The Circulatory System

Question 1

What are blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart?

Answer 1

Arteries

Question 2

What are blood vessels that carry blood to the heart?

Answer 2

Veins

Question 3

What are blood vessels that connect the arteries to the veins?

Answer 3

Capillaries

Question 4

What is the liquid part of the blood?

Answer 4

Plasma

Question 5

What are cells that give blood its red color and carry oxygen?

Answer 5

Red blood cells

Question 6

What are cells that protect the body from disease?

Answer 6

White blood cells

Question 7

What are tiny, colorless pieces of cells that help blood to clot?

Answer 7

Platelets

Question 8

What is the thick tissue wall that separates the left and right sides of the heart?

Answer 8

Septum

Question 9

What are the upper chambers of the heart?

Answer 9

Atria

Question 10

What are the lower chambers of the heart?

Answer 10

Ventricles

Question 11

What is the thin flap of tissue that acts like a one-way door?

Answer 11

Valve

Question 12

What is the name of the system that allows blood to flow through our body which is made of blood, blood vessels, and the heart?

Answer 12

Circulatory System

Question 13

True or false, every thirty seconds, blood moves throughout your body?

Answer 13

True

Question 14

True or false, the circulatory system helps to regulate your body temperature?

Answer 14

True

Question 15

he circulatory system delivers substances to your cells and carries ________________ from your cells.

Answer 15

Waste/ CO2

Question 16

True or false, there are enough blood vessels in your body to travel the Earth twice?

Answer 16

True

Question 17

All ____________, aside from those that go to the lungs, carry oxygen-rich blood and nutrients.

Answer 17

Arteries

Question 18

Arteries carry materials the _______need.

Answer 18

Cells

Question 19

Veins carry blood ___________ the heart.

Answer 19

Back to

Question 20

All veins contain ________________________________

Answer 20

Dissolved materials

Question 21

Capillaries are ____________ in size

Answer 21

Tiny

Question 22

Most blood vessels are ______________________

Answer 22

Capillaries

Question 23

The heart is separated into 4 parts called…

Answer 23

Chambers

Question 24

What is the body part’s job is to pump blood to each body part?

Answer 24

The heart

Question 25

The right atrium takes in blood from______________________________

Answer 25

all parts of the body

Question 26

he left atrium takes in blood from the _________________________

Answer 26

Lungs

Question 27

The right ventricle pumps blood to the ___________________

Answer 27

Lungs

Question 28

The left ventricle pumps blood to _____________________________

Answer 28

all parts of the body

Question 29

When the heart beats, muscles contract and the ___________ fills with blood.

Answer 29

Atria

Question 30

The atria contracts and squeezes blood through the ___________________

Answer 30

Valves

Question 31

Which cell fights infection and disease?

Answer 31

White blood cells

Question 32

Which cell contains hemoglobin that gives it the red color?

Answer 32

Red blood cells

Question 33

What helps stop bleeding by giving off a chemical that helps blood clot?

Answer 33

Platelets

Question 34

Which cell picks up carbon dioxide waste from the cells?

Answer 34

Red blood cells

Question 35

Which is the largest of the blood cells?

Answer 35

White blood cells

Question 36

Which cell carries oxygen to all parts of the body?

Answer 36

Red blood cells

Question 37

Which is the most numerous blood vessel in the body?

Answer 37

Capillaries

Question 38

What is the main artery in the human body? It starts at the left ventricle and ends at the stomach.

Answer 38

Aorta

Question 39

__________________ is the liquid part of the blood.

Answer 39

Plasma

Question 40

Which blood cells are the smallest in size?

Answer 40

Platelets

Question 41

Your heart is a _________

Answer 41

Muscle

Question 42

The ________________ closing are what makes the heartbeat sound.

Answer 42

Valves

Question 43

Two places to check your pulse are ___________________________________________

Answer 43

The sides of the neck and inside of your wrists.

Question 44

__________is an average pulse for human beings in one minute.

Answer 44

70

Question 45

True or false, your heart gets stronger and healthier when you exercise?

Answer 45

True

Question 46

True or false, eating healthy foods can also keep your heart healthy.

Answer 46

True

Question 47

True or false, When you laugh, blood flows to every part of your body.

Answer 47

True

Question 48

True or False, The circulatory system works with the other body systems to help your body work correctly.

Answer 48

True

Question 49

The ______________ the animal, the slower the heart breathes.

Answer 49

Bigger

Question 50

True or false, the heart cannot beat without a body.

Answer 50

False

Question 51

Human blood can be found in different shades of ___________

Answer 51

Red

Question 52

On earth, gravity forces blood to pool in our ____________.

Answer 52

Legs