Life Science: Human Body Systems, Book D

Chapter 3: Circulation

Circulation and Immunity

1.
__________ carry blood away from the heart.
A)Platelets
B)Lungs
C)Arteries
D)Fibrin
2.
What are the upper chambers of the heart called?
A)systolic
B)atriums
C)plasma
D)aorta
3.
Which of these is a condition related to blood clotting?
A)hemophilia
B)diffusion
C)atherosclerosis
D)HIV
4.
Which of these is the largest artery in the human body?
A)the aorta
B)the antigen
C)the capillary
D)the platelet
5.
Which circulatory system moves blood to your brain?
A)the systemic circulatory system
B)the pulmonary circulatory system
C)the coronary circulatory system
D)the lymphatic circulatory system
6.
Which of these is a blood disease?
A)hypertension
B)leukemia
C)fibrin
D)platelets
7.
Which of these is a function of blood?
A)digest food
B)dissolve bone
C)transport nutrients
D)produce wastes
8.
What prevents blood from flowing backward in the veins?
A)one-way valves
B)the vena cava
C)connective tissue
D)capillaries
9.
Which of these is NOT part of your blood?
A)superior vena cava
B)platelets
C)plasma
D)white blood cells
10.
Which of these is NOT a lymphatic organ?
A)the spleen
B)the lungs
C)the tonsils
D)the thymus
11.
Blood makes up about eight percent of your body's weight. If a person weighs 120 pounds, about how much of that mass is blood?
A)2 pounds
B)96 pounds
C)10 pounds
D)128 pounds
12.
Which of these might occur if coronary circulation is blocked?
A)a heart attack
B)a broken bone
C)a headache
D)a fever
13.
The measure of the force of your blood that occurs when blood is pushed out of the heart is the __________.
A)Rh factor
B)helper T-cells
C)white blood cells
D)systolic pressure
14.
Which of these is a normal pulse rate for an adult?
A)six beats per minute
B)30 beats per minute
C)160 beats per minute
D)70 beats per minute
15.
One way to get nutrients into cells is __________.
A)diffusion
B)veins
C)lymphocytes
D)perspiration
16.
Which of these is true?
A)Blood flows in only one direction between an atrium and a ventricle.
B)A vein helps blood flow between the two ventricles.
C)There is one atrium and one ventricle in the lower chamber of your heart.
D)All four chambers of the heart contract at once during one heartbeat.
17.
Which of these can help maintain your cardiovascular system's health?
A)reducing regular exercise
B)eating foods high in saturated fat
C)keeping a healthy body weight
D)taking up smoking
18.
Blood goes from your lower body back to your heart through __________.
A)the hemoglobin
B)the transfusion
C)the inferior vena cava
D)the coronary circulatory system
19.
Which of these is true?
A)A person with type O blood cannot receive type O blood.
B)A person with type A blood can receive type B blood.
C)A person with type B blood cannot donate blood to a person with type AB blood.
D)A person with type AB blood can only donate blood to a person with type AB blood.
20.
What does a clot do?
A)It makes antibodies to fight infection.
B)It prevents blood from traveling between the atriums of your heart.
C)It identifies your blood type.
D)It stops blood from escaping from a cut.
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