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WorksheetsThe Circulatory System
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 16mins
The aorta is the largest artery in the body that carries blood to the rest of the body. The blood leaving the aorta is full of?
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
White blood Cells
Potassium
What is the main function of the artery?
It controls your brain and your thought process.
They carry blood BACK to the heart.
Arteries carry blood AWAY from the heart.
It receives information (senses) and sends messages to the body about how to react to things.
The heart is about the size and shape of your . . .
head
fist
foot
The job of the heart is to . . .
pump blood around the body.
send food to the small intestines.
break down food.
give energy to the body.
What are the 4 main chambers of the heart?
right atrium, left atrium, aorta, pulmonary artery
right atrium, left atrium, right ventricle, left ventricle
left atrium, aorta, pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein
right atrium, left atrium, right ventricle, aorta
What is the muscular wall that separates the right and left side of the heart
paricardium
aorta
pulmonary artery
septum
What type of system is the circulatory system?
open, single pump
closed, single pump
open, double pump
closed, double pump
The beating sound of our heart is caused by
the valves opening and closing
the aorta pumping the blood to the rest of the body
the pulmonary arteries pumping blood to the lungs
the pulmonary vein pumping blood to the left atrium
The top chambers of the heart are called
ventricles
atria
vena cava
valves
Blood enters the right atrium from the
right atrium
right ventricla
vena cave
pulmonary vein
Blood is taken to the lungs by the ______________.
aorta
pulmonary vein
pulmonary artery
vena cava
From the lungs, the blood reenters the heart through the ___________________.
aorta
vena cava
pulmonary vein
pulmonary artery
