This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Circulatory System – Quiz 214 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Circulatory System Quiz 214 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is peristalsis A) Muscles moving together to break down food within the stomach . B) Wave like contractions that move food along the digestive track. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wave like contractions that move food along the digestive track. 2. The flow of blood to and from the lungs is referred to as A) Pulmonary circulation. B) Autonomic circulation. C) Systemic circulation. D) Somatic circulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pulmonary circulation. 3. The job of the ..... is to help blood to clot whenever a blood vessel gets damaged. A) Plasma. B) Platelets. C) Red blood cells. D) White blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Platelets. 4. A person standing still for a long time without moving his legs would faint easily. This is due to a shortage of oxygen supply A) To the brain. B) To the heart. C) To the lung. D) To the leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To the brain. 5. When living things battle each other for resources, it is called A) Producing. B) Competition. C) Cooperation. D) Recycling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Competition. 6. Which does not make up the circulatory system? A) Lungs. B) Heart. C) Blood vessels. D) Blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lungs. 7. How many lungs do humans have? A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two. 8. Smooth layer of cells that lines the inside of the heart and is continuous with the inside of blood vessels A) Septum. B) Pericardium. C) Endocardium. D) Myocardium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Endocardium. 9. Organ responsible for Purification of blood is called A) The kidneys. B) The Heart. C) The Lungs. D) The Blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Lungs. 10. This collects oxygen poor blood throughout your body and carries it back to your heart. A) Veins. B) Blood Vessels. C) Arteries. D) Capillaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Veins. 11. You can feel your heart beating when you feel your ..... A) Pulse. B) Breathing. C) Stomach growling. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pulse. 12. Would a person with type B blood be able to receive type AB blood from a transfusion? A) Yes, because they both have the B antigen. B) Yes, because the person has B antibodies. C) No, because the person has A antibodies. D) No, because the person has B antibodies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, because the person has A antibodies. 13. What keeps blood from flowing in two directions A) Capillaries. B) Valves. C) Clots. D) Plugs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Valves. 14. 2 upper chambers of the heart A) Right and left ventricle. B) Right and left vascular. C) Right and left artery. D) Right and left atrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Right and left atrium. 15. What blood vessel is the smallest, is one cell thick and connects the other two blood vessels? A) Vein. B) Capillary. C) Artery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capillary. 16. What happens to your pulse rate when you exercise? A) Increases. B) Stays the same. C) Decreases. D) Falls to zero. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increases. 17. What is the function of a WBC? A) Carries oxygen. B) Ensures blood flow in only one direction. C) Destroy microorganisms. D) Carries blood to the heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Destroy microorganisms. 18. The artery that is a continuation of the axillary artery is called: A) Phrenic artery. B) Brachial artery. C) Subclavian artery. D) Carotid artery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brachial artery. 19. Artery go in the heart A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. What is the iron pigment in Red blood cells that helps transport oxygen A) Oxygen. B) Haemoglobin. C) Iron. D) Copper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haemoglobin. 21. The movement of materials in this system is slow A) Open transport system. B) Blood. C) Circulatory system. D) Closed transport system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Open transport system. 22. Cacti have fewer stomata than other plants.How does this help them to survive in desert conditions? A) A It increases loss of water. B) D It reduces uptake of carbon dioxide. C) C It reduces loss of water. D) B It increases uptake of carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C It reduces loss of water. 23. The wall divide the left and the right part of the heart called ..... A) Valve. B) Vein. C) Artery. D) Septum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Septum. 24. What do we call the '' blue" part of the heart? A) Vein. B) Arteries. C) Capillaries. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vein. 25. Aorta carries blood from the left ventricle to the ..... A) Lungs. B) Body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Body. 26. What is involuntary contractions of voluntary muscles to warm up? A) Shivering. B) Sweating. C) Vasodilation. D) Vasoconstriction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shivering. 27. Which statement best describes how a multicellular organism survives? A) Every cell carries out the same functions for the survival of the organism. B) The cells all have the same structures that allow the organism to survive. C) All life processes are performed by each cell for the survival of the organism. D) The cells have different functions, and together they are essential for the survival of the organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The cells have different functions, and together they are essential for the survival of the organism. 28. Physician who discovered stethoscope..... A) Rene Antony Rene Antony. B) Rene Laennec Rene Laennec. C) Cardiac lennec Cardiac lennec. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rene Laennec Rene Laennec. 