Cardiovascular Vocabulary Quiz

What are the large blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart?

• Veins

• Atrium

• Ventricle

• Arteries

Capillaries deliver oxygen on a protein called platelets.

• True
• False

The upper chamber of the heart is called the

(a)  

The heart has ___ chambers.

• 3

• 4

• 2

• 6

The liquid part of blood that is straw colored is _____________.

• plasma

• platelets

• veins

• arteries

White blood cells respond to injury or illness and protects from infection.

• True
• False

Many veins are located...

• near the heart

• near the skeleton

• near skeletal muscles

These carry blood from the capillary network to veins.

• capillaries

• venules

• white blood cells

• red blood cells

What is the tough, slippery membrane that encloses the heart?

• pericardium

• ventricle

• atrium

The ventricle is the (a)   chamber of the heart.