Blood & Cardiovascular System

Multiple Choice

Define Veins:

• carries blood away from the heart

• carries nutrients away from the heart

• carries blood towards the heart

• carries blood towards the lungs

Multiple Choice

The muscle tissue shown is called ______.

• Skeletal
• Cardiac
• Smooth

Multiple Choice

Where is the atrioventricular node?

• 4
• 6

• 1

• 5

Multiple Choice

How does the heart work?

• It pumps blood first to the lungs, back to the heart and then around the rest of the body.

• It pumps blood first to the rest of the body, back to the lungs and then to the heart.

• It pumps blood around the rest of the body, back to the heart and then to the lungs,

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the smallest blood vessel?

• Venules

• Arterioles

• Veins

• Capillaries

Multiple Choice

These carry blood away from the heart

• arteries
• veins
• venules
• capillaries

Multiple Choice

These carry blood to the heart:

• arteries
• veins
• capillaries
• arterioles

Multiple Choice

Where material exchange takes place between the cells and blood vessels:

• arteries
• veins
• venules
• capillaries

Multiple Choice

Blood pressure measured when the ventricles are relaxed

• Diastolic

• Pulse

• Venous return

• Systolic

Multiple Choice

Low blood pressure

• diastolic pressure

• systolic pressure

• hypotension

• hypertension

Multiple Choice

Fatima has blood pressure 183/81, what is Fatima's systolic pressure?

• 81

• 183

• 183/81

• 81/183

Multiple Choice

What is "normal" blood pressure

• 120/110 mmHg

• 120/80 mmHg

• 100/80 mmHg

• 140/80 mmHg

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the main function of blood?

• Transporting substances throughout the body

• Providing structural support to organs

• Producing hormones

• Storing energy

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a function of blood as described in the slide?

• Transporting hormones

• Regulating body temperature

• Producing digestive enzymes

• Preventing blood loss

Multiple Select

Which of the following are components of whole blood that can be separated by centrifugation?

• Plasma

• White blood cells and platelets

• Red blood cells

• Lymph

Multiple Choice

What is plasma?

• only white blood cells

• only red blood cells

• fluid part of blood

• hemoglobin

Multiple Choice

What part of blood carries hemoglobin?

• Red blood cells
• Plasma
• Platlets
• White blood cells

Multiple Choice

What triggers the release of erythropoietin (EPO) in the body?

• High blood sugar levels

• Drop in normal blood oxygen levels

• Increase in white blood cells

• Excessive bleeding

Multiple Choice

Which step in hemostasis involves the formation of a mesh-like clot to close the gap in a blood vessel?

• Vascular spasm

• Platelet plug formation

• Coagulation

• Vasodilation

Multiple Choice

An individual's blood type is determined by

• environment
• genetics
• both environment and genetics
• your children's blood type

Multiple Choice

Universal blood donors have type ______ blood.

• A
• AB
• B
• O

Multiple Select

What are the 4 major blood types?

• Blood type A

• Blood type B

• Blood type C

• Blood type AB

• Blood type O

Multiple Choice

What type of antigens can be found on the surface of RBC's when someone has blood type AB?

• A

• B

• AB

• none

Multiple Choice

What is the main function of blood as described in the overview?

• Transport

• Digestion

• Respiration

• Excretion