This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Circulatory System β Quiz 191 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books Circulatory System Quiz 191 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How do bacteria, or decomposers, help the ecosystem? A) Give of Carbon Dioxide. B) Breaks down dead animals. C) Give off Oxygen. D) It doesn't help them, it kills them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Breaks down dead animals. 2. Which of the following does not carry oxygenated blood? A) Aorta. B) Left Ventricle. C) Pulmonary Veins. D) Pulmonary Arteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pulmonary Arteries. 3. When we inhale (breathe in), what happens to the pressure in the thorax? A) It increases. B) It stays the same. C) It decreases. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It decreases. 4. What is the largest organ inside the body? A) Lungs. B) Skin. C) Liver. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liver. 5. These transport oxygen and nutrients all over the body. A) Leukocytes. B) Thrombocytes. C) Lymphocytes. D) Erythrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Erythrocytes. 6. Patient EG's heart cannot fully pump blood to the lungs. Which chamber is affected? A) Right Ventricle. B) Right Atrium. C) Left Atrium. D) Left Ventricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right Ventricle. 7. In order for our muscles to get more oxygen when exercising, the blood in our body has to circulate more ..... A) Backwards. B) Stop. C) Slowly. D) Quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quickly. 8. Which is not a histological characteristic of the heart? A) Epicardium. B) Vena cava. C) Endocardium. D) Myocardium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vena cava. 9. ..... explanation was that the same blood must keep going round and round A) William Harvey. B) Galen. C) Ibn al-Nafis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Harvey. 10. Which of the following pumps oxygen filled blood from the left atrium to the body? A) Left ventricle. B) Right atrium. C) Left atrium. D) Right ventricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left ventricle. 11. Identify the adverbs:I am extremely hungry today. A) Hungry. B) Hungry, extremely. C) Am hungry. D) Extremely, today. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extremely, today. 12. These are small arteries. A) Veins. B) Venules. C) Arterioles. D) Atria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arterioles. 13. Which term refers to the lungs? A) Hepatic. B) Pulmonary. C) Thoracic. D) Coronary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pulmonary. 14. What TINY blood vessels are throughout the body and are so small the blood can only travel through these tubes in a single file line? A) Phloem. B) Atrium. C) Capillaries. D) Veins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capillaries. 15. The first heart sound occurs when the AV valves ..... A) Close. B) Open. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Close. 16. The transfer of one personΒ΄s blood to another person is called a ..... A) Blood pressure. B) Blood transfusion. C) Blood transfer. D) Blood plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blood transfusion. 17. The colour of lymph is A) Blue. B) Red. C) White. D) Light yellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Light yellow. 18. The substance that surrounds most cells is called: A) Lymph. B) Plasma. C) Intracellular fluid. D) Tissue Fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tissue Fluid. 19. The blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to the kidneys are called kidneys. A) Pulmonary artery. B) Pulmonary vein. C) Renal vein. D) Renal artery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Renal artery. 20. White blood cells fight against ..... A) Carbon Dioxide. B) Viruses and Bacteria. C) Plasma and Platelets. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Viruses and Bacteria. 21. How many common blood types are there? A) 3. B) 4. C) 2. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4. 22. What is the largest major artery in the body? A) Aorta. B) My feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aorta. 23. Which blood cells are responsible for stopping bleeding? A) White blood cells. B) Plasma. C) Platelets. D) Red blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Platelets. 24. Striated muscle fibers (cells) that form the wall of the heart; stimulated by the intrinsic conduction system and autonomic motor neurons is called ..... A) Circulation muscle. B) Smooth muscle. C) Cardiac muscle. D) Atrium muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cardiac muscle. 25. This disorder refers to abnormal heart rates and rhythms. The heart can beat too fast, too slowly, or with an irregular rhythm. When a heart beats too fast, the condition is called tachycardia. When a heart beats too slowly, the condition is called bradycardia. A) Arrhythmia. B) Heart murmurs. C) Hypertension. D) Hypotension. E) Atherosclerosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrhythmia. 26. Leukocytes can pass through capillary walls. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. Octopuses use hemoglobin to transport blood A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 28. What adaptations do capillaries have to help with gas exchange? A) They are very large. B) They have very thin walls. C) They have a double circulation. D) They carry a lot of glucose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They have very thin walls. 29. How does the body acquire the oxygen the cells need in order to function? A) Diffusion. B) Osmosis. C) Absorption. D) Breathing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Breathing. 