This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Circulatory System – Quiz 163 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Circulatory System Quiz 163 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Is to carry impulses between the body and the central system, causing the voluntary (or chosen) and involuntary (or automatic) reactions you experience A) Democracy. B) Central Nervous System. C) Peripheral Nervous System. D) Brain Stem System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peripheral Nervous System. 2. The human body has specialized cells, such as white blood cells, to help protect it from many diseases. Describe what these specialized cells do to protect the body from the disease. A) They carry oxygen. B) They fight and destroy germs. C) They give blood its color. D) They clot when we get a cut. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They fight and destroy germs. 3. The human circulatory system has two loops. Which loop takes blood from the heart to the lungs and back? A) Pulmonary loop. B) Systemic loop. C) Coronary loop. D) Systolic loop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pulmonary loop. 4. What's the name of the circuit that transports oxygenated blood? A) Lymphatic circuit. B) Aortic circuit. C) Pulmonary circuit. D) Systemic circuit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Systemic circuit. 5. In what form is most carbon dioxide transported by the blood? A) As carboxyhaemoglobin. B) As dissolved carbon dioxide. C) As hydrogencarbonate ions. D) As carbaminohaemoglobin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As hydrogencarbonate ions. 6. Which chamber of the heart pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs? A) Left atrium. B) Right ventricle. C) Left ventricle. D) Right atrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Right ventricle. 7. Blood clotting is a mechanism that heals wounds, prevents blood loss and subsequently maintains the blood pressure. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 8. This part of the heart separates the left and right heart chambers. A) Aortic valve. B) Inferior vena cava. C) Mitral valve. D) Septum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Septum. 9. The circulatory system is composed of blood vessels that travel from the heart to the rest of the body and back to the heart. Why does blood make a complete loop throughout the body? A) So blood can fill all internal organs. B) So blood can distribute tat to all of the arteries. C) To carry nutrients throughout the body and remove waste. D) So carbon dioxide and wastes can be circulated throughout the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To carry nutrients throughout the body and remove waste. 10. Plasma contains ..... percent water and ..... percent nutrients, proteins and waste products A) 75, 225. B) 85, 15. C) 90, 10. D) 10, 90. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 90, 10. 11. Your heart pumps blood around your body for 22 hours a day A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 12. What substance do living things need to stay healthy? A) Nutrients. B) Waste. C) Carbon dioxide. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nutrients. 13. Which carries oxygen-poor blood back to the heart? A) Veins. B) Arteries. C) Capillaries. D) Platelets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Veins. 14. Which of the following helps in maximum transport of oxygen? A) RBC. B) Platelets. C) Plasma. D) WBC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RBC. 15. Which chamber of the heart has the thickest wall? A) Right atrium. B) Left atrium. C) Right ventricle. D) Left ventricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Left ventricle. 16. What is the name of the tiny blood vessels that connect the arteries and the veins? A) Caps. B) Capillaries. C) Catteries. D) Caterpillars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capillaries. 17. The heart is about the size of your fist. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Which word is not used in the Flora and Fauna article in the blood movie A) Vasodilator. B) Blood borne pathogen. C) Anticoagulant. D) Clot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blood borne pathogen. 19. I am just a cell fragment (or piece) used to attach to protein in the skin A) Plasma. B) Red blood cells. C) White blood cells. D) Platelets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Platelets. 20. What blood vessel is the site of oxygen, carbon dioxide and nutrient exchange? A) Artery. B) Capillary. C) Vein. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capillary. 21. Which of these is NOT a way we orient the heart in the dissection lab? A) Coronary artery runs diagonally on the ventral surface. B) Apex is at the top of the heart. C) Auricle "flaps" fold forward. D) Right side is on your left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apex is at the top of the heart. 22. Surges of blood through the arteries in those areas that you can feel on your wrist or on the side of your neck A) Pulse. B) Veins. C) Aorta. D) Venules. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pulse. 23. When a valve or aorta is narrowed, limiting blood flow A) Aneurysm. B) Blood Clot. C) SADS/SIDS. D) Aortic Stenosis. E) Atrial Septal Defect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aortic Stenosis. 24. John has type A blood. John is going to have surgery and doctors need blood donated just i case something goes wrong, however, there is a shortage of blood donations. Can his sister with type O be a donor? A) Yes, type O is the universal donor. B) No, their blood types are not compatible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, type O is the universal donor. 25. These carry blood to the heart: A) Veins. B) Capillaries. C) Arteries. D) Arterioles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Veins. 26. The tiny, thin, hair like tubes in the lungs are A) The bronchi. B) The trachea. C) The bronchioles. D) The alveoli. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The bronchioles. 27. What is the muscular wall that separates the right side of the heart from the left side of the heart? A) Aorta. B) Vena cava. C) Septum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Septum. 28. Which organ is the central pump of the circulatory system? A) Lungs. B) Heart. C) Liver. D) Kidneys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heart. 29. The chamber found in the top section of the heart is called the ..... A) Ventricle. B) Chambers. C) Veins. D) Atria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atria. 