CIRCULATORY SYSTEM AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

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,

The circulatory system works with the ___________ system to provide our body with oxygen.

• respiratory
• digestive
• muscular
• skeletal

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The circulatory system works with the __________ system to obtain energy from nutrients that we eat. 

• respiratory 
• digestive
• skeletal
• nervous

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When a patient gets a blood test and has a high WBC count, this indicates that the patient likely has

• cancer
• dehydration
• infection
• nothing

When a patient gets a blood test and has a low platelet count, this indicates that the patient likely has

• cancer
• a clotting disorder
• infection
• nothing

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What part of blood is responsible for carrying wastes, nutrients, and minerals?

• Erythrocytes
• Leukocytes
• Thrombocytes
• Plasma

What part of blood carries hemoglobin?

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

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The fluid portion of blood that carries blood cells, glucose, proteins, fats, and wastes throughout the body.

• red blood cells
• white blood cells
• plasma
• platelets

What is the function of a white blood cell?

• find and destroy disease-causing organisms
• deliver oxygen to body cells
• helps clot blood (stops bleeding)
• helps the blood components flow throughout the body

What do capillaries, the smallest blood vessels, do?

• Exchange O2 only
• Exchange CO2 only
• exchange nutrients and  oxygen for waste 
• break down foods

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