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Human circulatory system

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 2hrs 41mins

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1.

What is the function of the circulatory system?

a)

To provide nutrients to the whole body

b)

To maintain homeostasis for the body

c)

To fight off infection or disease

d)

To transport nutrients, oxygen, and blood throughout the body

2.

How does the heart work?

a)

It pumps blood first to the lungs, back to the heart and then around the rest of the body.

b)

It pumps blood first to the rest of the body, back to the lungs and then to the heart.

c)

It pumps blood around the rest of the body, back to the heart and then to the lungs,

3.

What part of the heart is circled in yellow?

a)

Left atrium

b)

Right atrium

c)

Left ventricle

d)

Right ventricle

4.

What part of the heart is circled in yellow?

a)

Left atrium

b)

Right atrium

c)

Left ventricle

d)

Right ventricle

5.

What part of the heart is circled in yellow?

a)

Left atrium

b)

Right atrium

c)

Left ventricle

d)

Right ventricle

6.

What part of the heart is circled in yellow?

a)

Left atrium

b)

Right atrium

c)

Left ventricle

d)

Right ventricle

7.

The arteries carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What do we call the tiny tubes that return blood back to the heart?

a)

arteries

b)

chambers

c)

veins

d)

ventricles

9.

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

a)

plasma, red blood cells, blue blood cells

b)

white and red blood cells

c)

plasma and platelets

d)

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

10.

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

a)

Red Blood Cells

b)

White Blood Cells

c)

Platelets

d)

Plasma

11.

What part of blood is responsible for fighting infections?

a)

Red Blood Cells

b)

White Blood Cells

c)

Platelets

d)

Plasma

12.

The five main parts of the circulatory system are?

a)

heart, blood, nutrients, flakes, skin

b)

heart, blood, valves, crust, mantle

c)

heart, blood, veins, arteries, capillaries

d)

heart, blood, cells, skin, nerves

13.

What protects the body against blood loss?

a)

Clots formed by clusters of leukocytes.

b)

Clots formed by platelets and blood proteins.

c)

Masses of erythrocytes and erythrocyte fragments.

d)

Constriction of capillaries in the damaged area.

14.

The most abundant compound in blood plasma, accounting

for about 92% of the total volume, is:

a)

Oxygen

b)

Gamma-globulin

c)

Sodium chloride

d)

Water

15.

What ensures the unidirectional flow of blood through the

heart?

a)

Constant pressure generated by the heart contractions.

b)

Valves within the heart that prevent backflow of blood.

c)

Squeezing action of smooth muscle tissue in arterial walls.

d)

Continuous osmotic outflow of plasma from capillaries.

16.

The ____________ carries blood throughout the body;

the ____________ carries blood only to and from the

lungs.

a)

systemic circuit; pulmonary circuit

b)

pulmonary circuit; systemic circuit

c)

venous circulation; arterial circulation

d)

arterial circulation; venous circulation

17.

Which vessels have thin walls and small diameters that facilitate rapid diffusion of gases and nutrients between blood and body tissues?

a)

Capillaries.

b)

Arterioles.

c)

Venules.

d)

All of the above.

18.

Valves in veins serve to:

a)

Release excessive pressure to protect these thin-walled vessels.

b)

Counteract the crushing force of surrounding skeletal muscles.

c)

Prevent backflow of blood in the absence of high blood pressure.

d)

Adjust blood pressure by compartmentalizing the venae cavae.