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Blood and circulation

... the circulatory system.

Revision

QUIZ

Use these questions to help you revise

1 The blood system is often called ...

(page 78)

2 This pumps blood around your body.

(p. 79)

... the heart.

3 These carry blood away from your heart.

(p. 79)

... the arteries.

4 These carry blood back to your heart.

(p. 79)

... the veins.

5 The smallest blood vessels that allow

substances to pass to and from the cells. (p. 79)

... the capillaries.

6 The right side of the heart contains blood

that is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. (p. 80)

... deoxygenated.

7 What does a double circulation mean?

(p. 80)

... blood passes through the heart twice on one circuit of the body.

8 Give 4 differences between arteries and

veins. (p. 81)

... arteries carry blood under high pressure and have a pulse. Arteries have thicker walls with more elastic. Veins are wider than arteries and have thinner walls. Valves prevent blood flowing backwards in veins. ... atria (auricles).

9 The two upper chambers of the heart are

called _ _ _ _ _. (p. 82)

10 The muscular lower chambers are called

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. (p. 82)

... ventricles.

11 The left ventricle has a very muscular wall

because ... (p. 82)

... it has to pump blood all around the body.

12 The liquid part of your blood. (p. 87) 13 The red pigment in red cells that carries
oxygen. (p. 88)

... the plasma. ... haemoglobin.

14 The two main types of white cell. (p. 89) 15 The part of the blood responsible for
forming a clot. (p. 90)

... phagocytes and lymphocytes. ... the platelets.

Gareth Williams, 2011