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WorksheetsIntroduction of Cardiovascular System & Blood Composition
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 50mins
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 helps blood flow to the heart?
a)
Veins
b)
Arteries
c)
Cappillaries
3.
Which of the following are the blood vessels that have a wall that is 1 cell thick?
a)
Veins
b)
Arteries
c)
Cappillaries
4.
Which of the following are the blood vessels that have the thickest walls?
a)
Veins
b)
Arteries
c)
Cappillaries
5.
What is the name of the circulation between the heart and lungs?
a)
Diastolic
b)
Systemic
c)
Pulmonary
d)
Coronary
6.
What is the name of the circulation between the heart and the body?
a)
Diastolic
b)
Systemic
c)
Pulmonary
d)
Coronary
7.
Blood enters the heart at the ....
a)
Right Atrium
b)
Left Atrium
c)
Right Ventricle
d)
Left Ventricle
8.
What is the name of the part labelled 3?
a)
Right Atrium
b)
Left Atrium
c)
Right Ventricle
d)
Left Ventricle
9.
What is the name of the part labelled 2?
a)
Right Atrium
b)
Left Atrium
c)
Right Ventricle
d)
Left Ventricle
10.
What is the name of the part labelled 4?
a)
Right Atrium
b)
Left Atrium
c)
Right Ventricle
d)
Left Ventricle
11.
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
12.
Which vessels carry blood away from the heart?
a)
arteries
b)
veins
c)
capillaries
13.
How many chambers does the heart have ?
a)
4
b)
6
c)
3
d)
1
14.
Which part of the heart pumps deoxygenated (oxygen-poor) blood?
a)
Left side
b)
Right side
c)
Top side
d)
Bottom side
15.
Which is the muscular wall that separates the heart into right and left sides?
a)
valves
b)
ventricles
c)
atria
d)
septum
16.
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
17.
A hollow, muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body.
a)
Skeleton
b)
Heart
c)
Vein
d)
Artery
18.
A blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart.
a)
Cardiovascular System
b)
Heart
c)
Vein
d)
Artery
19.
Another name for the circulatory system is __________________________________________ because they describe the system that consists of the heart, blood vessels, and blood.
a)
Cardiovascular System
b)
Heart
c)
Vein
d)
Artery
20.
Pulmonary vein
a)
carries oxygenated blood to left atrium
b)
carries deoxygenated blood to left ventricle
c)
carries oxygenated blood to left ventricle
d)
carries deoxygenated blood to left atrium
21.
Arteries carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Veins carry oxygen poor blood back to the heart.
a)
False
b)
True
23.
The heart is about the size and shape of your . . .
a)
head
b)
fist
c)
hand
d)
foot
24.
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,
25.
Which is NOT a function of the circulatory system?
a)
deliver O2 and nutrients to cells
b)
remove CO2 and wastes from cells
c)
break down carbohydrates into glucose
d)
transport other materials through body
26.
arteries, veins, and capillaries are three types of __________
a)
heart valves
b)
blood vessels
c)
cells
d)
veins
27.
What does Deoxygenated mean?
a)
Oxygen-rich
b)
Blood flow
c)
Oxygen-poor
d)
Water Flow
28.
The average blood pressure is
a)
120/80
b)
80/120
c)
115/180
d)
120/180
29.
Blood enters the right atrium through
a)
pulmonary veins
b)
vena cavaes
c)
pulmonary arteries
d)
aorta
30.
Systolic pressure measures which of the following?
a)
atrial contraction
b)
atrial relaxation
c)
ventricular contraction
d)
ventricular relaxation
31.
a)
Pulmonary veins
b)
Pulmonary artery
c)
Aorta
d)
Vena cava
32.
What creates the "lub dub" heart sounds?
a)
Flow of blood
b)
Closing of valves
c)
Opening of valves
d)
Breathing
33.
_______ circulation takes blood from the heart to the lungs and back.
a)
Systemic
b)
Pulmonary
c)
Body
d)
Blood
34.
The bottom chambers of the heart are called
a)
ventricles
b)
atria
c)
vena cava
d)
valves
35.
Which part of the heart is this?
a)
Aorta
b)
Pumonary Vein
c)
Pulmonary Artery
d)
Left Atrium
36.
Which part of the heart is this?
a)
Aorta
b)
Right Ventricle
c)
Left Atrium
d)
Left Ventricle
37.
Which part of the heart is this?
a)
Pulmonary Vein
b)
Pulmonary Artery
c)
Right Atrium
d)
Tricuspid Valve
38.
The heart is
a)
A double pump
b)
Myogenic
c)
Generates its own electrical pulse
d)
All of the above
39.
During the Cardiac Cycle, Ventricular systole is when what happens?
a)
The Left Ventricle contracts
b)
When the Right Ventricle contracts
c)
When the Atria contract
d)
When both Ventricles contract
40.
