Circulatory System Quiz 138 (20 MCQs)

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1. In the circulatory system, blood from the right chamber of the heart will flow to.....

Correct Answer: A) Palupal.

2. Where food and oxygen diffuse out of body into body cells:

Correct Answer: C) Capillaries.

3. Blood that leaves the heart and is heading out into the body exits through the .....

Correct Answer: A) Aorta.

4. What is the rhythmic expanding/contracting of an artery called?

Correct Answer: D) Pulse.

5. The blood pressure is determined by using a medical instrument called a .....

Correct Answer: A) Sphygmomanometer.

6. The ..... transport oxygen in the blood.

Correct Answer: B) Red Blood Cells.

7. The four valves from the heart are called

Correct Answer: B) Tricuspid, mitral, aortic and pulmonary.

8. Blood leaves the heart through

Correct Answer: A) Arteries.

9. The right AV valve is known as the:

Correct Answer: B) Tricuspid valve.

10. Divides the heart into R and L sides

Correct Answer: B) Septum.

11. Arteries carry blood out of the .....

Correct Answer: B) Heart.

12. Oxygenated and deoxygenated blood never mix. They circulate through the same circuit.

Correct Answer: B) False.

13. What is the function of coronary arteries?

Correct Answer: C) Supplying blood to the heart.

14. Your blood carries ..... to your lungs to be exhaled.

Correct Answer: B) Carbon dioxide.

15. How does the heart muscle move the blood between your heart, lungs and the rest of the body?

Correct Answer: C) Muscle contractions and relaxations.

16. What type of circulation moves blood around the body?

Correct Answer: B) Systemic.

17. Which of the following factors would decreases blood flow?

Correct Answer: B) A decrease in the radius of a blood vessel.

18. Flaps of tissue that prevent blood from flowing backwards.

Correct Answer: D) Valves.

19. What would happen if your circulatory system did not deliver oxygen to your body's cells?

Correct Answer: B) Your body's cells would shut down.

20. I can move my shoulder in circles. That is because it has this type of joint.

Correct Answer: B) Ball and socket.