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Cardiovascular System Test

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Cells require oxygen for which essential biological process?

a)

Protein synthesis

b)

Hormone regulation

c)

ATP production through cellular respiration

d)

Clot formation

2.

What is your heart made of?

a)

Dense irregular connective tissue

b)

Smooth muscle

c)

Cardiac muscle

d)

Skeletal muscle

e)

Dense regular connective tissue

3.

What is the difference between an artery and a vein?

a)

Arteries carry blood away from the heart; veins carry blood to the heart

b)

Arteries carry blood to the heart; veins carry blood away from the heart

c)

Arteries deliver blood to the lungs; veins deliver blood to the body cells

d)

Arteries deliver blood to the body cells; veins deliver blood to the lungs

4.

What are the main components of plasma?

a)

Red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets

b)

Water and solutes, such as gases, nutrients, electrolytes, and hormones

c)

Lipids and enzymes, such as sodium bicarbonate and calcium carbonate

d)

Hemoglobin, iron, and oxygen

5.

On average, red blood cells have a lifespan of:

a)

3 to 4 days

b)

30 days

c)

60 days

d)

120 days

6.

Which type of leukocyte accounts for 50 to 70% of white blood cells and is the most numerous?

a)

Lymphocyte

b)

Eosinophil

c)

Neutrophil

d)

Monocyte

7.

Which type of leukocyte is characterized by a multi-lobed nucleus and uses phagocytosis to engulf bacteria?

a)

Basophils

b)

Neutrophils

c)

Monocytes

d)

Eosinophils

8.

Which white blood cell type is the largest in size and has a kidney-shaped nucleus?

a)

Monocytes

b)

Lymphocytes

9.

Which leukocyte includes both B cells and T cells?

a)

Eosinophils

b)

Neutrophils

c)

Lymphocytes

d)

Basophils

10.

What type of leukocyte releases histamine and inflammatory chemicals to attract other white blood cells?

a)

Neutrophils

b)

Monocytes

c)

Eosinophils

d)

Basophils

11.

Monocytes transform into which specialized cells that engulf pathogens through phagocytosis?

a)

Macrophages

b)

Neutrophils

c)

Eosinophils

d)

Basophils

e)

B cells

12.

What percentage of white blood cells are lymphocytes, making them the second most numerous?

a)

3-8%

b)

2-4%

c)

25%

d)

50-70%

13.

Which leukocyte would most likely target a parasitic infection caused by tapeworms or flukes?

a)

Neutrophils

b)

Eosinophils

c)

Basophils

d)

Lymphocytes

14.

Which protein is essential for coagulation to occur?

a)

Hemoglobin

b)

Myosin

c)

Keratin

d)

Fibrin

15.

Which type of blood cell determines your blood type?

a)

Erythrocyte

b)

Leukocyte

c)

Thrombocyte

d)

Monocyte

16.

True or False: If your blood cells lack the A antigen, you can receive a donation of A+ blood.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

A person has Type B+ blood. They receive a donation of AB- blood. Which antigens on the AB- blood cause a problem?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

Rh

d)

A and Rh

e)

B and Rh

18.

Which blood type has no antigens?

a)

AB+

b)

O+

c)

O-

d)

AB=

19.

Which antigens are foreign to type O+ blood?

a)

A and B

b)

A, B, and Rh

c)

A and Rh

d)

B and Rh

e)

None

20.

Which antibodies would a person with type B+ blood have?

a)

A and Rh

b)

B and Rh

c)

B only

d)

A only

21.

Where does the left side of the heart pump blood to?

a)

The lungs

b)

The body tissues

c)

The right side of the heart

22.

The pulmonary veins carry ____________________ blood.

a)

Oxygenated Blood

b)

Deoxygenated Blood

c)

Carbon Dioxide Rich Blood

d)

Nutrient Rich Blood

23.

The right side of the heart carries ____________________ blood.

a)

Deoxygenated Blood

b)

Oxygenated Blood

c)

Nutrient-rich Blood

d)

Carbon Dioxide-rich Blood

24.

Blood is a type of ____________________ tissue.

a)

Areolar connective

b)

Loose connective

c)

Connective

d)

Epithelial

e)

Muscle

25.

Deoxygenated blood appears ______________.

a)

Dark red

b)

Blue

c)

Bright red

d)

Orange red

26.

Which vocabulary term matches this definition: a series of reactions that stops the bleeding when a blood vessel wall breaks; provides time for the blood vessel to heal itself.

a)

Phagocytosis

b)

Erythropoiesis

c)

Hemopoiesis

d)

Hemostasis

27.

What are the steps of hemostasis IN ORDER

a)

Vascular spasm, coagulation, platelet plug formation

b)

Vascular spasm, aggregation, platelet plug formation

c)

Vascular spasm, platelet plug formation, coagulation

d)

Vascular spasm, hemostasis, coagulation

28.

What are the leukocytes of the body from most abundant to least abundant?

a)

Neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, basophils

b)

Neutrophils, lymphocytes, eosinophils, basophils, monocytes

c)

Neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, basophils, eosinophils

d)

Neutrophils, lymphocytes, basophils, monocytes, eosinophils

29.

What are the three functions of blood?

a)

Insulation, growth, transportation

b)

Transportation, fight infection, clotting

c)

Clotting, Insulation, Transportation

d)

Transportation, erythropoiesis, clotting

30.

What are the three main parts of the cardiovascular system?

a)

Heart, blood, blood vessels

b)

Heart, arteries, veins

c)

Heart, lungs, blood

d)

Heart, blood vessels, capillaries

31.

The production of red blood cells is known as (a)   .

32.

When you receive an incompatible blood type (a)   bind to foreign antigens, marking them for death.

33.

What are the three major types of blood vessels?

a)

Arteries, veins, and capillaries

b)

Arteries, veins, and nerves

c)

Arteries, capillaries, and nerves

d)

Veins, capillaries, and nerves

34.

The loop of blood vessels that carries blood to and from the body tissues is known as the (a)   .

35.

Label the Heart

36.

Label the Vessels of the heart

37.
Why are the walls of the left ventricle thicker than that of the right ventricle?
a)
The left ventricle must force blood into all the capillaries of the lungs 
b)
the left ventricle doesn't skip leg day
c)
This is false, the walls of the right ventricle are thicker
d)
Blood from the left ventricle is pumped throught the entire body 
38.

What is the order of the conduction system of the heart?

a)

SA Node

b)

AV Node

c)

Bundle of His

d)

Bundle Branches

e)

Purkinje Fibers

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
39.

Organize these options into the right categories

Categorize the following

White Blood Cell

1-3 Day lifespan

Fight infection in the Buffy Cpat

Include neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils

Platelets

Clotting factor in the Buffy Coat

Hemostasis

Hematocrit

120 Day lifespan

Transport Oxygen

45% of the blood volume

Leukocyte
Thrombocyte
Erythrocytes
40.

Categorize the Blood Vessels by their job and what type of blood (oxygenated, deoxygenated)

Categorize the following

Take Blood away from the heart

Carry primarily oxygenated blood.

Take blood to the tissues

Vacuum blood to the heart

Takes blood away from the tissues

Carry primarily deoxygenated blood

Where arteries and veins meet at your cells

Where oxygenated blood becomes deoxygenated blood.

Arteries
Veins
Capallaries