This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Circulatory System – Quiz 217 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Circulatory System Quiz 217 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the primary job of the heart? A) Signal the chambers to contract. B) Prevent backflow of blood. C) Pump the blood. D) Damaged blood vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pump the blood. 2. What is the function of the right atrium in the heart? A) Pumps oxygenated blood to the body. B) Pumps blood to the lungs. C) Receives deoxygenated blood. D) Receives oxygenated blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Receives deoxygenated blood. 3. The circulatory system is made up of the heart, blood vessels and ..... A) Kidneys. B) Lungs. C) Blood. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blood. 4. What is the main waste substance removed by the circulatory system? A) Oxygen. B) Water. C) Glucose. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon dioxide. 5. The redistribution of blood flow during exercise increases to the: A) Liver. B) Brain. C) Muscles. D) Kidneys. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscles. 6. Ureter is a type of blood vessel A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Which is the largest arteries in our body? A) Aorta. B) Veins. C) Superior vena cava. D) Inferior vena cava. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aorta. 8. What are the three main layers of the skin? A) The epidermis, the dermis, and the fatty layer. B) The epidermis, the dermis, and the epicenter. C) The dermis, the derma, and the sudoriferous. D) The sudoriferous, the dermis, and the epidermis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The epidermis, the dermis, and the fatty layer. 9. Which body system is responsible for transporting a variety of substances to the tissues of the body? A) Circulatory System. B) Muscular System. C) Skeletal System. D) Respiratory System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circulatory System. 10. Giving babies the tetanus vaccine helps their body fight infection. Because vaccines stimulate children's bodies to produce what? A) Neutrophil. B) Prostaglandin. C) Helper T cell. D) Memory B cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Memory B cell. 11. What is the buildup of fatty material within the walls of arteries called? A) Heart attack. B) Atherosclerosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atherosclerosis. 12. The following statements about the functions of respiratory system are correct, except ..... A) Takes air into our body. B) Removes air from our body. C) Carries digested food, water, and oxygen in blood to all parts of our body. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carries digested food, water, and oxygen in blood to all parts of our body. 13. WBC that serves as an anticoagulant and intensifies inflammatory response A) Neutrophil. B) Monocyte. C) Basophil. D) Eosinophil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Basophil. 14. Deoxygenated blood pathway arrange steps from 1-7:pulmonary valve A) 7. B) 6. C) 4. D) 3. E) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) 5. 15. Which component of blood transport oxygen? A) Platelets. B) Plasma. C) White blood cell. D) Red blood cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red blood cell. 16. Without erythrocytes, what color would our blood be? A) Red. B) White. C) Yellowish. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yellowish. 17. Plasma is 90% ..... and is beige in colour. Plasma contains digested food, chemicals, and waste products. These substances are carried to and from the cells by the plasma. A) Red blood cells. B) Platelets. C) Minerals. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water. 18. What is the shape of a normal red blood cell? A) Sickle-shaped. B) Convex. C) Biconcave. D) Tubular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biconcave. 19. The beating sound of our heart is caused by A) The valves opening and closing. B) The aorta pumping the blood to the rest of the body. C) The pulmonary arteries pumping blood to the lungs. D) The pulmonary vein pumping blood to the left atrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The valves opening and closing. 20. What blood type has anti-B antibodies? A) Type A. B) Type AB. C) Type B. D) Type O. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Type A. 21. The passageway that is shared by both the digestive and respiratory system is the ..... A) Pharynx. B) Larynx. C) Nose. D) Trachea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pharynx. 22. Humans use the ..... circulatory system. A) Open. B) Triple. C) Single. D) Double. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Double. 23. The circulatory system is often described as A) A school. B) A waste treatment plant. C) A restaurant. D) A delivery service. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A delivery service. 24. The average "healthy" blood pressure is ..... / ..... A) 120/80. B) 155/80. C) 110/30. D) 140/60. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 120/80. 25. Circulation to all tissues except lungs and heart A) Pulmonary. B) Blood Pressure. C) Ventricles. D) Systemic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Systemic. 26. All mammals have a cardiovascular system with ..... A) A heart and blood vessels. B) A heart and lungs. C) Blood vessels and lymph nodes. D) Capillaries and a nerve net. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A heart and blood vessels. 27. Allow blood clotting, refers to: A) White blood cells. B) Red blood cells. C) Platelets. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Platelets. 28. Which symptom is caused by breathing in unclean air into the body? Then the body tries to expel foreign objects from the body. By breathing in deeply and exhaling immediately. 2. Which symptom is breathing violently to prevent foreign objects from entering the larynx and trachea? Your body will tell you to breathe in long and exhale forcefully. A) 1. Coughing 2. Hiccuping. B) 1. Sneezing 2. Hiccuping. C) 1. Sneezing 2. Coughing. D) 1. Coughing 2. Sneezing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1. Sneezing 2. Coughing. 