The Vagus nerve stimulates the SA Node to speed up the heart beat - True or False
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
41.
Which of the following is associated with deoxygenated blood?
a)
Aorta
b)
Left Ventricle
c)
Tricuspid valve
d)
Septum
42.
The relaxing of the heart is known as
a)
Diastole
b)
Systole
c)
Heart Rate
d)
Cardiac Arrest
43.
The contraction of the heart is known as?
a)
Stroke volume
b)
Diastole
c)
Cardiac cycle
d)
Systole
44.
Which of the following statements is false?
a)
Plasma is a yellowy liquid containing water
b)
Deoxygenated blood returns to the lungs via the pulmonary artery
c)
55% of the blood volume is made up of blood cells
d)
White blood cells are generally bigger than red blood cells
45.
Blood consists mainly of:
a)
Plasma
b)
Platelets
c)
White blood cells
d)
Red blood cells
46.
The main purpose of Red Blood Cells is to
a)
carry gases, wastes, and nutrients
b)
attack and destroy pathogens
c)
clot the blood
d)
digest food
47.
What part of blood carries hemoglobin?
a)
Red blood cells
b)
Plasma
c)
Platlets
d)
White blood cells
48.
Another name for white blood cells is
a)
erythrocytes
b)
plasmocytes
c)
leukocytes
d)
thrombocytes
49.
Blood becomes bright red in color because of the
a)
amount of folic acid present
b)
amount of hemoglobin present
c)
amount of oxygen present
d)
amount of iron present
50.
Red blood cells are
a)
thrombocytes
b)
neutrophils
c)
monocytes
d)
erthryocytes
51.
The liquid portion of the blood is
a)
leukocytes
b)
erthryocytes
c)
plasma
d)
thrombin
52.
What part of blood is responsible for fighting infections?
a)
Red Blood Cells
b)
White Blood Cells
c)
Platelets
d)
Plasma
53.
This part of blood helps it clot, when you get cut.
a)
Red blood cells
b)
Plasma
c)
Platelets
d)
White blood cells
54.
_______ is made mostly of water and makes up about 55% of the blood
a)
Plasma
b)
Platelets
c)
Red blood cells
d)
White blood cells
55.
What does blood transport?
a)
Nutrients
b)
Oxygen
c)
Carbon Dioxide
d)
All of the above
56.
How many pints of blood are in the average human?
a)
1
b)
20
c)
10
57.
Vein that empties blood from the lower body into the upper right heart chamber
a)
Inferior Vena Cava
b)
Superior Vena Cava
c)
Pulmonary Veins
d)
Aortic veins
58.
Largest artery in the body taking oxygenated blood to the body from the lower left chamber
a)
Pulmonary
b)
Radial
c)
Aorta
d)
Femoral
59.
Veins that empty blood from the lungs into the upper left heart chamber
a)
Inferior Vena Cava
b)
Superior Vena Cava
c)
Pulmonary Veins
d)
Aortic veins
60.
Arteries taking low oxygenated blood from the lower right heart chamber to the lungs
a)
Pulmonary arteries
b)
Radial artery
c)
Aorta
d)
Femoral artery
61.
Which valve sits between the right chambers of the heart?
a)
Pulmonary
b)
Bicuspid
c)
Aortic
d)
Tricuspid
62.
Which valve sits between the left chambers of the heart?
a)
Pulmonary
b)
Bicuspid
c)
Aortic
d)
Tricuspid
63.
Which valve sits between the lower right chamber and arteries leading to the lungs
a)
Pulmonary
b)
Bicuspid
c)
Aortic
d)
Tricuspid
64.
Which valve sits between the lower left chamber and large artery leading to the body
a)
Pulmonary
b)
Bicuspid
c)
Aortic
d)
Tricuspid
65.
Which chamber is the strongest and pumps highly oxygenated blood to the body?
a)
Right atrium
b)
Right ventricle
c)
Left atrium
d)
Left ventricle
66.
Which chamber receives blood from the two largest veins in the body?
a)
Right atrium
b)
Right ventricle
c)
Left atrium
d)
Left ventricle
67.
Which chamber receives blood from the upper right chamber and sends blood to the lungs?
a)
Right atrium
b)
Right ventricle
c)
Left atrium
d)
Left ventricle
68.
Which chamber receives highly oxygenated blood from the lungs?
a)
Right atrium
b)
Right ventricle
c)
Left atrium
d)
Left ventricle
69.
What are the upper chambers of the heart called?
a)
Arteries
b)
Ventricles
c)
Atria
d)
Vessels
70.
What are the lower chambers of the heart called?
a)
Arteries
b)
Ventricles
c)
Atria
d)
Vessels
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