Health and Anatomy Quiz

Heart and circulatory diseases cause a quarter of all deaths in the UK, that's more than 160,000 deaths each year – an average of 460 deaths each day or one every three minutes in the UK. There are around 7.6 million people living with a heart or circulatory disease in the UK: 4 million men and 3.6 million women. What percentage of people in the UK living with heart disease are women? Show your working.

• 47.37%

• 50%

• 45%

• 40%

Describe how blood moves through the heart in the cardiac cycle.

• Blood enters the right atrium from the body, moves to the right ventricle, and is pumped to the lungs.

• Blood enters the left atrium from the lungs, moves to the left ventricle, and is pumped to the body.

• Blood circulates directly from the right atrium to the left atrium without passing through the ventricles.

• Blood moves from the left ventricle to the right ventricle and then to the lungs.

The structure of blood enables it to carry out its functions by:

• Transporting oxygen and nutrients to cells

• Removing waste products from the body

• Regulating body temperature

• All of the above

Which of the following is a cause of osteoporosis and its effects on the skeletal system?

• Lack of calcium leading to weakened bones

• Excessive exercise leading to stronger bones

• High protein diet leading to bone density increase

• Adequate vitamin D intake leading to bone strengthening

Describe these parts of the skeletal system: Ligament.

• A fibrous connective tissue that connects bones to other bones

• A type of muscle tissue

• A part of the nervous system

• A type of blood vessel

Which part of the skeletal system is described as a flexible connective tissue found in joints?

• Bone

• Cartilage

• Ligament

• Tendon

Describe the breakdown of food in the digestive system.

• It involves mechanical and chemical processes.

• It only involves mechanical processes.

• It only involves chemical processes.

• It does not involve any processes.

Muscular dystrophy primarily affects which part of the body?

• Nervous system

• Muscular system

• Digestive system

• Respiratory system

The function of the respiratory muscles is to:

• Facilitate the exchange of gases in the lungs

• Pump blood throughout the body

• Digest food in the stomach

• Transmit nerve signals

Describe the role of these types of muscle. Fixator

• Stabilizes the origin of the agonist muscle

• Produces the main force for movement

• Opposes the action of the agonist

• Assists the agonist in performing its action