Circulatory System

Question 1

Carries oxygen and nutrients to every cell of the body and to remove carbon dioxide and other wastes from the cells.

Answer 1

Circulatory System.

Question 2

Movement of material from blood to cells and vice verse happens through the process of?

Answer 2

Diffusion.

Question 3

Transports blood and food molecules to body cells through the red blood cells.

Answer 3

Circulatory System.

Question 4

The circulatory system consists of the?

Answer 4

Heart, blood, and blood vessels.

Question 5

Fluids contained in these systems are?

Answer 5

Blood and lymph.

Question 6

A muscular organ positioned behind the ribcage and between the lungs, is the pump that keeps this transport system moving.

Answer 6

Heart.

Question 7

Pumps blood through the blood vessels.

Answer 7

Heart.

Question 8

Two upper chambers of the heart are?

Answer 8

R and l atria.

Question 9

They receive blood coming into the heart.

Answer 9

Atria.

Question 10

Pump blood out of the heart.

Answer 10

Ventricles.

Question 11

A wall of tissue that divided the heart in half prevents blood from flowing between the two atria or two ventricles and separates the flow of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood.

Answer 11

Septum.

Question 12

An English doctor who discovered the mechanics of blood circulation and the role of the heart in propelling it.

Answer 12

William Harvey.

Question 13

Transports essential elements throughout the body.

Answer 13

Blood.

Question 14

Functions of blood:

Answer 14

1. Transport of dissolved gases, nutrients, hormones, and metabolic wastes.
2. Protection against toxins, and blood loss injuries.
3. Stabilization of body temperature.
4. Regulation of the pH levels.

Question 15

Blood is aka?

Answer 15

The river of life.

Question 16

Blood is more accurately a?

Answer 16

Fluid tissue, it is composed of cells.

Question 17

The fluid part of blood is know as?

Answer 17

Plasma.

Question 18

It comprises about 55% of blood volume.

Answer 18

Plasma.

Question 19

45% of blood volume.

Answer 19

Formed elements: blood cells, and platelets.

Question 20

A yellowish liquid that is about 92% water.

Answer 20

Plasma.

Question 21

Consists of water, other solutes, and soluble proteins.

Answer 21

Plasma.

Question 22

Three types of cellular components are suspended in the plasma of the blood, they are:

Answer 22

Red blood cells, WBC, and platelets.

Question 23

Formed elements

Answer 23

RBC, WBC, and platelets.

Question 24

RBC are also called?

Answer 24

Erythrocytes.

Question 25

A circular, flattened, biconcave disc. Its center is thinner that its edge. Carry oxygen through the body

Answer 25

RBC.

Question 26

RBCs live for?

Answer 26

120 days.

Question 27

Colorless and do not contain hemoglobin. Larger than RBC but fewer in number. Each is irregularly shaped and contains a nucleus. Can move, change shape, and squeeze through the walls of the fine blood capillaries into the spaces among tissue cells.

Answer 27

WBC.

Question 28

WBC aka?

Answer 28

Leukocytes.

Question 29

Protects the body from diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, and other foreign substances.

Answer 29

WBC.

Question 30

Play a vital role in keeping the body healthy by fighting diseases.

Answer 30

WBC.

Question 31

Not true cells but are fragments of cytoplasm with nucleus from large bone marrow cells known as megakaryocytes. Clotting of blood.

Answer 31

Blood Platelets.

Question 32

Blood vessel damaged and long sticky strand.

Answer 32

Fibrinogen (former) and fibrin (formed).

Question 33

It traps platelets, which collect to form a clot and seal the wound. Clot becomes hard, forming a scab.

Answer 33

Fibrin.

Question 34

The process of blood cell formation is called?

Answer 34

Hematopoiesis.

Question 35

RBC, WBC, and Blood Platelets are all formed in the?

Answer 35

Bone marrow.

Question 36

Three types of blood vessels:

Answer 36

Arteries, veins, and capillaries.

Question 37

Blood vessels the move blood away from the heart.

Answer 37

Arteries.

Question 38

Move blood with wastes toward the heart.

Answer 38

Veins.

Question 39

A flap of tissue that prevents the backflow of blood and keeps it in one direction.

Answer 39

Valve.

Question 40

Diffusion, arteries and veins are connected by this.

Answer 40

Capillaries.

Question 41

Sometimes referred to as the "other" circulatory system. Tiny bean-shaped structures called lymph nodes.

Answer 41

Lymphatic system.

Question 42

Collects and recycles fluids, it also helps fight bacterial and viral infections.

Answer 42

Lymphatic system.

Question 43

Transports oxygen-depleted blood from the heart to the lungs. Oxygenates the blood.

Answer 43

Pulmonary Circulation.

Question 44

Carries oxygenate blood from the heart to the organs and tissues Moves blood from the heart to all of the body organs and tissues, except the heart and lungs.

Answer 44

Systematic Circulation.

Question 45

Distribute water and carry nutrients up and down a plant. Vessels.

Answer 45

Transport or Vascular Tissues.

Question 46

Has two functions: carry H2O and dissolve mineral NaCl from the roots to the stems and leaves, and provide mechanical support within the plant.

Answer 46

Xylem.

Question 47

One type of xylem cell found in all vascular plants.

Answer 47

Tracheid.

Question 48

Flowering plants have another xylem cell called?

Answer 48

Vessel.

Question 49

Conducts manufactured food from the green parts of the plant, sugars too. Sieve tubes

Answer 49

Phloem

Question 50

Process of transporting manufactured food by the phloem tissue is called?

Answer 50

Translocation.

Question 51

Transports substances between the roots and the leaves. In flexible and green plan

Answer 51

Vascular tissue.

Question 52

Flexible and green plants.

Answer 52

Herbaceous plants.

Question 53

Vascular bundles consist of?

Answer 53

Xylem and phloem.

Question 54

Tiny pores in surfaces of leaves.

Answer 54

Stomata.

Question 55

When stomata opens, water diffuses out of leaf. Loss of water.

Answer 55

Transpiration.

Question 56

Contains a column of water that extends from the leaves to the roots.

Answer 56

Xylem.

Question 57

Roots take in water from the soil by diffusion.

Answer 57

Osmosis.