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The Heart

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the importance of red blood cells?

a)

To help clot cuts and prevent blood loss during injury

b)

To fight infection and bacteria

c)

As the liquid part of the blood, it helps to transfer blood cells throughout the body

d)

To transport oxygen around the body

2.

What is the importance of white blood cells?

a)

To help clot cuts and prevent blood loss during injury

b)

To fight infection and bacteria

c)

As the liquid part of the blood, it helps to transfer blood cells throughout the body

d)

To transport oxygen around the body

3.

What is the importance of platelets?

a)

To help clot cuts and prevent blood loss during injury

b)

To fight infection and bacteria

c)

As the liquid part of the blood, it helps to transfer blood cells throughout the body

d)

To transport oxygen around the body

4.

What is the importance of plasma?

a)

To help clot cuts and prevent blood loss during injury

b)

To fight infection and bacteria

c)

As the liquid part of the blood, it helps to transfer blood cells throughout the body

d)

To transport oxygen around the body

5.
How many chambers does the heart have?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
6.
The arrow indicates the
a)
Right atrium
b)
Left ventricle
c)
Right ventricle
d)
Left atrium
7.
The arrow indicates the 
a)
Left ventricle
b)
Pulmonary artery
c)
Right atrium
d)
Pulmonary veins
8.
The arrow indicates the
a)
Right ventricle
b)
Aorta
c)
Right atrium
d)
Atrium
9.
The arrow indicates the
a)
Right ventricle
b)
Pulmonary artery
c)
Left ventricle
d)
Right atrium
10.
These structures carry blood away from the heart.
a)
Blood cells
b)
Veins
c)
Capillaries
d)
Arteries
11.
This chamber of the heart that RECEIVES blood returning from the body
a)
Right Atrium
b)
Right Ventricle
c)
Left Atrium
d)
Left Ventricle
12.
The purpose of heart valves is to 
a)
set the pace at which the heart beats
b)
prevent blood from flowing backward
c)
oxygenate the blood as it passes through the valve
d)
add minerals to the blood
13.
5?
a)
Aorta
b)
Pulmonary Valve
c)
Atrium
d)
Ventricle
14.
2?
a)
pulmonary veins
b)
pulmonary arteries
c)
inferior vena cava
d)
superior vena cava
15.

Which one correctly shows the route a red blood cell takes through the heart

a)

vena cava - left atrium - left ventricle - pulmonary artery - lungs -pulmonary veins - right atrium - right ventricle - aorta

b)

vena cava - right atrium - right ventricle - pulmonary veins - lungs -pulmonary artery - left atrium - left ventricle - aorta

c)

vena cava - right atrium - right ventricle - pulmonary artery - lungs -pulmonary veins - left atrium - left ventricle - aorta

d)

pulmonary artery- right atrium - right ventricle - pulmonary vein - lungs -vena cava - left atrium - left ventricle - aorta

16.

What is likely to occur if there is a blockage of a coronary artery

a)

Stroke

b)

Heart attack

c)

Diabetes

d)

Drop in blood pressure

17.
Which side of the heart pumps oxygen-rich blood to the rest of the body?
a)
Right
b)
Left
18.
Which side of the heart pumps blood into the lungs?
a)
Right
b)
Left
19.
Identify the circled valve
a)
Tricuspid
b)
Mitral
c)
Pulmonary
d)
Aortic
20.

This part of the heart separates the left and right heart chambers.

a)

Mitral valve

b)

Septum

c)

Aortic valve

d)

Inferior vena cava