when your diaphragm relaxes and moves upward? A) Your lungs deflate and you breathe out. B) Your lungs inflate and you breathe in. C) Your alveoli transfer oxygen to your bloodstream. D) Your bloodstream transfers carbon dioxide to your alveoli. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your lungs deflate and you breathe out. 48. Carries nutrients, water, oxygen and waste products to and from your body cells. A) Blood. B) Heart. C) Blood vessels. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blood. 49. Where blood comes from is oxygen-rich blood. A) Kidney. B) Lungs. C) Brain. D) Right ventricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lungs. 50. These are referred to as the pumping chambers. A) Veins. B) Ventricles. C) Arteries. D) Atria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ventricles. 51. A heart attack occurs when blood supply to part of the heart is interrupted. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 52. Which blood vessel connects two other blood vessels? A) Veins. B) Arteries. C) Capillaries. D) Both veins and arteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capillaries. 53. What system sends electrical signals to other parts of your body? A) Circulatory System. B) Digestive System. C) Respiratory System. D) Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nervous System. 54. Do all arteries pump oxygenated blood? A) Right atrium. B) Left atrium. C) They keep the blood flowing one way. They stop blood flowing back into the chamber that they left. D) No pulmonary arter carries oxygen poor blood to the lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No pulmonary arter carries oxygen poor blood to the lungs. 55. The left side sends blood to ..... A) Lungs. B) Every other part of your lungs. C) Heart. D) Small intestine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Every other part of your lungs. 56. Cells that transport oxygen A) White blood cells. B) Platelets. C) Red blood cells. D) Plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red blood cells. 57. Right side of the heart pumps for Pulmonary circulation A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 58. Which is one reason why the heart pumps faster during exercise? A) The need for increased digestion to provide fuel. B) The elevated demand for fuel and oxygen in the muscles. C) The decreased demand for blood flow to central nervous system. D) The contraction of blood vessels to muscles, increasing blood pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The elevated demand for fuel and oxygen in the muscles. 59. Which humor was considered hot and dry? A) Phlegm. B) Blood. C) Black bile. D) Yellow bile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yellow bile. 60. True or False:capillaries are the largest tubes in your body A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← 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