This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Circulatory System – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Circulatory System Quiz 36 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The systolic pressure ..... refers hypotension A) A 120 mm Hg. B) B 150 mm Hg. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B 150 mm Hg. 2. The Systemic Loop in the circulatory system serves what function? A) Gets digested food from the digestive system to take to the body cells. B) Take oxygenated blood to the body cells and drops it off and picks up carbon dioxide. C) Takes carbon dioxide to the lungs and drops it off and picks up oxygen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Take oxygenated blood to the body cells and drops it off and picks up carbon dioxide. 3. What is one way the muscle in your heart is similar to the muscles that connect your arms and legs? A) It is voluntary and be controlled by you. B) It makes a bone in your body move back and forth. C) It contracts and relaxes. D) It is voluntary and happens without your thinking about it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It contracts and relaxes. 4. Arterioles are blood vessels that A) Break off into the capillaries from the veins. B) Collect blood from the capillaries to go to the arteries. C) Break off into the capillaries from the arteries. D) Collect blood from the capillaries to go to the veins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Break off into the capillaries from the arteries. 5. Type of circulation that refers to blood flow from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart again. A) Respiratory Circulation. B) Systemic Circulation. C) Pulmonary Circulation. D) Cardiac Circulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pulmonary Circulation. 6. Which type of muscles contract quickly and rhythmically? A) Cardiac muscle. B) Smooth muscle. C) Skeletal muscle. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cardiac muscle. 7. Blood is made of how many parts? A) 80 parts. B) 30 parts. C) 4 parts. D) 20 parts. E) 6 parts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4 parts. 8. 4 parts of the heart that help oxygenate & pump the blood throughout the body A) Heart. B) Chambers. C) Blood. D) Veins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chambers. 9. What is the importance of the cilia? A) The cilia filters out dirt and other particles that enter the nose. B) The cilia carries food through the respiratory system. C) The cilia carries air through the respiratory system. and the oesphogus carries food through the body. D) The cilia holds the other internal organs in the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cilia filters out dirt and other particles that enter the nose. 10. Is a blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart. A) Capillary. B) Vein. C) Atrium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vein. 11. The muscular wall called the ..... divides the two sides of the heart. A) Valve. B) Chamber. C) Septum. D) Pericardium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Septum. 12. To determine if the blood flow to the feet is adequate, the mentor assesses the A) Popliteal pulse. B) Brachial pulse. C) Radial pulse. D) Apical pulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Popliteal pulse. 13. Guess what? A red blood cell doesn't live forever! Can you tell how long its adventurous journey lasts? A) 2 weeks. B) 120 days. C) 1 year. D) 6 months. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 120 days. 14. What word best describes the function of the trachea? A) Muscle. B) Pumping station. C) Entrance point. D) Passageway. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Passageway. 15. A foreign substance circulating in the bloodstream is called a(n) A) Pernicious anemia. B) Sickle cell anemia. C) Leukemia. D) Embolus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Embolus. 16. Consists of 3 layers A) Arteries (pulses) [6]. B) Venous Vessels (Back) [6]. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arteries (pulses) [6]. 17. Which blood type is he universal recipient (a person with this blood type can get blood from any other type)? A) O. B) AB. C) B. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) AB. 18. Is a tiny blood vessel that allows these exchanges between body cells and blood. A) Capillary. B) Vein. C) Atrium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capillary. 19. Small vessels that carry blood from arterioles and to small vessels called venules which then empty into veins A) Coronary Vessels. B) Capillaries. C) Valves. D) Arteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capillaries. 20. The upper chambers of the heart are: A) Ventricles. B) Septum. C) Aorta. D) Atria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atria. 21. Red blood cells carry ..... around the body. A) Boxygen. B) Caortas. C) Dwayne. D) Platelets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boxygen. 22. What is the importance of physical exercise and a balanced diet for the circulatory system? A) To prevent stomach diseases. B) To ensure proper functioning of the body. C) To decrease blood circulation. D) To maintain body's weight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To ensure proper functioning of the body. 23. Which of the following does NOT belong to the group? A) Capillaries. B) Lungs. C) Arteries. D) Veins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lungs. 24. What function does the Heart Muscle perform? A) Separates blood platelets, white blood cells and red blood cells. B) Is a voluntary muscle that only beats when you move. C) Causes blood to flow throughout the body by it's pumping action. D) Carries only oxygenated blood to the lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Causes blood to flow throughout the body by it's pumping action. 25. The circulation loop to provide oxygenated bloodthrough the rest of body is classified as: A) Digestive system. B) Pulmonary circulation. C) Systematic circulation. D) Lymphatic circulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Systematic circulation. 