29. The ..... ventricle sends deoxygenated blood to the lungs for oxygenation through pulmonary artery A) Right. B) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left. 30. The arteries carry ..... A) Water. B) Carbondioxide rich blood. C) Sugar solution. D) Oxygen-rich blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxygen-rich blood. 31. The nervous system consists of only one part A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 32. What is one thing blood carries? A) The brain. B) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxygen. 33. The atrioventricular valve on the side of the heart that receives the superior vena cava is the ..... valve. A) Pulmonary Semilunar. B) Tricuspid. C) Bicuspid. D) Aortic Semilunar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tricuspid. 34. Which of the following chambers of the heart release deoxygenated blood from the heart? A) Right ventricle. B) Left ventricle. C) Right atrium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right ventricle. 35. Which part of the kidney collects all the urine to give it to the ureter? A) Bladder. B) Renal pelvis. C) Renal medulla. D) Renal cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renal pelvis. 36. Arteries and veins are organs because A) Its made of different types of tissues. B) Its made of different types of cells. C) Its made of different types of organs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Its made of different types of tissues. 37. Which of the following are small thin blood vessels that remove waste from cells? A) The left ventricle. B) Arteries. C) Capillaries. D) Superior vena cava. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capillaries. 38. Complete this sentence:The left side of the heart receives blood from the ..... and pumps it to the whole body. (Page 9) A) Lungs. B) Brain. C) Aorta. D) Body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lungs. 39. Erythrocytes are red blood cells that come from..... A) Protrombin. B) Trombin. C) Hemoglobin. D) You pray. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hemoglobin. 40. When we exhale, our body releases ..... to the air. A) Oxygen. B) Carbon Dioxide. C) Nitrogen. D) Helium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon Dioxide. 41. These are the characteristics of Elastic artery, EXCEPT A) Large artery. B) Transport large volume of blood. C) Example:pulmonary and aortic trunks. D) Tunica media has low density of elastic fiber. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tunica media has low density of elastic fiber. 42. Which part of the circulatory system distributes nutrients and oxygen to all the body parts? A) Blood. B) Pancreas. C) Gall bladder. D) Kidney. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blood. 43. Erythriocytes live for 100-120 days. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 44. A group of cells located in the right atrium responsible for sending signals to other chambers causing them to contract is A) Pacemaker. B) Nucleus. C) Switch. D) Start cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pacemaker. 45. The pressure that blood experiences in the arteries as it pumps throughout the body A) Cross-sectional area of blood. B) Blood Style. C) Blood pressure. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blood pressure. 46. Which of these is a normal blood pressure? A) 80/120. B) 140/ 80. C) 120/ 80. D) 150/90. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 120/ 80. 47. These are the pumping chambers of the heart ..... A) Blood vessels. B) Atria. C) Ventricles. D) Valves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ventricles. 48. These are cell fragments that help form clots to stop bleeding. A) White Blood Cells. B) Platelets. C) Plasma. D) Red Blood Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Platelets. 49. Back flow is when blood ..... A) Is flowing in the right direction. B) Flows in the wrong direction. C) Is de-oxygenated. D) Is oxygenated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flows in the wrong direction. 50. The circulatory system is made up of blood vessels that carry blood away from and towards the heart. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. Which type of blood vessels carries carbon dioxide and waste from the body BACK TO the heart? A) Arteries. B) Veins. C) Capillaries. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Veins. 52. Deoxygenated blood is what color? A) Green. B) Dark Red. C) Bright Red. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dark Red. 53. Blood must reach each ..... in every part of the body. A) Cell. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Oxygen. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell. 54. What is the issue with thrombosis? A) Blood clots do not form or take a significant amount of time to form. B) Blood clots in healthy blood vessels. C) Blood cells are not produced. D) Uncontrolled blood cell division. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blood clots in healthy blood vessels. 55. Blue colouring indicates that blood is A) Oxygen poor. B) Oxygen rich. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxygen poor. 56. Devlin cycled a distance of 10 km. Which of the following graphs correctly shows his heart rate over time as he cycled? A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 57. It has no nucleus when it is matured and has a very small size. A) White blood cell. B) Platelets. C) Plasma. D) Red blood cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red blood cell. 58. Which of the following is the function of pulmonic valve? A) Carries blood to the lungs. B) Separates the left atrium from the left ventricle. C) Separates the right atrium from the right ventricle. D) Carries blood to the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carries blood to the lungs. 59. What is the job of our white blood cells? A) Transport nutrients. B) Defend against infection. C) Produce oxygen. D) Grow skin cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Defend against infection. 60. Your heart always pumps at the same rate. A) False. B) True. 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