Circulatory System Quiz 521 (20 MCQs)

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1. Blood vessels that carries blood away from the heart and to the body are called

Correct Answer: D) Arteries.

2. What part of the blood helps to clot blood?

Correct Answer: C) Platelets.

3. The top chambers of your heart are called

Correct Answer: C) Atriums.

4. ..... controls movement of all parts of our body

Correct Answer: C) Muscles.

5. The vessels that carry blood away from the heart are called .....

Correct Answer: A) Arteries.

6. This passageway is part of both the respiratory and digestive system.

Correct Answer: B) Pharynx.

7. This part of the heart pumps oxygenated blood to the BODY.

Correct Answer: A) Left Ventricle.

8. The blood supplies tissues in the body with

Correct Answer: C) Oxygen and nutrients.

9. The lungs are the organs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide occurs.

Correct Answer: A) TRUE.

10. The top two chambers of the heart are called?

Correct Answer: A) Atria.

11. The atrioventricular valves are closed and the semilunar valves are open. During which part of the cardiac cycle does this happen?

Correct Answer: B) Contraction of the ventricles.

12. The blood vessels are

Correct Answer: B) Arteries, veins and capillaries.

13. Occurs when fat deposits thicken the walls of the arteries.

Correct Answer: A) Atherosclerosis.

14. This encloses the heart (like a bag) and has two layers.

Correct Answer: C) Pericardium.

15. Pulmonary arteryPulmonary veins ..... What are they?(Read caredfully)

Correct Answer: B) Oxygenated blood from the body and lungs .

16. What do the letters CHF stand for?

Correct Answer: B) Congestive Heart Failure.

17. Name of the artery that carries deoxygenated blood

Correct Answer: C) Pulmonary artery.

18. Who had coined the name double circulation for humans circulatory system? Who named the circulatory system in human as bi-circular circulation?

Correct Answer: D) William Harvey William Harvey.

19. What do you call the movement of oxygenated blood from the heart to different parts of the body?

Correct Answer: A) Systemic circulation.

20. Which is the smallest type of WBC

Correct Answer: C) Lymphocytes.