Circulatory System Quiz 4/28

The job of the heart is to . . .

• pump blood around the body.

• send food to the small intestines.

• break down food.

• give energy to the body.

This organ pumps blood through your body.

• heart

• artery

• vein

• capillaries

About how big is the human heart?

• the size of your nose

• the size of your foot

• the size of your fist

• the size of your ear

Fights disease and infection. Made by the lymphatic system.

• white blood cells

• red blood cells

• circulatory system

• blood

Delivers oxygen to your body cells. Made in bone marrow.

• white blood cell

• red blood cell

• respiratory system

• lungs

Small blood vessels that diffuse oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nutrients.

• heart

• arteries

• veins

• capillaries

Which list correctly names the major parts of the circulatory system?

• Heart, blood vessels, blood, bones

• Heart, blood, blood vessels

• Heart, blood vessels, bone marrow, blood

• Heart, blood vessels, bone marrow

What are the names of the three types of blood vessels

• Veins, arteries, capillaries

• Arteries, red blood cells, veins

• Veins, capillaries, bone marrow

• Arteries, platelets,

  plasma

Which carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart?

• Arteries

• Veins

• Capillaries

• Marrow

Causes an overproduction of white blood cells that crowd the blood.

• leukemia

• heart disease

• hemophilia

• sickle-cell anemia