This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Circulatory System – Quiz 212 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Circulatory System Quiz 212 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Two branches of the trachea that leads to the right or left lung A) Lungs. B) Bronchi. C) Alveoli. D) Pharynx. E) Trachea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bronchi. 2. The lower part of the septum is called the interatrial septum. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 3. William ..... was the first to understand how blood circulates throughout the body. A) Drew. B) Harvey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harvey. 4. Tiny vessels that connect the larger vessels and help exchange nutrients/wastes with cells. A) Tubes. B) Veins. C) Arteries. D) Capillaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Capillaries. 5. Lower chamber on either side of the heart A) Atrium. B) Trachea. C) Ventricle. D) Valve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ventricle. 6. Blood returns to the left side of the heart from the A) Aorta. B) Lungs. C) Ventricles. D) Body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lungs. 7. These branch out smaller and smaller to make capillaries. * A) Arteries. B) Capillaries. C) Veins. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arteries. 8. A strong, elastic vessel made of multiple layers of tissue would best be classified as a A) Artery. B) Capillary. C) Vein. D) Venule. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Artery. 9. Name the artery that leaves the left ventricle. * A) Aorta. B) Superior vena cava. C) Inferior vena cava. D) Pulmonary vein. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aorta. 10. The human heart is a ..... muscle, meaning that it operates without conscious thought. A) Temporary. B) Per-Diem. C) Voluntary. D) Involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Involuntary. 11. What does the cerebellum control? A) Involuntary muscle movement. B) Voluntary muscle movement. C) Thoughts, speech, memory. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voluntary muscle movement. 12. An animal without a backbone is called a A) Vertebrate. B) Invertebrate. C) Plant. D) Producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Invertebrate. 13. The nurse is determining the functioning of a patient's sinoatrial node. How many times per minute should the nurse expect the node to normally fire? A) 20 to 40. B) 40 to 85. C) 25 to 55. D) 60 to 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 60 to 100. 14. In the veins, the blood comes from your tissues where it has been oxygenated. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 15. Venules continue from capillaries to form veins, which return blood to the atria. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. What part of the circulatory system is the transition between arteries and veins? A) Arterioles. B) Capillaries. C) Venules. D) Atria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capillaries. 17. Which blood vessels are the site of gas and nutrient exchange? A) Capillaries. B) Veins. C) Arteries. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capillaries. 18. Which of the following veins does not carry deoxygenated blood? A) Renal vein. B) Hepatic vein. C) Pulmonary vein. D) Hepatic portal vein. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pulmonary vein. 19. What does the cerebrum control? A) Memory, language, and thoughts. B) Heartbeat, swallowing, and blinking. C) Coughing and sneezing. D) Standing, running, waving, and speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Memory, language, and thoughts. 20. What state best describes plasma? A) Liquid. B) Gas. C) Solid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liquid. 21. The process by which nutrient molecules pass through the wall of your digestive system into your blood. A) Absorption. B) Villi. C) Peristalsis. D) Digestion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Absorption. 22. The ..... system carries oxygen and nutrients to all parts of our bodies? A) Respiratory. B) Circulatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circulatory. 23. The aorta is the largest artery in the body. The blood leaving the aorta is full of ..... A) Nitrogen. B) Red blood cells. C) Oxygen. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxygen. 24. Plasma consists of the following: A) Water, dissolved gases, nutrients, wastes, and proteins. B) Water, dissolved gases, leukocytes, and protein. C) Water, dissolved gases, nutrients, wastes, and platelets. D) Water, dissolved gases, hemoglobin, waste, & proteins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water, dissolved gases, nutrients, wastes, and proteins. 25. Most common WBC; serve as phagocytes A) Neutrophils. B) Lymphocyte. C) Monocyte. D) Basophil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neutrophils. 26. Oxygenated blood pathway arrange steps from 1-7:aorta A) 5. B) 3. C) 7. D) 6. E) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7. 27. Too few leukocytesThis is an aspect of the disorder..... A) Leukopenia. B) Leukocytosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leukopenia. 28. Two inferior chambers are called? A) Ventricles. B) Atria. C) Pizza. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ventricles. 29. How many times does the average human heart beat per minute? A) 40-50. B) 10-15. C) 70-75. D) 50-60. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 70-75. 30. The largest ARTERY in the body is the Vena Cava. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 31. What is the function of lymphatic vessels? A) Transporting lymph fluid towards the heart. B) Transporting oxygen to tissues. C) Transporting waste products away from tissues. D) Transporting nutrients to cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transporting lymph fluid towards the heart. 