WorksheetsBlood vessels
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 48mins
Human blood vessels are
artries, capillaries, and atria
ventricles, atria and pulmonary veins
capillaries, artries, and veins
veins, artries, and aorta
Which type of blood vessel carries blood away from the heart?
artery
vein
capillary
Which diagram represents an artery?
diagram A
diagram B
diagram C
Which type of blood vessel carries blood to the heart?
artery
vein
capillary
Which diagram represents a vein?
diagram A
diagram B
diagram C
Which type of blood vessel allows substances to enter and leave the blood?
artery
vein
capillary
Which diagram represents a capillary?
diagram A
diagram B
diagram C
A vein has . . .
a thick wall that contains muscle tissue and elastic tissue.
a thin wall that contains some muscle tissue.
a thin wall that is one cell thick.
A capillary has . . .
a thick wall that contains muscle tissue and elastic tissue.
a thin wall that contains some muscle tissue.
a thin wall that is one cell thick.
An artery has . . .
a thick wall that contains muscle tissue and elastic tissue.
a thin wall that contains some muscle tissue.
a thin wall that is one cell thick.
Which two types of blood vessels have elastic tissue in their walls?
artery
vein
capillary
Which type of blood vessel has valves to prevent backflow?
artery
vein
capillary
What is the lumen of a blood vessel?
the channel inside the blood vessel that blood passes through
the wall around the outside of the blood vessel
the connective tissue in the wall of the blood vessel that gives it strength
Which type of blood vessel is shown?
artery
vein
capillary
Which type of blood vessel returns blood to the heart?
artery
vein
capillary
Which type of blood vessel has a wall that is one cell thick?
artery
vein
capillary
What is the role of the valves in a vein?
to prevent the backflow of blood
to allow the vein to stretch and recoil
to enable the vein to withstand high-pressure blood
to allow the vein to exchange substances
What is the role of the elastic tissue in the wall of an artery?
to prevent the backflow of blood
to allow the artery to stretch and recoil
to enable the artery to withstand high-pressure blood
to allow the artery to exchange substances
Why is the wall of a capillary only one cell thick?
to prevent the backflow of blood
to allow the capillary to stretch and recoil
to enable the capillary to withstand high-pressure blood
to allow the capillary to exchange substances
What does the thick wall of an artery enable it to do?
stretch and recoil
exchange substances
withstand high-pressure blood
Which diagram correctly represents the arrangement of valves in a vein?
diagram A
diagram B
diagram C
Which type of blood vessel is blood vessel A?
artery
vein
capillary
Which blood vessel is carrying oxygenated blood from the heart?
blood vessel A
blood vessel B
blood vessel C
Which blood vessel is carrying deoxygenated blood from the heart?
blood vessel A
blood vessel B
blood vessel C
