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Cardiovascular System

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following delivers oxygen to cells?
a)
Red Blood cells
b)
White blood cells
c)
Platelets
d)
Plasma
2.
Which of the following are the blood vessels that have the thickest walls?
a)
Veins
b)
Arteries
c)
Cappillaries
3.
What is the name of the circulation between the heart and lungs?
a)
Diastolic
b)
Systemic
c)
Pulmonary
d)
Coronary
4.
What is the name of the circulation between the heart and the body?
a)
Diastolic
b)
Systemic
c)
Pulmonary
d)
Coronary
5.

Deoxygenated blood enters the heart at the ....

a)

Right Atrium

b)

Left Atrium

c)

Right Ventricle

d)

Left Ventricle

6.
What is the name of the part labelled 3?
a)
Right Atrium
b)
Left Atrium
c)
Right Ventricle
d)
Left Ventricle
7.
What is the name of the part labelled 2?
a)
Right Atrium
b)
Left Atrium
c)
Right Ventricle
d)
Left Ventricle
8.
What is the name of the part labelled 4?
a)
Right Atrium
b)
Left Atrium
c)
Right Ventricle
d)
Left Ventricle
9.
What is the function of a valve?
a)
Helps blood to clot
b)
Keeps blood flowing in all directions
c)
Keeps blood flowing in one direction
d)
Stops blood from flowing
10.
Which vessels carry blood away from the heart?
a)
arteries
b)
veins
c)
capillaries
11.
How many chambers does the heart have ? 
a)
4
b)
6
c)
3
d)
1
12.
Which part of the heart pumps deoxygenated (oxygen-poor) blood?
a)
Left side
b)
Right side
c)
Top side
d)
Bottom side
13.
Oxygen-poor blood arrives to the heart from the the body via the _____.
a)
aorta
b)
pulmonary arteries
c)
superior and inferior vena cava
d)
pulmonary veins
14.
A blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart.
a)
Cardiovascular System
b)
Heart
c)
Vein
d)
Artery
15.
How many valves does  the heart have ? 
a)
7
b)
4
c)
d)
16.
The average blood pressure is 
a)
120/80
b)
80/120
c)
115/180
d)
120/180
17.
Systolic pressure measures which of the following?
a)
atrial contraction
b)
atrial relaxation
c)
ventricular contraction
d)
ventricular relaxation
18.
a)
Pulmonary veins
b)
Pulmonary artery
c)
Aorta
d)
Vena cava
19.
Which part of the heart pumps oxygenated blood?
a)
Left side
b)
Right side
c)
Top side
d)
Bottom side
20.
What creates the "lub dub" heart sounds?
a)
Flow of blood
b)
Closing of valves
c)
Opening of valves
d)
Breathing
21.
The bottom chambers of the heart are called
a)
ventricles
b)
atria
c)
vena cava
d)
valves
22.
What are tube-like structures that include the arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins?
a)
Blood Vessels
b)
Lymph
c)
Glands
d)
Strep
23.

Blood cell that protect the body against infection

a)

Platelets

b)

Plasma

c)

Hemoglobin

d)

White Blood Cells

e)

Blood

24.

The fluid in which other parts of the blood are suspended

a)

Platelets

b)

Blood

c)

Plasma

d)

Hemoglobin

e)

White Blood Cells

25.

Types of cells in the blood that causes blood clots to form

a)

Platelets

b)

Blood

c)

Plasma

d)

Hemoglobin

e)

White blood cells

26.

The fluid that delivers oxygen, hormones, and nutrients to the cells and carries away wastes

a)

Platelets

b)

Blood

c)

Plasma

d)

Hemoglobin

e)

White Blood Cells

27.

The oxygen-carrying protein in blood

a)

Platelets

b)

Blood

c)

Plasma

d)

Hemoglobin

e)

White Blood Cells

28.

Small vessels that carry blood from arterioles and to small vessels called venules which then empty into veins

a)

Arterioles

b)

Arteries

c)

Veins

d)

Venules

e)

Capillaries

29.

Can donate red blood cells to only B & AB

a)

Type O

b)

Type AB

c)

Type B

d)

Type A

30.

A universal donor

a)

Type O

b)

Type AB

c)

Type B

d)

Type A

31.

Can donate red blood cells to only AB but can receive from all others.

a)

Type O

b)

Type AB

c)

Type B

d)

Type A

32.

Can donate red blood cells to only A & AB

a)

Type O

b)

Type AB

c)

Type B

d)

Type A

33.
Which part of the heart is this?
a)
Aorta
b)
Pumonary Vein
c)
Pulmonary Artery
d)
Left Atrium
34.
Which part of the heart is this?
a)
Pulmonary Vein
b)
Pulmonary Artery
c)
Right Atrium
d)
Tricuspid Valve
35.
Bradycardia is
a)
Rest heart rate above 60BPM
b)
Resting heart rate below 40 BPM
c)
Resting Heart Rate below 60BPM
d)
Resting Heart Rate above 100 BPM
36.
Pulmonary Artery
a)
carries oxygenated blood to atrium
b)
carries deoxygenated blood to lungs
c)
carries oxygenated blood to lungs
d)
none of the above
37.
Blood flows from left atrium to left ventricle through which valve?
a)
Bicuspid
b)
Tricuspid
c)
Semilunar Valve
d)
Pulmonary valve
38.
Blood flows from right atrium to right ventricle through which valve?
a)
semilunar valve
b)
tricuspid valve
c)
bicuspid valve
d)
pulmonary valve 
39.
The Semilunar Valves are:
a)
Tricuspid & Bicuspid
b)
Pulmonary and Bicuspid
c)
Aortic & Tricuspid
d)
Pumonary & Aortic
40.
Bicuspid valve is also called __________
a)
tricuspid
b)
mitral
c)
pulmonary
d)
aortic
41.

