Circulatory System Quiz 101 (20 MCQs)

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1. Blood cells are also referred as (a) .

Correct Answer: A) A Corpuscles.

2. These have thin enough walls to allow CO2 and O2 through them

Correct Answer: C) Capillaries.

3. When I exercise, my heart rate .....

Correct Answer: B) Speeds up.

4. Right Atrium

Correct Answer: B) Deoxygenated blood; small chamber.

5. The smallest of the blood vessels

Correct Answer: C) Capillaries.

6. Which is not considered a major part of the Circulatory System?

Correct Answer: C) Lungs.

7. What do your veins do?

Correct Answer: D) Carry blood to the heart.

8. Place the following in the correct order:1.atria contract 2. AV node 3. Bundle of His 4.Purkinje fibers 5. SA node 6. ventricles contract

Correct Answer: A) 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6.

9. The upper chambers of the heart are called .....

Correct Answer: A) Atrium.

10. The blood will continue into the

Correct Answer: A) Right ventricle.

11. A capillary is an extremely small blood vessel located within the ..... of the body, that transports blood from arteries to veins.

Correct Answer: B) Tissues.

12. Blood Plasma carries oxygen, wastes, and

Correct Answer: A) Nutrients.

13. What color are arteries?

Correct Answer: C) Red.

14. Which of the following is associated with oxygenated blood?

Correct Answer: A) Aorta.

15. Thick, strong and elastic

Correct Answer: A) Arteries (pulses) [6].

16. The ..... side of the heart pumps the deoxygenated blood to the ..... circuit so it can be replaced with oxygen in the .....

Correct Answer: D) Right, pulmonary, lungs.

17. Which are larger, atria or ventricles?

Correct Answer: B) Ventricles.

18. What type of blood vessel is where oxygen, nutrients, carbon dioxide, and wastes enter and leave the blood?

Correct Answer: C) Capillaries.

19. A thrombus is a blood clot.

Correct Answer: A) True.

20. What is meant by blood pressure?

Correct Answer: A) The pressure generated by the heart when pumping blood.