Circulatory System

Question 1

Describe the main difference between the right and left sides of the heart

Answer 1

The right side receives deoxygenated blood and pumps it to the lungs. The left side receives oxygenated blood and pumps it to the body

Question 2

Describe two differences between atria and ventricles.

Answer 2

The atria have less muscle and receive blood. The ventricles have more muscle and pump blood.

Question 3

Name the wall that separates the right and left sides of the heat.

Answer 3

Septum

Question 4

What is another name for red blood cells?

Answer 4

Erythrocytes

Question 5

What is another name for white blood cells?

Answer 5

Leukocytes

Question 6

What is another name for platelets?

Answer 6

Thrombocytes

Question 7

These vessels move blood away from the heart.

Answer 7

Arteries

Question 8

These vessels contain valves.

Answer 8

Veins

Question 9

These vessels are highly muscular.

Answer 9

Arteries

Question 10

These vessels are one cell thick.

Answer 10

Capillaries

Question 11

These vessels exchange materials with body cells

Answer 11

Capillaries

Question 12

Small arteries are called

Answer 12

Arterioles

Question 13

Small Veins are called

Answer 13

Venules

Question 14

What chamber of the heart is the first to receive oxygenated blood?

Answer 14

Left Atrium

Question 15

Why is it important that blood pressure is low in capillaries?

Answer 15

For substances to have enough time to be exchanged with body cells

Question 16

What is another long term for something that relates to the lungs

Answer 16

Pulmonary

Question 17

Where are RBCs, WBCs, and Platelets produced?

Answer 17

Bone Marrow

Question 18

What blood type is the Universal Donor?

Answer 18

O-

Question 19

What blood type is the universal recipient

Answer 19

AB+

Question 20

What is the difference between systole and diastole

Answer 20

Systole pressure is when ventricles contract and diastole pressure is when the atria contract

Question 21

What is the liquid part of the blood cell

Answer 21

Plasma

Question 22

Where is the pacemaker located in the heart?

Answer 22

Right Atrium

Question 23

What is the function of platelets

Answer 23

Clot wounds

Question 24

RBCS are made of what protein

Answer 24

Hemoglobin

Question 25

What is the most abundant type of cell in the blood

Answer 25

RBC

Question 26

Can AB+ donate to AB -

Answer 26

No

Question 27

Can AB- donate to AB+?

Answer 27

yes

Question 28

What antigens are on RBCs of an AB+ individual?

Answer 28

A, B, Rh antigens

Question 29

Name 2 types of blood a person with A+ can receive from.

Answer 29

A+, A-, O+, O-

Question 30

Name 2 blood types A+ can donate to

Answer 30

A+ and AB+

Question 31

Name 2 blood types B+ can donate to

Answer 31

B+ and AB+

Question 32

Name 2 blood type B+ can receive from

Answer 32

B+, B-, O+, O-

Question 33

Name a blood type O- can receive from

Answer 33

O-

Question 34

Name the valve on the right side of the heart.

Answer 34

Tricuspid Valve

Question 35

Name the valve on the left side of the heart.

Answer 35

Mitral or Bicuspid Valve

Question 36

Blood moves from the lungs back to the heart through…

Answer 36

Pulmonary veins

Question 37

Blood moves from the heart to the lungs through…

Answer 37

Pulmonary arteries

Question 38

The largest artery is called

Answer 38

Aorta

Question 39

The largest vein is called

Answer 39

Vena Cava

Question 40

A pulse is measured in this type of blood vessel

Answer 40

Artery

Question 41

The most muscular heart chamber is

Answer 41

Left Ventricle

Question 42

This is the largest blood cell (in terms of size).

Answer 42

WBC

Question 43

This blood cell increases in number upon infection.

Answer 43

WBC

Question 44

A blood clot to the brain is called…

Answer 44

Stroke

Question 45

A blood clot to a coronary artery of the heart can lead to a….

Answer 45

Heart Attack

Question 46

A normal blood pressure is.

Answer 46

120/ 70 (+ or - 10 for each number)

Question 47

What are the arteries that feed cardiac muscle called?

Answer 47

Coronary arteries

Question 48

What do we call the proteins on the surface of a cell?

Answer 48

Antigens

Question 49

A doctor that specializes in the heart is called…

Answer 49

Cardiologist

Question 50

What metal is found in RBCs?

Answer 50

Iron (Fe)

Question 51

This disorder is caused by low iron levels.

Answer 51

Anemia

Question 52

This genetic disease causes abnormally shaped RBCs.

Answer 52

Sickle Cell Anemia 53.

Question 53

The Rh factor is named for this species of monkey.

Answer 53

Rhesus monkey

Question 54

What medical device stops the heart?

Answer 54

Defibrillator

Question 55

What blood vessels do arteries branch off into?

Answer 55

Arterioles

Question 56

What blood vessels do arterioles branch into?

Answer 56

Capillaries

Question 57

What blood vessels do venules branch into?

Answer 57

Veins

Question 58

Name 3 substances found in blood plasma.

Answer 58

Glucose, hormones, amino acids, fatty acids, water, antibodies, enzymes, glycerol, salts, vitamins, minerals

Question 59

The most extensive blood vessel in the human body is…

Answer 59

Capillary

Question 60

The only vein to carry oxygenated blood is…

Answer 60

Pulmonary Vein

Question 61

The only artery to carry deoxygenated blood is…

Answer 61

Pulmonary Artery

Question 62

Veins carry blood _______________ the heart.

Answer 62

Toward

Question 63

What is the function of heart valves?

Answer 63

Either: Prevent backflow or keep blood moving in the right direction

Question 64

Which chamber of the heart is the first to receive deoxygenated blood?

Answer 64

Right atrium

Question 65

What is the function of RBCs?

Answer 65

Carry oxygen

Question 66

What is the function of WBCs?

Answer 66

Fight pathogens (viruses and bacteria)