32. BONUS! [2 points] Choose the correct order blood goes through the circulatory system: A) Left ventricle, veins, lungs, heart, right ventricle, right atrium, arteries. B) Heart, arteries, lungs, post office, veins, tissues, mailbox. C) Right atrium, right ventricle, lungs, left atrium, left ventricle, arteries, tissues, veins. D) Right ventricle, right atrium, lungs, left ventricle, left atrium, tissues, arteries, veins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right atrium, right ventricle, lungs, left atrium, left ventricle, arteries, tissues, veins. 33. Carbon dioxide rich blood moves through the ..... side of your heart. A) Bottom. B) Top. C) Right. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right. 34. Help carry oxygen and remove carbon dioxide A) White blood cells. B) Platelets. C) Plasma. D) Red blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red blood cells. 35. What do you call the movement of deoxygenated blood from the heart into the lungs? A) Pulmonary circulation. B) Blood circulation. C) Circulatory system. D) Systemic circulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pulmonary circulation. 36. All of the following are involved in blood clotting except; A) Fibrin. B) Platelets. C) Erythrocytes. D) Fibrinogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Erythrocytes. 37. What are the very tiny branches of arteries and veins? A) Platelets. B) Arteries. C) Veins. D) Capillaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Capillaries. 38. How many types of vascular system are there in our body? A) 2. B) 4. C) 1. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 39. Which is the correct statement about capillaries? A) They contain valves. B) They are very narrow blood vessels. C) They have thick muscle. D) They contain haemoglobin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are very narrow blood vessels. 40. What does "blue blood" represent? A) Blood that does NOT have oxygen. B) Blood that DOES have oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blood that does NOT have oxygen. 41. Where does waste from your cells get delivered? A) Lungs. B) Intestines. C) Kidney. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kidney. 42. Pericardial fluid fills the space between the two layers of the pericardium to prevent friction. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 43. What is the function of blood in the circulatory system? A) To fight infection. B) To carry oxygen. C) To transport nutrients. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 44. Large microscopic cells without a nucleus which transport oxygen from the lungs to all of the living tissues of the body and carry away carbon dioxide A) Basophil. B) Leukocytes (WBCs). C) Lymphocyte. D) Lymphocyte. E) Erythrocytes (RBCs). Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Erythrocytes (RBCs). 45. The external iliac arteries extend into the thigh. Here each becomes a: A) Basilar artery. B) Femoral artery. C) Radial artery. D) Carotid artery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femoral artery. 46. On the right side of the heart, blood flows from the right ventricle to the? A) Inferior vena cava to the aorta. B) Tricuspid valve to pulmonary artery. C) Tricuspid valve to the pulmonary vein. D) Pulmonic valve to the pulmonary artery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pulmonic valve to the pulmonary artery. 47. Are all blood vessels the same size? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 48. What structure does number 2 represent? A) Vena cava. B) Valve. C) Pulmonary artery. D) Aorta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vena cava. 49. The lungs pump the blood that transports the inhaled oxygen to every cell of the body. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 50. Oxygen-poor blood enters the lungs $\rightarrow$ Excess carbon dioxide and water are expelled $\rightarrow$ Blood picks up oxygen $\rightarrow$ Oxygen-rich blood returns to the heart A) Pulmonary Circulation. B) Systemic Circulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pulmonary Circulation. 51. The center pumping organ of the body A) Intestine. B) Blood. C) Heart. D) Liver. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heart. 52. Which of the following is NOT a function of the stem of a plant? A) Hold the petals up for pollinators. B) Hold the leaves toward the sun. C) Provide a way for xylem to transport food. D) Support the plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Provide a way for xylem to transport food. 53. The Machine used to check the Blood Pressure is called A) Sphygmonamometer. B) Trygmonamometer. C) Sphygmomanometer. D) None of These. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of These. 54. A ..... occurs when a blood vessel in the heart is blocked. A) Hypertension. B) Atherosclerosis. C) Stroke. D) Heart attack. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heart attack. 55. The ..... side of your heart pumps oxygen-poor blood through your lungs to pick up oxygen A) Right. B) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 56. Composed of concentrically arranged smooth muscle fibers. A) Intimate Tunic. B) Tunica Media. C) Tunica Adventitia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tunica Media. 57. The specialized muscles which are present only in the heart are? A) Voluntary muscles. B) Cardiac muscles. C) Involuntary muscles. D) Contracting muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cardiac muscles. 58. The pulse wave is caused by: A) A. Atrial systole. B) A. Right ventricular systole . C) Left ventricular systole. D) A. Atrial diastole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Left ventricular systole. 59. If the heart beats faster: A) Cardiac relaxation time is shortened. B) The amount of blood transported in the vessels is greater. C) Heart contraction time shortens. D) Break time remains unchanged. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heart contraction time shortens. 60. What vocabulary word means the liquid part of blood? A) Blood. B) Plasma. C) Platelets. D) None of above. 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