This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Circulatory System – Quiz 99 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Circulatory System Quiz 99 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which statement is correct? The muscular system has an important role to play in? A) Mobility, stability, protection. B) Child birth, digestion, respiration. C) Circulation, urination, vision. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 2. In which group of animals can you find an open circulatory system where the blood is not always confined to vessels and directly bathes the body tissues? A) Insects. B) Amphibians. C) Mammals. D) Fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insects. 3. Red blood cells are biconcave discs with no nucleus. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 4. Blood carries food, water, oxygen, and other materials through your circulatory system to your body's cells. A) Transportation. B) Elimination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transportation. 5. Mackenzie has blood type B+, she can receive blood from which blood donors? A) O-. B) B+. C) B+, B-, O+, O-. D) B+, A-, O+, O-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B+, B-, O+, O-. 6. A blood pressure cuff is also called a A) Mercury meter. B) Sphygmomanometer. C) Pythogometer. D) Stethoscope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sphygmomanometer. 7. The lack of sufficient red blood cells in the blood system is called A) Cyanosis. B) Anemia. C) Hemochromatosis. D) Hypoxia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anemia. 8. Which systems are involved with the breakdown and delivery of nutrients from recently eaten food to the cells and the removal of waste materials from the body? A) Excretory, skeletal, and digestive. B) Digestive, nervous, and endocrine. C) Excretory, circulatory, and nervous. D) Digestive, circulatory, and excretory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Digestive, circulatory, and excretory. 9. The actual gas exchange with the blood occurs in the A) Bronchi. B) Ventricles. C) Bronchioles. D) Alveoli. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alveoli. 10. When the blood flow of the heart slows or stops completely, resulting in damage to the mucle of the heart, it is called a A) Artherosclerosis. B) Heart attack. C) Stroke. D) Hypertension. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heart attack. 11. Malcolm, an African American male, is seen by the hematologist complaining of fatigue and joint pain. His doctor notes that Malcolm's red blood cells have an irregular shape. The doctor suspects a diagnosis of: A) Eryhthroblastosis fetalis. B) Sickle cell anemia. C) Multiple myeloma. D) Leukemia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sickle cell anemia. 12. What is the main purpose of the large intestine? A) It absorbs proteins. B) It absorbs water. C) It absorbs hormones. D) It absorbs nutrients. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It absorbs water. 13. ..... is the site for Exchange of gases. A) Arteries. B) Veins. C) Capillaries. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capillaries. 14. Accessory structures AID the process of digestion, but food DOESN'T pass through it A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. The function of the atrium A) To pump blood into systemic circulation. B) To pump blood to the heart muscle. C) To collect blood. D) To pump blood to the lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To collect blood. 16. The different tissues of the capillaries work together to do what? A) Move blood cells around the body. B) Provide a roadway/pipe for the blood cells to travel around the body. C) Deliver & pick up different materials around the body. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deliver & pick up different materials around the body. 17. Tissues group together to form a A) Organ. B) Cells. C) Organism. D) Organ system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organ. 18. What are the 4 valves? A) Pulmonary. B) Tricuspid. C) Bicuspid. D) Aortic. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 19. When the cardiac muscle is trained, the cardiac output will A) Decrease. B) Increase. C) Stay the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increase. 20. Atria are the pumping chambers of the heart. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 21. Capillaries are so small that blood cells can only go through them one at a time. True or False A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. What is the purpose of the aortic valve in the heart? A) Allow blood into the aorta. B) Prevent blood from flowing back into the atria. C) Separate the right atrium from the right ventricle. D) Separate the left atrium from the left ventricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allow blood into the aorta. 23. Which antigens would exist on a RBC if a person was type A+? A) A and Rh antigens. B) B antigen. C) A, B, and Rh antigens. D) B and Rh antigens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A and Rh antigens. 24. Blood pressure is measured in both systolic and ..... A) Diastolic. B) Diabolic. C) Diastolic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diastolic. 25. Which of these is true of all arteries? A) They carry blood away from the heart. B) They carry blood towards the heart. C) They are oxygenated. D) They are deoxygenated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They carry blood away from the heart. 26. What is an uncoordinated heart beat? A) Fibrillation. B) Hypertension. C) Hypotension. D) Tachycardia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fibrillation. 27. What is the color of blood in the left side of the heart in the model? A) Blue. B) Yellow. C) Green. D) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red. 28. What process narrows blood vessels' diameter? A) Vasodilation. B) Vasoconstriction. C) Vasocompression. D) Vasoconstriction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vasoconstriction. 29. ..... makes enzymes that break down carbs, fats, and proteins and then delivers the digestive juice to the small intestines through small tubes called ducts. A) Stomach Acid. B) Esophagus. C) Teeth. D) Pancreas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pancreas. 30. The muscular nature of the walls of ventricles is most closely associated with their function of: A) Storing blood from the body. B) Producing red blood cells. C) Maintaining pressure lower than that in the atria. D) Forcing blood to the lungs and body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forcing blood to the lungs and body. 31. This chamber pumps deoxygenated blood back to the lungs. A) Left Atrium. B) Right Atrium. C) Right ventricle. D) Left Ventricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right ventricle. 