Circulatory System Quiz 207 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. The narrowing of aorta

Correct Answer: B) Aortic stenosis.

2. Blood enters the heart from the body through the .....

Correct Answer: B) Superior/Inferior Vena Cava.

3. When a patient gets a blood test and has a high WBC count, this indicates that the patient likely has

Correct Answer: C) Infection.

4. Which statement is not a function of the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: C) Circulates blood in the body.

5. What is the tiniest blood vessel

Correct Answer: B) Capillaries.

6. The pressure exerted on the arterial walls when the heart contract is called

Correct Answer: B) Systolic pressure.

7. The smallest of the blood vessels, the ..... are important for bringing nutrients and oxygen to less innervated tissues.

Correct Answer: A) Capillaries.

8. Heart strings that help open/close the AV valves

Correct Answer: D) Tendon chords.

9. What colour is plasma?

Correct Answer: B) Yellow.

10. What are our smallest blood vessels?

Correct Answer: A) Capillaries.

11. Those that bring blood back to the heart.

Correct Answer: A) Veins.

12. The four chambers of the heart include:

Correct Answer: C) Right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, left ventricle.

13. IDENTIFY PART I

Correct Answer: E) AORTIC VALVE.

14. What carry messages from the body to the brain?

Correct Answer: A) Sensory.

15. Which of the following is NOT a disease of the circulatory system?

Correct Answer: D) Pancreatitis.

16. When bronchi become smaller they are called .....

Correct Answer: A) Bronchioles.

17. Why is the blood that flows from the lungs to the heart bright red rather than dark red?

Correct Answer: A) As it is rich in oxygen.

18. What does your heart do?

Correct Answer: A) Pumps blood through your body.

19. Tensimeter / sphigmomanometer

Correct Answer: A) Blood pressure measuring device.

20. The left side of the heart pumps blood to

Correct Answer: C) All of your body.