30. Stress increases the risk of heart disease by A) Increasing blood pressure. B) Increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes. C) Strengthening the heart. D) Causing plaque to form in the arteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increasing blood pressure. 31. What part of the blood helps us to fight disease? A) Plasma. B) White blood cell. C) Red blood cell. D) Platelets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) White blood cell. 32. The purkinjie fibers provide electrical stimulation for: A) Mitral valve. B) Atrium. C) Bundle of His. D) Ventricles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ventricles. 33. (Page 19) True or False, capillary walls are huge! A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 34. The right ventricle pumps oxygen-poor blood to the ..... A) Kidneys. B) Liver. C) Lungs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lungs. 35. Tubes that transport blood. A) HEART. B) BLOOD. C) BLOOD VESSELS. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) BLOOD VESSELS. 36. Whic if the following are characteristics of an artery?1. Carries blood from the heart 2. Carries blood to the heart3. Has valves 4. Has no valves5. Has a pulse 6. Has no pulse A) 1, 4 and 5. B) 2, 4 and 5. C) 2, 3 and 6. D) 1, 3 and 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1, 4 and 5. 37. What reading goes on the top when recording blood pressure? A) Diastolic. B) Systolic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Systolic. 38. This layer of heart tissue consists of cardiac muscle tissue: A) Epicardium. B) Endocardium. C) Myocardium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myocardium. 39. Blood goes from the Left Atrium to the A) Right ventricle. B) Right atrium. C) Left ventricle. D) Aorta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Left ventricle. 40. The human heart pumps five liters of blood per minute A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 41. Height and weight of heart is A) 9 cm in length 11 cm in breadth and 500 g. B) 12 cm in length 11 cm in breadth and 600 g. C) 12 cm in length and 9 cm in breadth and 300 g. D) 12 cm in length and 10 cm in breadth and 750 g. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12 cm in length and 9 cm in breadth and 300 g. 42. Who carries blood to the lungs? A) Veins. B) Pulmonary arteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pulmonary arteries. 43. True or False:The mitral and bicuspid valve is the same thing. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 44. Which organ that causing the sound of a heartbeat? A) The valve. B) The ventricle. C) The pericardium. D) The atria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The valve. 45. What is the protein in red blood cells that allows them to carry oxygen? A) Fat. B) Carbohydrate. C) Mineral. D) Hemoglobin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hemoglobin. 46. A heart can live outside of the body. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 47. The liquid portion of blood that comprises 55% of the blood's volume is called: A) Erythrocyte. B) Leukocyte. C) Thrombocyte. D) Plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plasma. 48. If a person with Type AB blood were to get a transfusion, what types of blood could they RECEIVE? A) B only. B) AB, A, B, O. C) AB and O only. D) A only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) AB, A, B, O. 49. ..... carry blood to the heart under ..... pressure with many valves to keep blood flowing in ..... A) Veins/low/one direction. B) Vessels/high/to the left. C) Arteries/high/ to the right. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Veins/low/one direction. 50. Which component of the circulatory system pumps the blood? A) The blood vessels. B) The heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The heart. 51. Which part of the heart pumps the oxygen-riched blood to all parts of the body? A) Right ventricle. B) Right atrium. C) Left atrium. D) Left ventricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Left ventricle. 52. In this type of system blood passes through the heart twice in one complete circuit. A) Pulmonary System. B) Double Pulmonary System. C) Single Circulatory System. D) Double Circulatory System. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Double Circulatory System. 53. Which blood vessel has low pressure? A) Artery. B) Capillary. C) Vein. D) Aorta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capillary. 54. After blood leaves the capillary beds surrounding the air sacs in the lungs, it is then: A) Oxygen poor. B) Oxygen rich. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxygen rich. 55. The walls of an artery are thicker and more elastic than the walls of a vein.Why is it important for the walls of an artery to be thicker and more elastic? A) To stop the blood from going into the capillaries. B) To prevent blood from flowing backward in the vessels. C) To resist the higher pressure from the blood. D) To reduce cholesterol levels in the blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To resist the higher pressure from the blood. 56. Find the correct statement about blood clotting A) An injury or a trauma stimulates the platelets in the blood to release certain factors which activate the mechanism of coagulation. B) Prothrombin is formed from inactive substance present in the plasma called thrombin. C) Fibrins are dissolved in the plasma. D) Fibrinogens are network in which blood cells are trapped to form clot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An injury or a trauma stimulates the platelets in the blood to release certain factors which activate the mechanism of coagulation. 57. These arteries get smaller and smaller arteries until they enter the smallest of vessels, ..... This is where the exchange of gases, nutrients, and wastes occurs. A) Lungs. B) Heart. C) Capillaries. D) Aorta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capillaries. 58. The 2 upper chambers of the heart are the ....., which receive blood entering the heart. A) Ventricle. B) Atria. C) Artery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atria. 59. The normal human pulse rate is A) 80-100. B) 70-120. C) 80-120. D) 60-100. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 60-100. 60. Which WBC has a large, kidney-shaped nucleus? A) Basophils. B) Lymphocytes. C) Monocytes. D) Eosinophils. 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