Circulatory System Quiz 554 (20 MCQs)

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1. What helps to keep blood flowing onwards away from the heart in an artery?

Correct Answer: B) Elastic fibres.

2. Our heart never stops beating.

Correct Answer: A) True.

3. The client has hypertension that means the their blood pressure is

Correct Answer: C) High.

4. In which part of the lung does gas exchange occur?

Correct Answer: D) Alveoli.

5. Lymph is modified blood that contains .....

Correct Answer: D) (d) All contents of blood except RBC and certain proteins.

6. The end of a capillary close to a vein is called the

Correct Answer: C) Venule.

7. Extends between the ribs, sending branches to the muscles and other structures of the chest wall-

Correct Answer: A) Intercostal arteries.

8. The division of the trachea forms

Correct Answer: B) Main bronchi.

9. A ..... occurs when you have the narrowing of arteries due to the buildup of fatty deposits

Correct Answer: C) Angina Pectoris.

10. Pulmonary vein:to

Correct Answer: B) Heart.

11. Main parts include:mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestines, large intestines

Correct Answer: B) Digestive system.

12. Which of the following best describes white blood cells?

Correct Answer: C) Cells that fight disease by ingesting pathogens & making antibodies.

13. After the nose, air passes into the

Correct Answer: B) Pharynx.

14. True or false:red blood cells carry a protein called hemoglobin?

Correct Answer: A) True.

15. How digestive system is linked to the circulatory system?

Correct Answer: A) Organs of the digestive system turn ingested food into products that can be absorbed by the blood.

16. Which of the following lists the valves in the order through which the blood flows from the vena cava through the heart?

Correct Answer: A) Tricuspid, pulmonary, bicuspid, aortic.

17. Which of the following blood types can be transfused (given) to a person who has a B-blood type?

Correct Answer: D) None of the above.

18. .... is referred to as cancer of the blood. It is a condition characterized by excessive production of abnormal white blood cells.

Correct Answer: A) Leukemia.

19. The circulatory system is said to be double because .....

Correct Answer: A) It has two circulations.

20. Which of the following state the correct flow of blood through the heart?

Correct Answer: B) Vena cava, right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary artery, lungs, pulmonary veins, left atrium, left ventricle, aorta.