Reading Questions – Circulatory System

Using the information in chapter in your textbook, answer the following questions.

1) Blood
A) helps remove wastes from the body.
B) delivers oxygen to the cells of the body.
C) delivers food to the cells of the body. Selection E : All answers are correct
D) is a liquid connective tissue.
E) All answers are correct.

2) The liquid matrix of blood is

A) plasma.
B) lymph.
C) water. Selection A : plasma
D) interstitial fluid.
E) cytosol.

3) The cellular components of blood that transport oxygen are

A) cartilage cells.
B) platelets.
C) leukocytes. Selection D : red blood cells
D) red blood cells.
E) bone cells.

4) If you wanted to read more about protections for the body, and you came a cross a description of
cellular components of blood that destroy foreign substances, you would be reading about
A) leukocytes.
B) red blood cells.
C) cartilage cells. Selection A : leukocytes
D) bone cells.
E) platelets.

5) The protein found in red blood cells that transports oxygen is

A) fibrinogen.
B) actin.
C) myosin. Selection E : hemoglobin
D) myoglobin.
E) hemoglobin.

6) The large vessels of the circulatory system that carry blood away from the heart are
A) sieve tubes.
B) lymph vessels.
C) veins. Selection E : arteries
D) capillaries.
E) arteries.
7) The large vessels that carry blood to the heart are
A) sieve tubes.
B) capillaries.
C) veins. Selection C : veins
D) lymph vessels.
E) arteries.

8) The small vessels from which water and dissolved substances diffuse between the blood and
interstitial fluid are
A) capillaries.
B) arteries.
Selection A : capillaries
C) veins.
D) sieve tubes.
E) lymph vessels.

9) The upper chambers of the mammalian heart are the

A) vascular cavities.
B) atria.
C) sinuses. Selection B : atria
D) ventricles.
E) arteries.

10) The chamber of the heart that is the most powerful is the
A) right atrium.
B) left ventricle.
C) right ventricle. Selection B : left ventricle
D) left atrium.
E) No answer is correct.

11) Which is an artery that supplies blood to the heart muscle?

A) aorta
B) coronary artery
C) inferior vena cava Selection B : coronary artery
D) carotid artery
E) superior vena cava

12) A heartbeat begins in the

A) right ventricle.
B) sinoatrial node.
C) left atrium. Selection B : sinoatrial node
D) atrioventricular node.
E) atrioventricular valve.

13) At the capillaries, leaves red blood cells and enters the circulation.
A) carbon dioxide; nitrogen
B) carbon dioxide; oxygen
C) oxygen; carbon dioxide Selection C : oxygen; carbon dioxide
D) nitrogen; oxygen
E) sodium; oxygen
14) The force that blood exerts on artery walls is termed
A) blood pressure.
B) osmotic pressure.
C) venous pressure. Selection A : blood pressure
D) pulmonary pressure.
E) gravitational pressure.