Circulatory System Quiz 352 (20 MCQs)

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1. To take the pulse, especially at the wrist What type of blood vessel dilation do we detect?

Correct Answer: A) Venous blood vessels.

2. What is a group of the same kind of cells that work together to do the same job?

Correct Answer: B) Tissue.

3. Which type of cell picks up oxygen and carries it to the heart?

Correct Answer: A) Red blood cells (red-orange).

4. The shape of the Red Blood Cell is biconcave which allows for a greater surface area so the cell can .....

Correct Answer: B) Exchange gasses more quickly.

5. Which blood vessel carries oxygenated blood away from the heart?

Correct Answer: A) Arteries.

6. Which blood vessels carry oxygen-poor blood from the different parts of the body back to the heart?

Correct Answer: B) Veins.

7. How does oxygen get delivered to organs and tissues?

Correct Answer: B) Through capillaries.

8. Leukocytes

Correct Answer: B) Fight infection and aid the immune processes.

9. Unscramble:E-T-R-A-R-E-S-I

Correct Answer: A) ARTERIES.

10. Which side of the heart pumps blood through the systemic circuit?

Correct Answer: A) Left.

11. O₂ is the product of respiration.

Correct Answer: B) False.

12. Which of the following is the circulatory system delivering to all cells in the body?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

13. If fatty deposits form inside the coronary artery, the cardiac muscle receives

Correct Answer: B) Less oxygen.

14. What causes a heart attack?

Correct Answer: A) Coronary arteries become blocked so the heart tissue cannot receive oxygen and dies off.

15. True or False:Platelets and plasma each make up less than 1% of person's total blood volume.

Correct Answer: A) True.

16. What do muscles move in your body?

Correct Answer: C) Bones and organs.

17. If the radius of blood vessels of a person decreases his/her blood pressure will

Correct Answer: A) Increase.

18. What is the blood vessel that carries blood from the organs to the heart?

Correct Answer: B) Veins.

19. Which type of animal has one atria and one ventricle?

Correct Answer: C) Fish.

20. What type of blood vessel normally carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body cells?

Correct Answer: A) Artery.