Circulatory System Quiz 255 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which blood vessel has a high carbon dioxide concentration, a low oxygen concentration and a high blood pressure?

Correct Answer: B) Pulmonary artery.

2. Myocardium makes up 95% of the body

Correct Answer: A) True.

3. What Body System have we learned about in this chapter?

Correct Answer: C) Circulatory System.

4. Does rigorous (meaning hard) exercise make blood flow faster or slower through your body?

Correct Answer: A) It moves faster.

5. The cells of all living thing are made up of

Correct Answer: B) Protoplasm.

6. Which is not a blood vessel?

Correct Answer: D) Heart.

7. The atria are the "upstairs" chambers of the heart and the valves are the "downstairs" chambers.

Correct Answer: B) False.

8. The pulmonary vein carries what type of blood

Correct Answer: A) Oxygenated.

9. These type of blood vessels carry blood away from the heart.

Correct Answer: A) Arteries.

10. High blood pressure increases the risk of heart disease, kidney disease, ..... and blindness

Correct Answer: A) Diabetes.

11. The first stop of the blood in the heart is the .....

Correct Answer: B) Right Atrium.

12. Organ where carbon dioxide and oxygen are exchanged *

Correct Answer: B) Lungs.

13. The branch of the brachial artery that extends down the forearm and wrist on the thumb side is the:

Correct Answer: C) Radial artery.

14. Which are buried deep within the body?

Correct Answer: B) Arteries.

15. What is the colorless gas in air that animals need to breather?

Correct Answer: C) Oxygen.

16. Which among the following does not articulate with the right atrium?

Correct Answer: A) Coronary Artery.

17. Angiogram

Correct Answer: C) The radiographic visualization of the blood vessels after injection of a radiopaque substance.

18. Which of the following is NOT a formed element of blood?

Correct Answer: A) Plasma.

19. Which chamber of the human heart has the thickest muscular wall?

Correct Answer: C) Left ventricle.

20. State the general relationship between exercise and heart rate in humans.

Correct Answer: B) If a person exercises, then their heart rate will increase.