Circulatory System Quiz 403 (20 MCQs)

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1. No subendothelial layer; No IEL & EEL

Correct Answer: A) Arterioles.

2. What is measured using a sphygmomanometer?

Correct Answer: D) Blood pressure.

3. Parts of the heart that receive deoxygenated blood from all body parts except lungs

Correct Answer: A) Right atrium.

4. Where is carbon dioxide exchanged?

Correct Answer: B) In the lungs.

5. Which of the following does NOT describe the veins?

Correct Answer: B) Thick walls.

6. The ..... system consists of the heart and blood vessels.

Correct Answer: B) Circulatory.

7. When you exercise your body needs more .....

Correct Answer: B) Oxygen and food.

8. Blood flow through a capillary is controlled by a precapillary sphincter.

Correct Answer: A) True.

9. Cardiac arrest may be reversed if ..... is performed.

Correct Answer: C) CPR.

10. You can change your blood type.

Correct Answer: B) False.

11. The SA node is also known as the

Correct Answer: A) Pacemaker.

12. Where on your body are the 2 places where it's easiest to find your pulse/heartbeat?

Correct Answer: C) Neck and wrist.

13. The medical term for a heart attack is myocardial infarction

Correct Answer: A) True.

14. What side of the heart has oxygen poor blood?

Correct Answer: A) Right.

15. The ..... receive blood from veins.

Correct Answer: B) Atrium.

16. What part of your blood carries nutrients, wastes, and hormones, antibodies, and other chemicals?

Correct Answer: D) Plasma.

17. The proper term for white blood cells is .....

Correct Answer: A) Leucocytes.

18. What are the 3 types of blood vessels?

Correct Answer: B) Arteries, veins and capillaries.

19. There are ..... components of blood

Correct Answer: D) Four.

20. The thickening of walls of arteries is called .....

Correct Answer: A) Arteriosclerosis.