Circulatory System Quiz 83 (60 MCQs)

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1. Blood pressure that is too high.
2. Arteries sub-divide into ..... which further divide into a network of capillaries
3. Blood returns to the heart through the .....
4. What are the walls of an artery like?
5. The vena cava is what type of blood vessel?
6. Electrical signals made by your pacemaker can be read by a special machine called an electrocardiograph, or EKG.
7. Which of the following is the beginning structure of your skeletal system before you are born?
8. ..... is a cancer of the tissue forming WBCs whose number increases manifold at the cost of RBCs.
9. What is a connective tissue?
10. What is the purpose of heart valves?
11. Your brain stem controls involuntary functions, like your heartbeat. What else is an involuntary function?
12. Plasma consists of what percent of water?
13. In the lungs, oxygen is absorbed into the blood. In which part of the lungs does this mainly happen?
14. Shape of leucocytes
15. Which type of blood goes into the left chamber of the heart?
16. In what way is blood the body's liquid messenger?
17. What blood vessel do the RBC take to go from the lungs to the heart?
18. Heart with two atria and two ventricle (Oxygenated and deoxygenated blood are separated) "Double Circulation"
19. Some capillaries contain valves.
20. If a person becomes dehydrated, what would there be less of in the blood?
21. Structure around the heart
22. Which peripheral pulse site is generally used in emergency situations?
23. Fluid that circulates through the vessels in the body to carry substances to all body parts
24. What does a P wave represent?
25. The human heart is found in the ..... cavity in the human body.
26. The pulmonary trunk carries blood from which heart chamber into the pulmonary circuit?
27. The cellular process which uses oxygen and sugar to produce energy is called
28. Red blood cells carry this to other parts of the body
29. Generally contains oxygen ( $O_2$
30. Blood vessel that carry impure blood from heart to lungs
31. The ..... receives unoxygenated blood from the body by way of the superior and interior vena cava.
32. What antibodies can be found if someone has blood type B?
33. A person with sickle cell anemia cannot get malaria because the parasite cannot survive in the oddly shaped blood cells.
34. The correct order of blood flow through the heart is .....
35. Intracellular-water in cells have ..... % of water
36. Oxygen is carried around the body by ..... cells.
37. Each blood types has specific ..... on each RBC and produces specific ..... which can prevent certain blood types from being mixed.
38. During exercise blood is directed away from the organs and this is achieved via:
39. The main organ of the circulatory system is the?
40. Which of the following is the term for the hollow passageway in blood vessels through which blood flows?
41. What blood vessels carry (unoxygenated) blood from the body back to the heart?
42. Which type of blood vessel can you feel your pulse in?
43. Arrange the size of the veins from large to small.
44. Deoxygenated blood flow from the body cells to the heart via .....
45. Blood has a liquid part called
46. Which of the following is NOT the function of the cardiovascular system?
47. The skin is the largest organ of the body
48. Capillaries allow the exchange of materials from the blood to the cell.
49. Blood in veins is under lower pressure than in arteries and cannot get back to the heart by pressure alone, how does the body assist.
50. The human heart is located at .....
51. A condition marked by severe pain in the chest, often spreading to the shoulders, arms and neck, caused by an inadequate blood supply in the heart (Circulatory)
52. WHEN DOES THE HEART REST?
53. Which of blood circulation does this image corresponds to?
54. Causes an overproduction of white blood cells that crowd the blood.
55. The major blood vessels in the neck, that supply blood to the brain, neck and face
56. When the heart contracts
57. The major concern for patients with an aneurysm is hemorrhage.
58. What is the main function of blood?
59. The job of the circulatory system is to
60. Blood carries ..... and ..... to all parts of the body