Blood Circulation Quiz

Blood pressure ______ as the circulating blood moves away from the heart.

• increases

• decreases

• stabilizes

• fluctuates

Hematocytes are ______.

• red blood cells

• white blood cells

• blood platelets

• blood vessels

Arteries carry blood ______ from the heart.

• away

• towards

• around

• through

Veins are generally ______ to the skin than arteries.

• closer

• farther

• identical

• perpendicular

The ______ arteries form the intestinal iliac arteries after birth.

• pulmonary

• umbilical

• aorta

• coronary

When diastolic blood pressure occurs, the arterial pressure is at its ______.

• highest

• lowest

• average

• peak

The pulse can be felt at any place on the body that allows an artery to be compressed against a ______.

• muscle

• bone

• vein

• organ

The smallest blood vessels are called ______.

• arteries

• veins

• capillaries

• venules

The systolic blood pressure occurs when the heart ______.

• relaxes

• contracts

• stops

• beats irregularly

Blood pressure is the pressure exerted by circulating blood upon the walls of blood ______.

• cells

• vessels

• platelets

• plasma