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Circulatory System

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Veins carry oxygen poor blood back to the heart.

a)

False

b)

True

2.
How many types of blood vessels are in our body?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
3.

Arteries carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The job of the heart is to . . .

a)

pump blood around the body.

b)

send food to the small intestines.

c)

break down food.

d)

give energy to the body.

5.
______________ are the smallest blood vessels.
a)
Arteries
b)
Veins
c)
Capillaries
6.
______________ are the second largest blood vessel. 
a)
Arteries
b)
Veins
c)
Capillaries
7.
The circulatory system works with the ___________ system to provide our body with oxygen.
a)
respiratory
b)
digestive
c)
muscular
d)
skeletal
8.
The circulatory system works with the __________ system to obtain energy from nutrients that we eat. 
a)
respiratory 
b)
digestive
c)
skeletal
d)
nervous
9.
The heart has ___ chambers.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
10.
What does Deoxygenated mean?
a)
Oxygen-rich
b)
Blood flow
c)
Oxygen-poor
d)
Water Flow
11.
Which is the correct definition of the Circulatory system?
a)
The system fights disease so the body stays healthy.
b)
The system that circulates blood and oxygen through the body, consisting of the heart,blood vessels,and blood.
c)
Breaks down food into smaller pieces and absorbs those nutrients into the body.
d)
Provides shape and structure for the body.
12.
What function does the heart do?
a)
Protects organs and produces red blood cells.
b)
Generates heat.
c)
Breaks down food into nutrients.
d)
The heart is a pump, which moves the blood. The arteries and veins are the pipes where the blood flows.
13.
What do Red-Blood cells do?
a)
Carry oxygen from the lungs to the body cells and  transport carbon dioxide from the cells back to the lungs
b)
keeps blood flowing in one direction to the heart and prevent blood from flowing backwards
c)
Collects  blood from the capillaries and drain it into the veins
d)
Bring nutriients to the cells and carries away waste materials.
14.
What does blood do?
a)
Carries Water to cells
b)
Carries Oxygen to cells
c)
Carries Food to cells
d)
All of the above 
15.

Type of circulation that refers to blood flow from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart again?

a)

Systemic circulation

b)

Renal circulation

c)

Portal circulation

d)

Pulmonary circulation

16.

Type of circulation that refers to the blood flowing through the entire body?

a)

Systemic circulation

b)

Renal circulation

c)

Portal circulation

d)

Pulmonary circulation

17.

Coronary arteries...

a)

supply the heart muscle cells with a supply of blood.

b)

supply the brain cells with a supply of blood.

c)

contain deoxygenated blood.

d)

when clogged, cause a stroke.

18.

The type of blood vessel that normally carries de-oxygenated blood back to the heart from body cells?

a)

arteries

b)

capillaries

c)

veins

19.

The type of blood vessel that normally carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body cells?

a)

arteries

b)

capillaries

c)

veins

20.

Name part I.

a)

pericardium

b)

mediastinum

c)

septum

d)

unknownum

21.

The FREQUENCY of heart contractions is...

a)

heart rate

b)

blood pressure

c)

respiratory rate

d)

voluntary muscle contraction

22.
This chamber of the heart RECEIVES blood returning from the body
a)
Right Atrium
b)
Right Ventricle
c)
Left Atrium
d)
Left Ventricle
23.

This chamber of the heart RECEIVES oxygen rich blood back from the lungs

a)

Right Atrium

b)

Left Atrium

c)

Right Ventricle

d)

Left Ventricle

24.

This chamber of the heart pumps the blood from the heart to the lungs through the pulmonary artery

a)

Right Atrium

b)

Left Atrium

c)

Right Ventricle

d)

Left Ventricle

25.

This chamber of the heart pumps the blood back out to the body cells through the Aorta

a)

Right Atrium

b)

Left Atrium

c)

Right Ventricle

d)

Left Ventricle

26.

Blood is made up of

a)

Plasma

b)

Blood cells - red and white

c)

Platelets

d)

All of the above

27.

White blood cells

a)

are mostly water and transport substances around the body

b)

carry oxygen around the body

c)

protect the body from disease

d)

clot the blood

28.

Formed in the bone marrow, they are small cells that have important function of clotting of the blood

a)

white blood cells

b)

red blood cells

c)

platelets

d)

leukocytes

29.

Which of the following has the thickest wall?

a)

Right ventricle

b)

Left ventricle

c)

Right auricle

d)

Left auricle

30.

The heart has a left side and a right side that are separated by a__________

a)

valve

b)

thick wall

c)

ventricle

d)

vein

31.

The right atrium receives____________ blood from the ________.

a)

oxygenated, body

b)

deoxygenated, body

c)

oxygenated, lungs

d)

deoxygenated, lungs

32.

__________are structures that close to prevent blood from going backwards.

a)

ventricles

b)

valves

c)

veins

d)

arteries

33.

in the heart, Each side has an upper chamber ( Called _____

and a lower chamber ( called_______).

a)

atrium, ventricle

b)

artery, vein

c)

atrium, vein

d)

ventricle, atrium

34.

The circulation of blood between heart

and the rest of the body.

a)

pulmanory circulation

b)

blood circulation

c)

Systemic circulation

35.

the oxygenated blood leaves the heart through the _______to the body.

a)

superior vene cava

b)

inferior vena cava

c)

aorta

d)

pulmanory vein

36.

When the atria contract, blood is squeezed into _________.

a)

the ventricles

b)

the valves

c)

the veins

d)

the arteries