Circulatory System Quiz 29 (20 MCQs)

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1. A lamp that plugs into a wall socket draws energy which flows through a thin wire in the bulb causing it to glow. What energy transformations are taking place?
2. Which is the main organ in the respiratory system?
3. What does the heart pump throughout the body?
4. What is the epiglottis?
5. If you could stretch out all the blood vessels in your body end to end, they would circle the Earth ..... times!
6. Oxygen and carbon dioxide are transported between the blood and alveoli by way of
7. The ..... is a muscle that helps the lungs breathe the air in and out.
8. It works together with the other system to attack pathogens that enters the body.
9. Which of the following is a function of blood?
10. Which of the following occurs during atrial systole?
11. What is the function of valves in the heart?
12. Which blood type is considered to be the "universal recipient" ?
13. These blood vessels carry blood Away from the Heart
14. It carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart.
15. The sound "dub" indicates
16. The circulatory system has an organ which pumps blood to all parts of the body. Which organ has this function?
17. Pulmonary circulation is the circulation of blood between the heart and the rest of the body.
18. Which type of blood vessel is the thinnest and allows for the transfer of nutrients and oxygen to the cells of the body? (hint:they are very small and gas exchange happens at this level)
19. Which blood vessel would have the lowest blood pressure?
20. The blood vessles that collect blood from all body parts and pour it into the heart .....