Circulatory and Respiratory System

Blood in the right side of the heart is ____________.

• oxygenated and going to the lungs

• deoxygenated and going to the lungs

• oxygenated and going to the body

• deoxygenated and going to the body

Blood pressure is the ________________.

• amount of blood in the body

• number of times the heart beats per minute

• amount of pressure the blood puts on artery walls

• ratio of oxygenated blood to deoxygenated blood in the body

Pulse is the ________________.

• amount of blood in the body

• number of times the heart beats per minute

• amount of pressure the blood puts on artery walls

• ratio of oxygenated blood to deoxygenated blood in the body

Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart and then branch into capillaries are called ________________.

• arteries

• veins

• erythrocytes

• leukocytes

Blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart are called ________________.

• arteries

• veins

• erythrocytes

• leukocytes

Red blood cells are known as _________________

• arteries

• veins

• erythrocytes

• leukocytes

Another name for white blood cells is __________________.

• arteries

• veins

• erythrocytes

• leukocytes

Platelets are used to help _____________.

• clot blood

• carry oxygen

• fight pathogens

• nothing.

The largest artery in the body that allows blood to flow through the body is the ____________.

• aorta

• pulmonary artery

• pulmonary veins

• right atrium

The chamber of the heart that receives deoxygenated blood from the body is the ___________________.

• left atrium

• left ventricle

• right atrium

• right ventricle