Biology Quiz

If your pulse is 70 beats per minute, how fast is your heart beating?

• 140 beats per minute

• 35 beats per minute

• 70 beats per minute

• 120 beats per minute

A main function of the large intestine is

• Digestion of starch

• Water reabsorption

• Production of chyme

• Secretion of bile

A hospital laboratory technician injects a dye into a vein in your right arm. What is the first chamber of the heart that the dye will reach?

• right atrium

• left atrium

• right ventricle

• left ventricle

Which artery is commonly used to take one’s pulse?

• brachial artery

• carotid artery

• radial artery

• both b and c

If your appendix bursts it may lead to a life threatening condition. Explain.

What are the two components of the cardiovascular system?

• heart and blood vessels

• arteries and heart

• veins and heart

• arteries and veins

What is the blind-ended sac of the large intestine located at the junction of the small intestine?

What are the upper chambers of the heart called?

• Atria

• Auricles

• Ventricles

• Septa

Choose the most correct statement concerning capillaries.

• Networks of capillaries are only within the lungs.

• Blood is always shunted by capillaries directly from arteries to veins.

• The only site of nutrient, gas exchange, and waste exchange is the capillaries.

• The walls of capillaries contain smooth muscle.

Which of the following is not considered an accessory organ of the digestive system?

• liver

• small intestine

• pancreas

• gallbladder