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Circulatory System

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 3hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The cardiovascular system helps maintain homeostasis by

a)

sending hunger signals to the brain when energy is low.

b)

slowing down to reduce blood pressure when resting.

c)

increasing breathing to raise blood pH.

d)

filtering out more water for waste excretion.

2.
Coronary circulation, is the flow of blood to the tissues of the ______.
a)
brain
b)
heart
c)
liver
d)
lungs
3.

A heart attack can occur if an artery in the _________ is clogged.

a)

brain

b)

heart

c)

liver

4.

_______, the liquid part of the blood, is mostly made of water.

a)

plasma

b)

platelets

c)

hemoglobin

5.

Hemoglobin picks up and carries both _______.

a)

carbon dioxide and oxygen

b)

carbon dioxide and waste

c)

nutrients and carbon dioxide

6.

_______ help clot blood.

a)

red blood cells

b)

platelets

c)

white blood cells

7.

The ______ fight bacteria and viruses.

a)

red blood cells

b)

platelets

c)

white blood cells

8.

What connects veins and arteries?

a)

platelets

b)

lymph vessels

c)

capillaries

9.

The force of blood on the walls of blood vessels is called ?

a)

atherosclerosis

b)

blood pressure

c)

hypertension

10.

Which of the following is NOT a function of the circulatory system?

a)

transport nutrients and remove waste

b)

fight disease

c)

breakdown food for nutrients

d)

deliver oxygen and remove carbon dioxide

11.

What is the main function of this circuit or loop of circulation?

a)

deliver oxygen to all the cells of the body

b)

pick up oxygen and remove carbon dioxide from the blood

c)

fill the blood with nutrients

12.

Where does unoxygenated blood enter the heart from the body?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

13.

Part of the blood that carries oxygen?

a)

plasma

b)

red blood cells

c)

white blood cells

d)

platelets

14.

What is structure #6?

a)

inferior vena cava

b)

superior vena cava

c)

aorta

15.
Which number is the left ventricle?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
16.

The blood vessels that carry unoxygenated blood back to the heart from the body are ______.

a)

arteries

b)

veins

c)

capillaries

17.

Which number is the only artery that carries unoxygenated blood away from the heart?

a)

9

b)

5

c)

1

18.

These blood vessels carry oxygenated blood away from the heart and to the body: _______

a)

arteries

b)

veins

c)

capillaries

19.

Unoxygenated blood enters the heart in these two very large veins.

a)

3 and 4

b)

7 and 8

c)

5 and 9

20.

The bottom two chambers (2 and 4) are called?

a)

atria

b)

ventricles

c)

valve

21.

The top two chambers of the heart are called?

a)

atria

b)

ventricles

c)

valve

22.

This chamber of the heart RECEIVES blood returning from the body

a)

right atrium

b)

right ventricle

c)

left atrium

d)

left ventricle

23.

Which chambers of the heart are the thickest and strongest?

a)

atria

b)

ventricles

c)

valves

24.

The aorta is the largest artery in the body. The blood traveling in the aorta is full of?

a)

oxygen

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

white blood cells

25.

Thin-walled vessels that allow for the exchange of O2 , CO2, nutrients and wastes between blood cells or air sacs in the lungs are called

a)

arteries

b)

veins

c)

capillaries

26.

What does deoxygenated, or unoxygenated, mean?

a)

oxygen-rich

b)

blood flow

c)

oxygen-poor

27.

A flap of tissue that prevents blood from flowing backward

a)

septum

b)

apex

c)

valve

28.

Compared to arteries, veins

a)

have thicker walls.

b)

have thinner walls.

c)

are longer.

d)

are shorter.

29.

Which type of blood vessel has the thickest layer of smooth muscle in its walls?

a)

arteries

b)

veins

c)

capillaries

30.

What does the heart do?

a)

it protects organs and produces red blood cells

b)

it breaks down food into nutrients

c)

it pumps the blood

31.

What is the circulatory system also known as?

a)

the pulmonary system

b)

the cardiovascular system

c)

the blood system

32.

Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart are called _____?

a)

arteries

b)

veins

c)

capillaries

33.

Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart are called?

a)

arteries

b)

veins

c)

capillaries

34.

The human heart is divided into how many chambers?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

8

d)

1

35.

What does blood do?

a)

carries water to cells

b)

carries oxygen to cells

c)

carries food to cells

d)

all of the above

36.

The circulatory system interacts with the digestive system by

a)

carrying absorbed nutrients all around the body.

b)

carrying oxygen and carbon dioxide around the body.

c)

delivering hormones all around the body.

d)

carrying wastes to the kidneys to be filtered out.

37.

The circulatory system interacts with the excretory system by

a)

carrying absorbed nutrients all around the body.

b)

carrying oxygen and carbon dioxide around the body.

c)

delivering hormones all around the body.

d)

carrying wastes to the kidneys to be filtered out.

38.

The circulatory system interacts with the respiratory system by

a)

carrying absorbed nutrients all around the body.

b)

carrying oxygen and carbon dioxide around the body.

c)

delivering hormones all around the body.

d)

carrying wastes to the kidneys to be filtered out.