Circulatory System Quiz 558 (20 MCQs)

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1. Coronary artery disease

Correct Answer: B) Narrowing of the arteries due to buildup of fat on the artery walls.

2. It carries the materials throughout the body.

Correct Answer: D) Blood.

3. Plasm/o/a

Correct Answer: B) Plasma.

4. Which part of the blood carries oxygen in a protein called hemoglobin?

Correct Answer: B) Red Blood Cells.

5. Select the blood vessel that carries (oxygenated) blood from the heart to the body.

Correct Answer: B) Artery.

6. Blood, when spun in a centrifuge, will separate into which components

Correct Answer: B) Plasma, buffy layer, red blood cells.

7. The bottom chambers of the heart are called

Correct Answer: A) Ventricles.

8. A hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic beats

Correct Answer: B) Heart.

9. Which organ do red blood cells collect oxygen from?

Correct Answer: B) Lungs.

10. Type of cancer that causes the production of too many (or abnormal) white blood cells

Correct Answer: C) Leukemia.

11. The vessel that allows material exchange to take place between body cells and itself.

Correct Answer: D) Capillaries.

12. A red blood cell has a large nucleus and it is thicker near the center of the cell and thin around the rim of the cell.

Correct Answer: B) False.

13. Another name for the back of the throat is called the .....

Correct Answer: B) Pharynx.

14. What is the sound the heart makes?

Correct Answer: A) The Black.

15. PLATELETS ARE CELL FRAGMENT THAT

Correct Answer: A) HELP YOUR BLOOD CLOT.

16. When considering the elements found within blood. Which would be most useful for a patient suffering from a particular disease

Correct Answer: C) White blood cells.

17. Hemoglobin (hgb) is a protein seen in:

Correct Answer: A) RBC (erythrocytes).

18. If one person's BP is 140/90, the person suffers with the condition..... That means

Correct Answer: B) Hypertension Hypertension.

19. The pacemaker region of the heart is responsible for

Correct Answer: C) Setting the rate at which the heart beats through electrical signals.

20. What does pericardial cavity contain?

Correct Answer: A) Fluid reducing friction.