32. In adults, the normal heartbeat is ..... beats per minute (bpm). A) 60-100. B) 80-100. C) 70-100. D) 50-100. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 60-100. 33. This is a tube about 12cm long with c-shaped rings of cartilage to keep it open A) Mouth Cavity. B) Pharynx. C) Trachea. D) Nasal cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trachea. 34. What do you call the volume of air that remains in the lungs after we breathe? A) Residual volume. B) Vital capacity. C) Total lung capacity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Residual volume. 35. This is also known as the "Tree Pose" A) Bhujgasana. B) Tadasana. C) Vrikshasana. D) Trikonasana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vrikshasana. 36. The ..... valve allows blood to travel from the right atrium to the right ventricle. A) Pulmonary Valve. B) Tricuspid Valve. C) Mitral Valve. D) Aortic Valve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tricuspid Valve. 37. Ventricles have thinner muscle walls than Atria A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 38. What is the purpose of the ostium in an open circulatory system? A) To draw hemolymph back into the heart. B) To pump out hemolymph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To draw hemolymph back into the heart. 39. What is the primary organ of the respiratory system? A) Heart. B) Lungs. C) Diaphragm. D) Teeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lungs. 40. After blood leaves the capillary beds in the systemic circulation loop, it is then: A) Oxygen poor. B) Oxygen rich. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxygen poor. 41. The walls of the alveoli and capillaries are permeable. What does this mean? A) Substances can pass through them. B) They are located throughout the body. C) They are made of muscle. D) They are made of bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Substances can pass through them. 42. Human blood vessels are A) Arteries, capillaries, and atria. B) Ventricles, atria and pulmonary veins. C) Capillaries, artries, and veins. D) Veins, artries, and aorta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capillaries, artries, and veins. 43. The three great vessels are composed of the following, except: A) Inferior Vena Cava. B) Aorta. C) Coronary Vessels. D) Superior Vena Cava. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coronary Vessels. 44. Blood pressure is a measure of: A) PRESSURE IN THE ARTERY WHILE THE HEART IS CONTRACTING AND WHEN IT IS RELAXING. B) PRESSURE IN THE ARTERY WHILE THE HEART IS AT REST. C) PRESSURE WHILE THE HEART IS CONTRACTING. D) PRESSURE IN THE ARTERY WHEN THE HEART IS RELAXING. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PRESSURE IN THE ARTERY WHILE THE HEART IS CONTRACTING AND WHEN IT IS RELAXING. 45. What type of circulation sends blood from the heart to the body and back? A) Venous circulation. B) Systemic circulation. C) Pulmonary circulation. D) Arterial circulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Systemic circulation. 46. It is a phase of the cardiac cycle which occurs when the heart CONTRACTS to pump blood out. A) DIASTOLE. B) SYSTOLE. C) HYPERBOLE. D) ARTERIOLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SYSTOLE. 47. Which blood vessels have thick walls.why A) Veins, blood flows at high pressure. B) Arteries, which carry oxygenated blood. C) Veins, which carry deoxygenated blood. D) Arteries, blood flows at high pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arteries, blood flows at high pressure. 48. Blood moves from the left atrium to the left ventricle through the ..... A) Mitral valve. B) Tricuspid valve. C) Aortic valve. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mitral valve. 49. Second part of Cardiac Conduction System:This structure receives a signal and passes it on to the Bundle of His A) Purkinje fibers. B) Atrioventricular (AV) node. C) Sinoatrial (SA) Node. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atrioventricular (AV) node. 50. A cardiac cycle consists of A) Cardiac, cycle. B) Systole, diastole. C) Pulmonary, systemic. D) Aorta, vena cava. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Systole, diastole. 51. The flap of tissue at the top of the Larynx which keeps food and liquids out of the rest of your respiratory system. A) Pharynx. B) Trachea. C) Epiglottis. D) Larynx. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epiglottis. 52. What prevents backflow of blood in veins? A) Valves. B) Thick walls. C) Capillaries. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Valves. 53. Which of the following correlate with the sounds of the cardiac cycle heard with a stethoscope? A) Electrical impulse conduction. B) The opening of valves. C) Atrial contraction. D) The closing of valves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The closing of valves. 54. Cardiac muscle cells will have more mitochondria cells than any other human cells because A) They produces the most protein. B) They are red and mitochondria are red. C) They need the most energy. D) They need to produce sweat when the body overheats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They need the most energy. 55. Why is coronary circulation necessary? A) Because blood needs to be pushed throughout the entire body. B) Because the heart itself needs nourishment. C) Because the scalp requires an exceptional amount of nourishment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because the heart itself needs nourishment. 56. Blood is a ..... that circulates around through the body. A) Plasma. B) Marrow. C) Rbc. D) Tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tissue. 57. Why is blood important? A) It carries important nutrients, oxygen and protection. B) Because it is red and red is pretty cool. C) Blood is not important. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It carries important nutrients, oxygen and protection. 58. True or False:Your heart is an organ and a muscle A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 59. What dose deoxygenated mean A) Oxygen poor blood. B) Oxygen rich blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxygen poor blood. 60. A narrow blood vessel that connects arteries and veins, and where material can move in and out of bloodstream. A) Vein. B) Alveoli. C) Artery. D) Capillary. 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