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Circulatory System 01
The main organ in the circulatory system is the heart.

Circulatory System 01

Test yourself on the chambers of the heart. What joins the arteries and veins?

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1 .
Most of the veins in your body carry:
deoxygenated blood
reoxygenated blood
pure oxygen
oxygenated blood
Most of the oxygen carried by the blood cells is passed to the cells of the body through the walls of capillaries by the time your blood reaches a vein
2 .
Which of the following is not a component of blood?
Plasma
Plates
Red blood cells
White blood cells
Should be platelets, these are cells that help your blood to form a clot when a blood vessel is damaged
3 .
Which of the following statements about arteries is NOT true?
Substances can pass through their walls
They carry blood away from the heart
They have a thick wall containing muscle
They have no valves
No substances can pass through the artery wall
4 .
Which of the following is not a function of the arteries?
To carry blood away from the heart
To carry blood into the heart
To supply food to the cells
To supply oxygen to the cells
The main artery in the body is called the aorta
5 .
Which of the following is not part of the circulatory system?
Arteries
Capillaries
Lungs
Veins
The lungs are part of the respiratory system. The circulatory system is concerned with transporting the blood round the body. The lungs do not help to transport blood round the body, only the heart and blood vessels do that, the lungs simply allow gases to be exchanged between the air and our blood
6 .
Which of the following is not a function of the veins?
To carry blood away from the heart
To carry blood into the heart
To carry carbon dioxide away from the cells
To carry waste away from the cells
When a doctor or nurse takes a blood sample from a patient, they take it from a vein
7 .
The main organ in the circulatory system is the .......
brain
heart
liver
lungs
Heart muscle does not get tired which is just as well as you need it to work all day and every day of your life
8 .
Which of the following, about veins, is NOT true?
Substances cannot pass through their walls
They carry blood to the heart
They have no valves
They have thin walls
They have valves to prevent the blood from flowing back down the vein. If it did, all of your blood would end up in your feet or fingers!
9 .
Which of the following is not true about the ventricles of the heart?
They are the lower chambers of the heart
They are the upper chambers of the heart
They have more muscle than the atria
They pump blood
Blood enters the ventricles from the atria
10 .
Which of the following, about capillaries, is NOT true?
Substance exchange in cells and blood takes place here
They are too small to see without a microscope
They connect arteries to veins
They have thick walls
Their walls are only one cell thick
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - The circulatory system

Author:  Sue Davison

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