Chapter Test in Circulatory System

Direction: Write the letter of the correct answer.

1. How do the body cells get food ?
a. through the digestive system
b. through the circulatory system

c. through the lymphatic system

d. through the endocrine system

2. Blood returning to the heart passes the lungs before it is pumped throughout the body again.
Why is this beneficial to the body ?
a. Blood returning to the heart is deoxygenated ; it goes to the lungs where it is oxygenated
b. Blood returning to the heart is oxygenated ; it goes to the lungs where it is deoxygenated
c. Blood returning to the heart goes to the lungs, thereby completing the systemic circulation
d. Blood returning to the heart goes to the lungs where it excretes nitrogenous waste
3. How is the left ventricle different from the right ventricle?
a. it is smaller
b. it is bigger
c. it has thinner walls

d. it has thicker walls

4. Which body system supplies nutrients and oxygen to the cells ?

a. digestive system
b. skeletal system
c. circulatory system
system

d. muscular

5. How is the muscle of the heart different from other muscles ?

a. it is flat
b. it is bulky
c. it contracts rhythmically
energy

d. it stores much

6. Which circulation brings blood to the lungs for oxygenation ?

a. systemic circulation
b. pulmonary circulation
c. general circulation
d. exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide
7. What gives color to the red blood cells ?
a. calcium
b. phosphorus

c. plasma

d. iron

8. When you accidentally cut a finger, what makes the bleeding stop ?
a. clotting of blood
b. formation of platelets
c. appearance of plasma
d. lack of oxygen
9. Blood goes upward as it travels through veins back to the heart. Why does it not flow
backward ?
a. there are valves in the veins
c. blood flows slowly

b. the veins are thick

d. blood flows fast

10. Where does the exchange of nutrients in the blood and wastes from the cells takes place ?
a. arteries
b. veins
c. capillaries
d. venules
11. Which of the following is a risk factor of heart disease ?
a. cigarette smoking
b. regular exercise
c. proper nutrition
up

d. physical check

12. Which disease is caused by the abnormal production of white blood cells ?
a. anemia
b. leukemia
c. atherosclerosis
d. hypertension
13. What disease would a person have if an artery supplying nutrients to his heart is
blocked ?
a. coronary heart disease
b. rheumatic heart disease
c. high blood pressure
d. congenital heart disease
14. Which is the pattern of blood flow from the heart to the different parts of the body ?
a. artery
capillary
vein
b. vein
capillary
artery
c. venule
capillary
vein
d. artery
arteriole
vein

15.Which artery carries deoxygenated blood ?

a. artery that brings blood to the lungs
c. artery that brings blood to the liver

b. artery that brings blood to the heart

d. artery that brings blood through the brain

16. Which of these is NOT good to our circulatory system ?

a. resulting salt in our diet
b. keeping normal body weight
c. doing moderate daily exercise
d. working in an office where all people smoke

17. The circulatory system helps in the _____ of the digested food in the body
a. distribution
b. absorption
c. digestion
d. excretion
18. The blood releases carbon dioxide and gets oxygen through the _____
a. liver
b. lungs
c. heart
d. gall bladder
19. When our heart is at rest, it normally beats about ____ a minute
a. 10-30 times
b. 30-50 times
c. 50-70 times
d. 60-80 times
20. The top hollow spaces in the heart
a. atrium
b. ventricle

c. venules

d. bladder

Fill in the blanks with the correct answer.

1. The large blood vessels through which blood leaves the heart is
______________________________
2. The pumping chambers of the heart is _____________________________
3. Exchange of materials between the blood and the cells takes place in the
________________
4. The cellular parts of the blood are formed in the _________________________
5. The pressure of the blood coming out of the heart is _____________
6. The sac that encloses the heart is ______________________
7. It carry the blood away from the heart is ________________________
8. It carry the blood back to the heart is ________________________
9. It is called the river of life _____________________
10. It is the system that transport nutrients and minerals to all parts of the body
___________
11. A substance rich in iron is called ____________________________
12. It is the liquid part of the blood _________________________
13. Are larger than the red blood cells and move freely among other cells. They attack
and consume disease germs ____________________________
14. Are the cells that help stop bleeding ___________________________
15. A hollow muscular organ that beats rhythmically _______________________

Enumeration :
14

Parts of the Blood

57

Types of Blood Vessels

8 10

Major Parts of the Circulatory System

11-15

Common Ailments of the Circulatory System