30. Adverbs modify all of the following EXCEPT A) Other adverbs. B) Nouns. C) Adjectives. D) Verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nouns. 31. Which chambers of the heart contain oxygen rich blood A) Left ventricleleft atrium. B) Left atriumright atrium. C) Right ventricleright atrium. D) Left ventricleright ventricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left ventricleleft atrium. 32. The pulmonary artery carries blood away from the heart to the lungs A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 33. Transpiration is the loss of ..... from the ..... of plants A) Water, stem. B) Water, leaves. C) Water vapour, leaves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water vapour, leaves. 34. Blood cells that carry oxygen from the lungs to the body cells. A) Plasma. B) White blood cells. C) Red blood cells. D) Platelets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red blood cells. 35. What is the gas produced in aerobic cellular respiration? A) Carbon dioxide. B) Water. C) Oxygen. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon dioxide. 36. Bill has type AB blood. If he needs to receive a blood transfusion, which type(s) of blood can he receive? A) He can receive any blood type. B) O only. C) AB only. D) A only. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He can receive any blood type. 37. What tubes transport water from the roots to the leaves? A) Stems. B) Xylem. C) Phloem. D) Roots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Xylem. 38. Highest pressure against blood vessels. Represented by first heat sound A) Hypertension. B) Hypotension. C) Diastolic pressure. D) Systolic pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Systolic pressure. 39. The largest lymphatic structure is the ..... A) Thymus. B) Lymph node. C) Spleen. D) Tonsils. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spleen. 40. What are the smalleset types of blood vessels? A) Veins. B) Arteries. C) Capillaries. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capillaries. 41. What is the function of your plasma? A) Transports oxygen. B) Fights pathogens. C) Blood clotting. D) Transports blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transports blood cells. 42. The inferior vena cava and superior vena cava are examples of what blood vessel? A) Valves. B) Veins. C) Arteries. D) Capillaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Veins. 43. Blood carries oxygen to the heart and lungs. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 44. These blood vessels are where gaseous exchange takes place. A) Capillaries. B) Arteries. C) Veins. D) Venule. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capillaries. 45. They are thin-walled and floppy blood vessels that carry oxygen poor blood back to the heart. A) Capillaries. B) Veins. C) Ventricles. D) Arteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Veins. 46. The right valve that separates the atria from the ventricle is called A) Mitral. B) Tricuspid. C) Pulmonary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tricuspid. 47. A negative test for glucose will cause Benedicts to stay ..... A) Brick red. B) Orange. C) Black. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blue. 48. How many heart valves are there? A) 3. B) 4. C) 1. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4. 49. "They carry blood away from the heart to the organs and tissues. They carry oxygenated blood to the body" A) Veins. B) Arteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arteries. 50. Name the correct order in which blood travels through your blood vessels A) Heart, Arteries, Veins, Capillaries, Heart. B) Heart Arteries, Capillaries, Veins, Heart. C) Heart, Capillaries, Veins, Arteries, Heart. D) Heart, Veins, Arteries, Capillaries, Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heart Arteries, Capillaries, Veins, Heart. 51. This type of blood cell helps in the clotting process of blood. A) White blood cells. B) Plasma. C) Platelets. D) Red blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Platelets. 52. The layer of the heart which responsible for the contraction of the heart is called? A) Epicardium. B) Myocardium. C) Pericardium. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myocardium. 53. A place where two bones meet A) Joint. B) Ligament. C) Tendon. D) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joint. 54. Which of these blood vessels carry blood back to the heart? A) Capillaries. B) Arteries. C) Aorta. D) Veins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Veins. 55. Beating your heart is voluntary A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 56. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus A) Cardiovascular system. B) Lymphatic system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lymphatic system. 57. Blood vessels in the skin open or close in response to environmental conditions related to the transport of A) Nutrients. B) Oxygen. C) Hormones. D) Heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heat. 58. In the human vascular system, where is the highest blood pressure measured? A) Renal artery. B) Pulmonary artery. C) Aorta. D) External carotid artery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aorta. 59. What is the name of the dividing wall that separates the left and the right sides of the heart? A) Valve. B) Septum. C) Pectorals. D) Aorta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Septum. 60. What is the main factor that contributes the formation of tissue fluid from blood plasma? A) Sufficient water potential. B) Sufficient size of gaps in the capillary wall. C) Sufficient blood pressure. D) Sufficient thickness of capillary wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sufficient blood pressure. 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