How Heart Are You?

What makes up the circulatory (delivery) system?

• heart, brain and blood vessels

• heart, blood and blood vessels

• heart, blood and lung

• heart, blood and kidney

Blood vessel refers to both artery and veins

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which of the following bring nutrients and blood to different parts of the body?

• Vein

• Capillaries

• Artery

• large intestine

In a lifetime, approximately how many times will the heart beat? 1 billion has 9 zeros.

• 1 billion

• 2 billion

• 3 billion

• 4 billion

How much blood is carried in an average sized adult?

• 3 litre

• 4 litre

• 5 litre

• 6 litre

If all the arteries, capillaries and veins in one adult are lay out on the ground, end to end, estimate the length it can stretch out to?

• 100 kilometres

• 1,000 kilometres

• 10,000 kilometres

• 100,000 kilometres

How long does it take for blood to circulate the entire body?

• 20 seconds

• 40 seconds

• 1 minute

• 1 minute 30 seconds

Part of our blood volume consist of red blood cells (RBC). How long is the life span of a RBC before it dies of aging or damage?

• 30 days

• 120 days

• 365 days

• as long as the human shall live

If the heart beats faster when we are scared, nervous or angry. Apart from pumping blood around the body, it also gives us our emotions.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which of the following will help to keep the heart strong?

• Sleep as much as possible. No pressure on the heart.

• Eating. Good supply of nutrients.

• Donate blood as much as possible. Lesser work for the heart.

• Play basketball. Lets go! Whack my heart till I can't breathe.