29. Which item has a different function than the other items? A) Pulmonary Semilunar valve. B) Bicuspid valve. C) Atrioventricular valve. D) Mitral valve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pulmonary Semilunar valve. 30. People with Type O blood can receive blood from anyone. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 31. What is the purpose of coronary arteries? A) Deliver oxygen and glucose to the heart. B) Transport nutrients to the lungs. C) Carry deoxygenated blood to the heart. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deliver oxygen and glucose to the heart. 32. The hole between the esophagus and the air tube is the ..... A) Bronchioles. B) Trachea. C) Epiglottis. D) Glottis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Glottis. 33. Pulmonary, coronary or systemic circulation? Circulation carries blood to and from the organs of the body. A) PULMONARY. B) SYSTEMIC. C) CORONARY. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SYSTEMIC. 34. What is the energy source for a circuit? A) Battery. B) Wire. C) Switch. D) Light bulb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Battery. 35. ..... guard the body against infection, parasites, and bacteria. A) Red blood cells. B) White blood cells. C) Plasma. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) White blood cells. 36. Tiffany is investigating how fast it takes Hayden to react to different sounds. What is the independent variable in her experiment? A) How fast Hayden reacted. B) Different sounds. C) Types of music. D) Hayden. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Different sounds. 37. Heart attacks always end in death? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 38. Pulmonary circulation refers to the flow of blood between the heart and the A) Lungs. B) Liver. C) Kidneys. D) Body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lungs. 39. What seals ruptures (tears) in blood vessels? A) Platelets and fibrin proteins. B) Red blood cells. C) Whites blood cells. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Platelets and fibrin proteins. 40. Aorta carry the blood from the heart to all body parts except the two lungs A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 41. Which of these cells is responsible for blood clotting? A) Pathogen. B) Red blood cell. C) White blood cell. D) Platelet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Platelet. 42. Tiny blood cells that carry oxygen to all parts of the body. A) Red Blood Cells. B) Plasma. C) White Blood Cells. D) Platelets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red Blood Cells. 43. Where does the pulmonary vein empty oxygen-rich blood into the heart? A) Right atrium. B) Right ventricle. C) Left atrium. D) Left ventricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Left atrium. 44. Erythrocyte..... A) Red blood Cell. B) White Blood Cell. C) Pathogen. D) Platelet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red blood Cell. 45. The part of the blood that helps you stop bleeding ..... A) Plasma. B) Platelets. C) White blood cells. D) Red blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Platelets. 46. Since heart attacks are rare in dogs & cats, which of these are likely the cause of sudden death in animals? A) Strokes. B) Occult heart failure. C) All of these. D) Hemoabdomen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of these. 47. What is the first stop in the digestive system? A) Mouth. B) Esophagus. C) Stomach. D) Small intestine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mouth. 48. Receives blood as it returns from the body cells A) Left ventricle. B) Right atrium. C) Right ventricle. D) Left atrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Right atrium. 49. A structure that is composed of different kinds of tissue to perform a specific job A) Tissue. B) Ligament. C) Joint. D) Organ. E) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Organ. 50. Mammals have ..... ventricle(s) A) Two. B) One. C) Four. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two. 51. Letter H is known as the A) Interior Vena Cava. B) Pulmonary Artery. C) Pulmonary Vein. D) Superior Vena Cava. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pulmonary Vein. 52. Vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the upper half of the body to the heart's right atrium. A) Capillaries. B) Aorta. C) Superior Vena Cava. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Superior Vena Cava. 53. Superior vena cava-right atrium-Tricuspid valve-right ventricle-Pulmonary valve-?-lungs-Pulmonary veins-left atrium-mitral valve-left ventricle-aorta-rest of body A) AORTA. B) CAPIL ARTERY. C) PULMONARY ARTERY. D) PULMONARY VEINS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PULMONARY ARTERY. 54. "Soldier cells" that fight invading bacteria in the body. A) White blood cells/ white corpuscles. B) Red blood cells/ red corpuscles. C) Platelets. D) Plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) White blood cells/ white corpuscles. 55. Which of the following is NOT in the blood stream? A) Platelets. B) White Blood Cells. C) Red Blood Cells. D) Green Blood Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Green Blood Cells. 56. What heart structure is this? A) Septum. B) Erythrocyte. C) Epiphysis. D) Fasting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Septum. 57. What is the ideal blood pressure for a healthy adult? A) 120/20. B) 140/60. C) 180/40. D) 120/80. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 120/80. 58. The blood vessels that carry blood from the lungs back to the heart are called blood vessels. A) Coronary artery. B) Pulmonary artery. C) Coronary vein. D) Pulmonary vein. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pulmonary vein. 59. Which blood cells transport oxygen and carbon dioxide? A) Platelets. B) Red blood cells. C) White blood cells. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red blood cells. 60. Space within blood vessels through which the blood flows A) Because of the difference. B) AV node. C) Lumen. D) Purkinje fibers. 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