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The Blood System

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 14mins

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Class

Date

What part of blood is responsible for carrying oxygen and carbon dioxide to body cells?

Red Blood Cells

White Blood Cells

Platelets

Plasma

What part of blood is responsible for carrying wastes, nutrients, and minerals?

Red Blood Cells

White Blood Cells

Platelets

Plasma

What do the arteries do?

pumps blood to the heart

pumps blood to and from the heart

carry's blood away from the heart

a muscle

What is the function of the heart?

To pump blood around the body

To remove oxygen from the blood

To allow blood to flow through it

To breath

The main function of the circulatory system is

To give the body structure and support

Excrete waste

transport blood, nutrients, and gases throughout the body

to transport messages from the body to the brain

Oxygen rich blood leaves the heart through the

left ventricle

left atrium

right ventricle

right atrium

Capillaries join together

the heart and arteries

veins and the heart

arteries and veins

heart and valves

Veins have special ________________ to stop blood from flowing backward.

gravity

valves

arteries

ventricles

Your blood is made up of which of the following...

plasma, red blood cells, blue blood cells

white and red blood cells

plasma and platelets

plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets

10.

What would happen if your arteries cannot deliver blood?

your tissues would not get the oxygen they need

the skin would be extra hairy

the heart would not work

you would immediately fall asleep

11.

What is the largest artery in the human body called?

Superior Vena Cava

Aorta

Inferior Vena Cava

Pulmonary Artery

12.

Identify the location of the heart where the bold arrow is pointing

Left atrium

Right atrium

Left ventricle

Right ventricle

13.

Identify the location of the heart where the arrow is pointing

Left atrium

Right atrium

Left ventricle

Right ventricle

14.

What is pulmonary circulation?

Blood travelling to and from the lungs

Blood travelling to and from the body

A blood clot in the lungs

The vessel that brings blood to the lungs

15.

The blood in the vena cava is...

oxygenated, returning to the heart

deoxygenated, returning to the heart

oxygenated, leaving the heart

deoxygenated, leaving the heart

16.

Identify 8

Left Atrium

Pulmonary Arteries

Pulmonary Veins

Left Ventricle

17.

When the ventricles contract, the bicuspid (mitral) valve prevents blood from flowing from the ________.

right ventricle to right atrium

left ventricle to left atrium

left atrium to the right atrium

right atrium to the left atrium

18.

Which one of the following represents the correct path for the transmission of an impulse in the intrinsic conduction system of the heart?

AV node, Bundle of His, SA node, Purkinje fibers, bundle branches

SA node, AV node, Bundle of His, bundle branches, Purkinje fibers

SA node, Bundle of His, AV node, Purkinje fibers, bundle branches

SA node, Bundle of His, bundle branches, Purkinje fibers, AV node

19.

The heart sounds "lub" and "dup" result from ________.

opening of the heart valves

firing of the nodes of the intrinsic conduction system

blood rushing through the chambers

closure of heart valves

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The Blood System

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 14mins

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