What is the side of the adult heart?

a)

size of an apple

b)

size of a pillow

c)

size of a pea

d)

size of a large fist

42.

Which of the following is associated with oxygenated blood?

a)

Aorta

b)

Pulmonary Artery

c)

Septum

d)

Right Ventricle

43.

Which of the following is associated with deoxygenated blood?

a)

Aorta

b)

Left Ventricle

c)

Tricuspid valve

d)

Septum

44.

What part of the heart divides the heart into two?

a)

Biscuspid valve

b)

Septum

c)

Pulmonary artery

d)

bicep

45.
What blood type has anti-A antibodies?
a)
Type A
b)
Type B
c)
Type AB
d)
Type O
46.
What blood type has anti-B antibodies?
a)
Type A
b)
Type B
c)
Type AB
d)
Type O
47.
The scientific name of a white blood cell
a)
thrombocyte
b)
erythrocyte
c)
leukocyte
d)
osteocyte
48.
The scientific name of a red blood cell
a)
erythrocyte
b)
leukocyte
c)
thrombocyte
d)
plasmocyte
49.

Which blood cells are the most numerous?

a)

RBC

b)

WBC

c)

platelets

d)

Leucocyte

50.
What does blood transport?
a)
Nutrients
b)
Oxygen 
c)
Carbon Dioxide
d)
All of the above
51.

Where is blood made?

a)

Compact Bone

b)

Spongy Bone

c)

Bone Marrow

d)

Liver

52.
A person with B- blood could receive...
a)
B+ blood
b)
AB- blood
c)
O- blood
d)
A+ blood
53.
Which blood type is the universal recipient?
a)
AB+ 
b)
AB-
c)
O+
d)
O-
54.
Which blood type is the UNIVERSAL DONOR?
a)
O+
b)
O-
c)
AB+
d)
AB-
55.

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

56.

Erythrocytes

a)

are the least numerous formed element in the body

b)

are cylindrically shaped cells

c)

are produced in yellow bone marrow

d)

do not have a nucleus

57.

There are this many types of blood.

a)

8

b)

10

c)

6

d)

Red

58.

The hormone responsible for making RBCs

a)

Erythropoiesis

b)

Erythropoietin

59.

Erythropoietin is produce and filtered by what?

a)

liver

b)

kidneys

c)

gallbladder

d)

spleen

60.

Which plasma protein includes antibodies? (has an immune system function)

a)

albumin

b)

globulin

c)

fibrinogen

d)

thrombin

61.

A condition where your red blood cell count is too high

a)

anemia

b)

hemophilia

c)

polycythemia

d)

leukemia

62.

A lack of red blood cells and/or hemoglobin

a)

anemia

b)

hemophilia

c)

polycythemia

d)

leukemia

63.

Hematopoiesis takes place in the _____.

a)

kidneys

b)

spleen

c)

red bone marrow

d)

heart

64.

A cancerous overproduction of white blood cells

a)

anemia

b)

polycythemia

c)

hemophilia

d)

leukemia

65.

The foramen ovale in an unborn fetus is found between which 2 chambers?

a)

right and left atrium

b)

right and left ventricle

c)

right atrium and right ventricle

d)

left atrium and left ventricle

66.
An electrocardiogram measures what?
a)
The amount of pressure exerted on blood vessels.
b)
The electrical activity of the heart.
c)
How many times the heart contracts over time.
d)
The body's temperature caused by friction of blood in vessel.
67.
The p-wave correlates with which event?
a)
atrium contraction /signals moving from SA node to AV node
b)
ventricle contraction
c)
ventricle repolarization
d)
both atrial and ventricle contraction
68.
The t-wave correlates with which event?
a)
atrium contraction /signals moving from SA node to AV node
b)
ventricle contraction
c)
ventricle repolarization
d)
both atrial and ventricle contraction
69.
The AV node is located at...
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
70.
The Purkinje fibers are located at...
a)
F
b)
G
c)
H
d)
I
71.
The QRS-wave correlates with which event?
a)
atrium contraction /signals moving from SA node to AV node
b)
ventricle contraction
c)
ventricle repolarization
d)
both atrial and ventricle contraction
72.

Tachycardia is

a)

heart beating less than 60 bpm

b)

heart beating normally

c)

heart beating faster than 100 bpm

d)

heart beating sporadically

73.

Atherosclerosis is caused by a build up of what material?

a)

calcium

b)

lipids

c)

cell debris

d)

all of the above

74.
Carbon dioxide and other wastes are passed from the fetus to the mother through the 
a)
umbilical artery
b)
umbilical vein
c)
foramen ovale
d)
pulmonary artery
75.

True/False: Maternal hemoglobin has a stronger affinity for oxygen than fetal hemoglobin.

a)

True

b)

False