Name: Surname: Date: Mark:

1. Choose the correct answer: (2 points)

I. The component of the blood in charge of the transport of the oxygen is:
a) the plasma b) the red cell c) the white cell d)the platelet

II. The vessels that conduct the blood out of the heart are:
a) arteries b) veins c) capillaries d) exit vessels

III. The cells in charge of coagulation are:

a) the rainbow cells b) the red cells c) the white cells d) the platelets

IV. When the heart contracts, it is in phase of:

a) systole b) diastole c) inhalation d) exhalation

V. The smaller vessels are I.

a) veins b) arteries C) all are more or less same size d) capillaries
II.
VI. Plasma is formed by III.
a) water, minerals, nutrients from digestion, waste susbtances… b) white cells IV.
c) redd )white and red cells besides platelets
cells
V.
VII. The red protein that contains iron is VI.
a) haemoglobin b) thrombocytes c) leucocytes d) none is correct VII.
VIII. They are pieces of cytoplasm
VIII.
a) white cells b) platelets c) red cells d) neutrophils

2. Label the diagram with the following parts: left atrium, septum, pulmonary
veins, mitral valve, tricuspid valve, superior venae cavae and aorta.
Explain their functions briefly (2 points):

Left atrium: receive blood. Septum:

keep oxygen. Pulmonary veins: carry
oxygenated blood. Mitral valve:
regulates blood. Tricuspid valve:
connects right atrium and ventricle.
Superior venae cavae: carries blood
from head, neck, arms and chest.
Aorta:Delivers the blood to the resto of
the body.
 3. Explain how arteries are different from veins (1,5 points)

Arteries carry oxygenated blood from heart to

other parts of the body and veins returns
deoxygenated blood from around the body
back to the heart.

4. If inside our heart it is possible to find both blood rich in oxygen from the lungs
together with blood rich in carbon dioxide from the remaining parts of the body,
why are they not mixed? (1 point)

Because they enter and leave the heart through different parts.

5. Explain the functions of the blood (1,5 points)

It transports oxygens and nutrients to the organs, it transports waste

products and defends the organism against infections and helps to control
the body temperature.

6. Make a table showing the different types of blood cells, their shape and their
functions (2 points)

Red blood cells White blood cells Platelets

Transports oxygen Defend the body Allows blood to clot or
from lungs to all cells against disease and coagulate.
of the body and infections.
carbon dioxide from
cells to lungs to
remove it.
Disk shape Spherical Irregular