Circulatory System Quiz 200 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following carries oxygen to the cells of the body and carry carbon dioxide away?
2. How does your body acquire the oxygen the cells in your body need to function?
3. Blood cells are made in bone marrow.
4. Oxygen rich blood flows from the lungs into the .....
5. Which statement best describes blood pressure?
6. Veins carry oxygen poor blood (deoxygenated) back to the heart. Is this true or false?
7. When the right ventricle contracts blood is pumped to what structure?
8. What is the original Color of veins?
9. In this experiment, you must put your test tubes into a hot water bath
10. Persons with type AB blood are sometimes referred to as universal donors.
11. Blood returns to the heart from the upper body via what vessel
12. ..... carry blood away from the heart under ..... pressure and are the biggest of the blood vessels.
13. True or false:veins are able to restrict or increase blood flow to certain organs
14. A type of vessel which is very narrow so blood pressure is high.
15. Blood in the pulmonary veins:
16. The immune system fights diseases. The circulatory system pairs with the immune system because .....
17. Tiny air sacs of the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged are .....
18. Your heart will beat about ..... times each day.
19. The two top chambers are right and left atrium. They receive blood entering the heart.
20. Give the plural of atrium.
21. After passing through the heart oxygenated blood goes to where?
22. Cardiac muscles are?
23. When the heart REFILLS with blood
24. Blood moves back to your heart through .....
25. What are the organs in the circulatory system
26. What color is the blood that is low in oxygen and comes from the right side of the heart?
27. Red blood cells are filled of hemoglobin
28. What does the peripheral nervous system do?
29. This is the largest vein in the body.
30. What are some reasons why someone may need a blood transfusion?
31. ..... takes place when oxygen-rich blood travels to all body tissues except the lungs.
32. The body systems work together to maintain the body's internal climate. This balance is called .....
33. Nutrient, oxygen, carbon dioxide and other waste materials can pass through the walls of .....
34. The circulatory system moves oxygen and ..... around the body
35. ..... represents when the blood vessels return blood to the heart in preparation for the next ventricular contraction. Systole begins when the mitral valve (or tricuspid) closes and concludes with the closure of the aortic valve (or pulmonic).
36. Anemia is a disorder.....
37. The liquid part of blood, made mostly of water, in which oxygen, nutrients, and minerals are dissolved.
38. What type of blood is distributed by the veins.
39. The process of exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs.
40. When the diapragm relaxes and moves back up, the lungs are .....
41. As the right ventricle contracts, the blood flows into the
42. A deficiency in hemoglobin or red blood cells.
43. What part of the circulatory system pumps the oxygen-rich blood through the aortic valve out to the rest of the body?
44. What happens if lymph vessels fail to function? What happens if the lymph vessels don't work?
45. Last on the list for oxygen poor blood is the
46. The membrane protecting the outside of the heart is the
47. Which of the formed elements are responsible for blood clotting?
48. The backflow of the blood is called
49. Which type of circulation sends blood from the lungs and back?
50. Large proteins such as albumin remain in capillaries rather than diffusing out resulting in the .....
51. ..... allow blood to flow from atrium to ventricle and prevent it from flow in the opposite direction.
52. If ventricular pressure is low, what will happen to the arterioventricular valves?
53. Deposit of plaque on the walls of a coronary artery is called?
54. This part where oxygen and carbon dioxide diffuse to the capillaries and alveolar wall
55. The roads of a city are similar to what structures in the circulatory system?
56. Why does your body need to breathe out carbon dioxide?
57. The walls of the heart is comprised of three layers:
58. Your circulatory system is more than just your heart.
59. How many gallons of blood can be transported around your body in 1 min.
60. What is the yellowish, liquid part of the blood that transports blood cells?