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- 1. Multiple Choice
Select all of the following that are functions of blood and blood transport.
Transportation of oxygen and nutrients
Removal of carbon dioxide and wastes
Transporting of hormones to cells
Distributing heat and maintaining body temperature
- 2. Multiple Choice
55% of our blood is plasma and 45% of our blood is...
Red Blood Cells
White Blood Cells
Water
Formed Elements
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of these is the correct name for red blood cells?
Erythrocytes
Leucocytes
Thrombocytes
Osteocytes
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the correct name for white blood cells?
Erythrocytes
Thrombocytes
Leucocytes
Chondrocytes
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the correct name for platelets?
Platelets
Thrombocytes
Leucocytes
Erythrocytes
- 6. Multiple Choice
This kind of cell carries oxygen through the blood.
Erythrocytes
Thrombocytes
Leucocytes
Chondroblasts
- 7. Multiple Choice
This kind of cell attacks foreign cells (disease) and dead cells
Erythrocytes
Leucocytes
Thrombocytes
Osteocytes
- 8. Multiple Choice
This kind of cell is important in clotting
Erythrocytes
Thrombocytes
Leucocytes
Chondrocytes
- 9. Multiple Choice
In the blood, most oxygen is carried as (A), most carbon dioxide is carried as (B)
A) Oxyhaemoglobin, B) Bicarbonate ions
A) Dissolved in plasma, B) Carbaminohaemoglobin
A and B are dissolved in plasma
A) Oxyhaemoglobin, B) Carbaminohaemoglobin
- 10. Multiple Choice
Select the deoxygenated blood vessels.
Inferior Vena Cava
Superior Vena Cava
Aorta
Pulmonary Vein
- 11. Multiple Choice
The right atrium is separated from the right ventricle by the...
Atrioventricular Valve
Semilunar Valve
Right Valve
Deoxygenated Valve
- 12. Multiple Choice
The left ventricle is separated from the aorta by the...
Semilunar Valve
Atrioventricular Valve
Left Valve
Special Valve
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which correctly describes the order of thickness of the chamber walls, from thinnest to thickest
Atrium, Left Ventricle, Right Ventricle
Atrium, Right Ventricle, Left Ventricle
Left Ventricle, Right Ventricle, Atrium
Right Ventricle, Left Ventricle, Atrium
- 14. Multiple Choice
Arteries carry blood...
Away from the heart
Towards the heart
Away from the lungs
Towards the lungs
- 15. Multiple Choice
Veins carry blood...
Away from the heart
Towards the heart
Away from the lungs
Towards the lungs
- 16. Multiple Choice
What blood vessels link the smallest arteries with the smallest veins?
Venules
Arterioles
Capillaries
Mini-vessels
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which section of the heart is oxygenated?
Right
Left
Atria
Ventricles
- 18. Multiple Choice
Systole and diastole are where, respectively, the heart muscle is...
contracting and relaxing
relaxing and contracting
contracting and resisting
relaxing and resisting
- 19. Multiple Choice
Select the correct order for these events.
atrial systole, ventricular systole, atrial and ventricular diastole
ventricular systole, atrial systole, atrial and ventricular diastole
atrial diastole, ventricular diastole atrial and ventricular systole
ventricular diastole, atrial diastole, atrial and ventricular systole
- 20. Multiple Choice
This process allows the arteries to restrict blood flow to certain organs.
Vasodilation
Vasoconstriction
Venodilation
Venoconstriction
- 21. Multiple Choice
This process allows the arteries to increase blood flow to certain parts of the body
vasoconstriction
vasodilation
venoconstriction
venodilation
- 22. Multiple Choice
Arterioles are...
a strange form of donut
small arteries
arteries that exist in the kidney
arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle
- 23. Multiple Choice
True or false: veins are able to restrict or increase blood flow to certain organs
true
false
- 24. Multiple Choice
True or false; both veins and arteries have valves to prevent backflow of blood.
True
False; only veins do
False; only arteries do
False; neither do
- 25. Multiple Choice
Someone with Type A blood needs a blood transfusion of whole blood. What blood types can they receive this from?
Type A
Type B
Type O
Type AB
- 26. Multiple Choice
Someone with type B blood needs a plasma transfusion. Who can they receive this from?
Type O
Type B
Type A
Type AB
- 27. Multiple Choice
Miss Italiano has type O blood. She regularly donates whole blood. Who can her whole blood be given to?
Type A
Type O
Type B
Type AB
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