26. What are the smaller airways connected to the bronchial tubes called? A) Larynx. B) Pharynx. C) Trachea. D) Bronchioles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bronchioles. 27. Blood is composed of blood cells and ..... ? A) Hormones. B) Antibodies. C) Plasma. D) Erythrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plasma. 28. Which of the following are the component of blood? A) Plasma, red blood cells, blue blood cells. B) White and red blood cells. C) Plasma and platelets. D) Plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. 29. What are the names of the heart chambers A) The atriums. B) RIght atrium, Left atrium, Right ventricle, Left ventricle. C) Left atrium, right ventricle. D) Ventricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) RIght atrium, Left atrium, Right ventricle, Left ventricle. 30. A marathon runner needs an efficient circulatory system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. Negative blood types can donate to what types of blood? A) Negative only. B) Positive only. C) Both negative and positive. D) Neither negative nor positive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both negative and positive. 32. What is resting heart rate? A) Your heart rate after you have exercised. B) Your heart rate before your exercise. C) Your heart rate after you have drank a coke. D) Your heart rate when you are at a complete state of rest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Your heart rate when you are at a complete state of rest. 33. Which of the following is a genetic disease that prevents somebody from forming normal blood clots? A) Hemophilia. B) Heart Attack. C) Angina. D) Lymphoma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hemophilia. 34. The good news about heart disease is that it is ..... A) Preventable and controllable. B) Not life threatening. C) Healthy. D) Expensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preventable and controllable. 35. The inner most lining of the heart: A) Epicardium. B) Endocardium. C) Myocardium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endocardium. 36. The valve that regulates blood to the lungs is called A) Aortic. B) Tricuspid. C) Bicuspid. D) Pulmonary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pulmonary. 37. What is the leading cause of death of both men and women in the united states A) Heart disease. B) Diabetes. C) Kidney failure. D) COPD. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heart disease. 38. Your hearts are the same size as ..... A) Your foot. B) Your ears. C) Your face. D) Your fist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Your fist. 39. Which type of blood vessel is shown? A) Artery. B) Capillary. C) Vein. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Artery. 40. If a person has O-blood, their RBC carry the RH antigen. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 41. Red blood cells main function is to ..... A) Clot the blood. B) Carry oxygen only. C) Carry carbon dioxide only. D) Carry carbon dioxide and oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carry carbon dioxide and oxygen. 42. The ARTERIES and VEINS are similar to a A) Delivery trucks. B) Truck stops. C) Pump/Motor. D) Roads. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Roads. 43. The right side of the heart pumps blood without oxygen to the lungs only. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 44. The only externally visible part of the respiratory system is A) Diaphragm. B) Lungs. C) Nose. D) Bronchi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nose. 45. Blood travels to the lungs to A) To help the lungs work. B) Get carbon dioxide and get rid of oxygen. C) Get oxygen and get rid of carbon dioxide. D) Get nitrogen oxide and get rid of oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Get oxygen and get rid of carbon dioxide. 46. Which blood vessels deliver blood to our liver, stomach, and kidneys? A) Venus. B) Tendons. C) Veins. D) Arteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arteries. 47. The upper chamber of the heart is A) Atrium. B) Pericardium. C) Vena cava. D) Ventricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atrium. 48. An open circulatory system is found in which group of animals? A) Squid, shellfish. B) Insect, earthworm. C) Shellfish, insect. D) Fish, crab. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shellfish, insect. 49. Arteriosclerosis A) Lymphatic system. B) Cardiovascular system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cardiovascular system. 50. It is a characteristic of arrhythmia A) Describes an irregular heartbeat. B) Blood pressure is too high. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Describes an irregular heartbeat. 51. Your brain does not need oxygen. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 52. How many chambers in the heart of an amphibian? A) 3. B) 2. C) 1. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 53. There are ..... chambers in the heart A) 4. B) 3. C) 6. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 54. Which vessels exchange gases and nutrients? A) Veins. B) Arteries. C) Capillaries. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capillaries. 55. What do you call the circulation pathway between the heart and lungs? A) Systemic circulation. B) A sweet Christmas miracle. C) Pulmonary circulation. D) Arterial circulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pulmonary circulation. 56. To donate blood you must be at least ..... A) 21. B) 18. C) 16. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 16. 57. To inhale the diaphragm A) Contracts. B) Relaxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contracts. 58. It is a muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body. A) Vein. B) Aorta. C) Blood. D) Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heart. 59. What is the shape of a red blood cell? A) Triconcave. B) Concave. C) Biconcave. D) Disc. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biconcave. 60. What are the four major blood groups? A) A, B, O, and AO. B) AB-, O+, AB+, and O-. C) A, B, AB, and O. D) A, B, C and D. 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