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Blood Flow and Blood Types

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A blood vessel that has blood flowing away from the heart is known as...

a)

Vein

b)

Capillary

c)

Artery

d)

Pulmonary vein

2.

The largest artery in your body.

a)

Atria

b)

Aorta

c)

Arrhythmia

d)

Vena Cava

3.

The strongest muscle in your body....

a)

skeletal muscle

b)

smooth muscle

c)

cardiac muscle

d)

septum

4.

From this question on you may use your heart diagrams for help.

The _____ prevent blood from flowing back; they keep blood going in one direction.

a)

Capillaries

b)

Veins

c)

Septum

d)

Valves

5.

How many chambers does the heart contain?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

6.

There are blood vessels called _____ that carry blow toward the heart.

a)

capillaries

b)

atria

c)

arteries

d)

veins

7.

Blood flows to/through the ______ after the aorta.

a)

left ventricle

b)

right ventricle

c)

upper and lower body cells

d)

right and left lungs

8.

The top two chambers of the heart are called ____.

a)

Aorta

b)

Atria

c)

Arteries

d)

Semilunar valves

9.

A blood vessel that is medium sized, oxygenated, and travels toward the heart. Which blood vessel is being described?

a)

Pulmonary artery

b)

Pulmonary vein

c)

Vena Cava

d)

Aorta

10.

A blood vessel that is deoxygenated, thick, and flows away fro the heart. Which blood vessel is being described?

a)

Pulmonary artery

b)

Pulmonary vein

c)

Aorta

d)

Pulmonary valve

11.

Where does blood flow through/to after it has traveled to the cells of the body?

a)

To the lungs.

b)

To the ventricles.

c)

To the superior and inferior vena cavas.

d)

To the left and right atria.

12.

Which valve is in between the right atrium and right ventricle?

a)

Semilunar valve

b)

Bicuspid valve

c)

Tricuspid valve

13.

What valve prevents backflow back into the left ventricle?

a)

The semilunar valve (aortic valve)

b)

The bicuspid valve

c)

The semilunar valve (pulmonary valve)

d)

The tricuspid valve

14.

Where does blood flow through/to after the pulmonary artery?

a)

To the heart

b)

To the lungs

c)

To the atria

d)

To the ventricles

15.

Where does blood flow to/through after the pulmonary veins?

a)

The right ventricle

b)

The right atrium

c)

The left ventricle

d)

The left atrium

16.

The aorta is oxygen rich

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The superior vena cava is oxygen rich.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

The pulmonary artery is oxygen rich.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The right ventricle is oxygen rich.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The left pulmonary vein is oxygen poor.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

The right pulmonary vein is oxygen rich.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

The capillaries are one cell thick.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

A collection of organs that transport blood throughout the body.

a)

Cardiovascular system

b)

Pulmonary circulation

c)

Systemic circulation

d)

Capillary

24.

The flow of blood from the heart to all parts of the body and back to the heart.

a)

Cardiovascular system

b)

Pulmonary circulation

c)

Systemic circulation

d)

Capillary circulation

25.

A tiny blood vessel that allows an exchange between blood and cells in other tissue.

a)

Artery

b)

Vein

c)

Capillary

d)

Capillary Vein

26.

The flow of blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart.

a)

Cardiovascular system

b)

Pulmonary circulation

c)

Systemic circulation

d)

Ventricular circulation

27.

According to your textbook, what are the five main parts of the circulatory system?

a)

heart, arteries, capillaries, veins, and blood

b)

atherosclerosis, hypertension, heart attacks, edema, and heart failure

c)

oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, helium, hydrogen

d)

pulmonary, systemic, lymphatic, circulatory, and respiratory

28.

Which cardiovascular problem results when a blood vessel in the brain becomes blocked or ruptures?

a)

stroke

b)

heart attack

c)

heart failure

d)

atherosclerosis

29.

Which of the following prevents blood in the cardiovascular system from flowing backward?

a)

atria

b)

ventricles

c)

valves

d)

arteries

30.

A personal with type AB blood has which genotype? **

a)

type A

b)

AA

c)

AB

d)

BB

31.

People with type O blood are universal donors because they have both antigens A and B in their red blood cells.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Some diseases and disorders of the blood are caused by environmental factors, poor diet and even old age.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

A cancer caused by the production of an extremely high number of immature white blood cells in the bone marrow.

a)

anemia

b)

aplastic anemia

c)

Leukemia

d)

bone cancer

34.

A person with AB blood is called

a)

universal donor

b)

universal recipient

c)

jandice

d)

universal antigen

35.
What types of blood can a person with AB RECEIVE?
a)
B only
b)
AB, A, B, O
c)
AB and O only
d)
A only
36.
What type of blood is the universal donor?
a)
O
b)
AB
37.
An individual's blood type is determined by
a)
environment
b)
genetics
c)
both environment and genetics
d)
your children's blood type
38.
If a red blood cell has no antigens on its surface, what is its blood type?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
AB
d)
O
39.

Where are antigens found

a)

surface of red blood cell membrane

b)

blood plasma

40.

Where are antibodies found

a)

surface of red blood cell membrane

b)

blood plasma

41.

If a patient is Type B, what antigens do they have?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

A and B

d)

none

42.

If a patient is Type B, what antibodies do they have?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

A and B

d)

none

43.

What would trigger an immune response in a blood transfusion:

Patient: Type B

a)

B

b)

AB

c)

O

d)

none

44.

What would trigger an immune response in a blood transfusion:

Patient: Type O

a)

B

b)

AB

c)

A

d)

All of the Above

45.

If an antibody matches up to an antigen it is has previous met, there will

a)

be no immune response

b)

be an immune response

46.

The proteins found on the surface of RBCs that allow us to type blood as A, B, O or AB are called

a)

antigens

b)

antibodies

c)

aggluntates

d)

Rh factors

47.

Tyler has blood type AB+, he can donate blood to a person that has blood type?

a)

AB+

b)

AB-

c)

O-

d)

O+

48.

Which blood type has Type A antibodies?

a)

Type AB

b)

Type O

c)

Type B

d)

Type B and Type O

49.

Laney is the universal donor, what blood type does she have?

a)

O-

b)

O+

c)

AB+

d)

AB-

50.

Athena has type A blood, can she receive blood from someone who is type AB.

a)

True

b)

False