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1st Quizizz about cardiovascular system

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 30mins

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.
How many chambers does the heart have ? 
a)
4
b)
6
c)
3
d)
1
13.
Which part of the heart pumps deoxygenated (oxygen-poor) blood?
a)
Left side
b)
Right side
c)
Top side
d)
Bottom side
14.
Which is the muscular wall that separates the heart into right and left sides?
a)
valves
b)
ventricles
c)
atria
d)
septum
15.
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
16.
A blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart.
a)
Cardiovascular System
b)
Heart
c)
Vein
d)
Artery
17.
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
18.

Where is the heart located?

a)

In your leg

b)

slightly left to the center of the chest

c)

slightly right to the center of the chest

d)

on the left side of your body

19.

What is the side of the adult heart?

a)

size of an apple

b)

size of a pillow

c)

size of a pea

d)

size of a large fist

20.

Which of the following is associated with oxygenated blood?

a)

Aorta

b)

Pulmonary Artery

c)

Septum

d)

Right Ventricle

21.

Which of the following is associated with deoxygenated blood?

a)

Aorta

b)

Left Ventricle

c)

Tricuspid valve

d)

Septum

22.

The relaxing of the heart is known as

a)

Diastole

b)

Systole

c)

Heart Rate

d)

Cardiac Arrest

23.

The contraction of the heart is known as?

a)

Stroke volume

b)

Diastole

c)

Cardiac cycle

d)

Systole

24.

Which of the following is a Blood vessel?

a)

Ventricles

b)

Heart

c)

Arteries

d)

Septum

25.

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

26.

What are the 3 main types of blood vessels?

a)

Capillaries, veins, aortas

b)

Capillaries, arteries, platelets

c)

Capillaries, veins, platelets

d)

Capillaries, veins, arteries

27.

What prevents blood from flowing back into the atria when the ventricles contract?

a)

semilunar valves

b)

sinoatrial node

c)

atrioventricular node

d)

tricuspid and bicuspid valves

28.

One of the body's largest blood vessels that transports blood from the body region below the diaphragm to the heart

a)

superior vena cava

b)

inferior vena cava

c)

pulmonary trunk

d)

pulmonary veins

29.

When this chamber contracts, it pushes blood through the tricuspid valve

a)

right atria

b)

right ventricle

c)

left atria

d)

left ventricle

30.

This initiates the action potential that causes the heart to beat

a)

Inferior vena cava

b)

Atrioventricular node (AV node)

c)

Superior vena cava

d)

Sinoatrial node (SA node)

31.

When blood leaves this chamber of the heart, it heads to the lungs

a)

right atrium

b)

right ventricle

c)

left atrium

d)

left ventricle

32.

This stops blood from flowing back into the ventricles each time they contract

a)

semilunar valves

b)

tricuspid and bicuspid valves

c)

Sinoatrial node (SA node)

d)

Aorta

33.

This is responsible for distributing electrical impulses through the heart

a)

Atrioventricular node

b)

Sinoatrial node

c)

Inferior vena cava

d)

Superior vena cava

34.

This chamber of the heart receives oxygenated blood from the lungs

a)

right atrium

b)

right ventricle

c)

left atrium

d)

left ventricle

35.

Which best explains why capillary walls are so thin?

a)

because they do not need to pump blood

b)

because they are found only in the smallest organs and tissues

c)

because they maximize diffusion of nutrients

d)

because blood only travels through them slowly

36.

Blood traveling through the systemic circuit goes through the _____ side of the heart and out to the body

a)

right

b)

left

37.

Which of the following is FALSE about pacemaker cells?

a)

They allow the heart to beat on its own

b)

They create their own electrical impulses

c)

They are part of the sinoatrial node and the atrioventricular node

d)

They require depolarizing stimulation from the brain

38.

Blood in capillary beds flows from

a)

arteries to veins

b)

veins to arteries

39.

The phase in the cardiac cycle wherein the ventricles contract is called (a)   .

40.

Which valve separates the left atrium from the left ventricle ?

a)

tricuspid

b)

bicuspid

c)

aortic

41.

Blood pressure is expressed as -

a)

diastolic over systolic

b)

pulse over diastolic

c)

systolic over diastolic

42.

Where do you find a pulse ?

a)

artery

b)

vein

c)

capillary

43.

Which of the following events produces the first heart sound ?

a)

Opening of Av valves

b)

Closing of AV valves

c)

Opening of Semilunar valves

d)

Closing of semilunar valves

44.

Second heart sound is heard clearly at which areas of the heart? Mark all that applies.

a)

Aortic area

b)

Tricuspid area

c)

Mitral area

d)

Pulmonary area

45.

Which of the following values represents the stroke volume in a normal adult ?

a)

50 ml

b)

60 ml

c)

70 ml

d)

80 ml

46.

which of the following may cause congestive heart failure ? Select all that apply.

a)

Coronary atherosclerosis

b)

Low blood pressure

c)

myocardial infarcts

d)

Bradycardia

47.

What would happen if a small hole developed in the septum?

a)

The heart would stop pumping.

b)

Blood would move between the right and left side of the heart.

c)

The blood from the pulmonary artery would enter the aorta.

d)

Blood would not flow into the coronary arteries

48.

What type of blood vessel is the MOST muscular and elastic?

a)

artery

b)

vein

c)

venule

d)

capillary

49.

If a person becomes dehydrated, what would there be less of in the blood?

a)

erythrocytes

b)

platelets

c)

leukocytes

d)

plasma

50.

If a person does not have enough erythrocytes, he/she would have difficulty:

a)

fighting infection

b)

carrying oxygen

c)

clotting the blood

d)

transporting antibodies

51.

Jasmine is diagnosed with an aneurysm. What is wrong with one of her arteries?

a)

it is missing

b)

it is twisted

c)

there is a weakness in the wall

d)

there is a clot that is stuck

52.

Which of the following "cause-and-effect" statements is true?

a)

Varicose veins cause an aneurysm

b)

Arteriosclerosis causes hypertension

c)

Leukemia causes phlebitis

d)

an arrhythmia causes an aneurysm

53.

Why is a myocardial infarction life threatening?

a)

A damaged heart muscle cannot pump blood efficiently.

b)

Swollen veins lose elasticity, which decreases blood flow to vital organs.

c)

A minor bump or fall could lead to internal bleediing.

d)

It inhibits the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in body cells.

54.

A heart rate below 60 beats per minute (bpm) is called:

a)

Tachycardia

b)

Bradycardia

c)

Fibrillation

d)

Heart Murmer

55.

Name for the double layered sac that surrounds the heart?

a)

Papillary muscle

b)

Pericardium

c)

Myocardium

d)

Heart Skeleton

56.

What is the function of the pericardium?

a)

It's muscle which makes the heart contract

b)

Keeps heart from swinging around; anchors the heart

c)

It keeps the heart beating (electricity)