Blood Circulation
Heart and Blood Circulation Transportation in Animals
Questions
Which of the following is the most muscular chamber of the human heart?
- Left atrium
- Right ventricle
- Right atrium
- Left ventricle
- All are equally muscular
The membranous outer covering of the heart is known as
- meninx
- peritoneum
- myocardium
- pericardium
- endocardium
Which of the following are serum proteins?
- Albumin and globulins
- Albumins only
- Globulin and fibrinogen
- Albumin, globulin and fibrogen
- Globulin only
Which of the following is an incorrect statement?
- Mature mammalian erythrocytes are enucleated.
- Formation of RBC's is known as Erythropoiesis.
- A hormone called Erythropoietin regulates the production of RBC's.
- RBC's arise from haemocytoblasts in the stem cells of bone marrow.
- The lifetime of RBC's is about 120 days.
The mitral valve is present
- between the right auricle and right ventricle
- between the inferior vena cava and right auricle
- between the left auricle and left ventricle
- between the left auricle and right auricle
- between the aorta and left ventricle
The percentage of erythrocytes in total blood volume is called ______.
- hematocrit
- hematoma
- haemocrit
- haemocoel
- hemophilia
Which cation is required in blood coagulation for the conversion of prothrombin into active thrombin?
- Ca2+
- Mg2+
- Fe2+
- Mn2+
- Zn2+
Anemia is not caused by
- blood loss from the body
- inadequate secretion of erythropoietin
- polycythemia
- excessive destruction of erythrocytes
- bone marrow failure
The pulmonary trunk originates from ___________.
- right auricle
- left auricle
- right ventricle
- left venrticle
- the lungs
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
- Erythrocytes are destroyed in the spleen and liver.
- Folic acid and vitamin B12 are essential for erythrocyte formation.
- Granulocytes and agranulocytes are both types of thrombocytes.
- Thrombocytes are essential for blood coagulation.
- Erythrocytes are formed in the bone marrow.
Where are the unidirectional valves present?
- Arteries
- Veins
- Venules
- Capillaries
- All of the above
What causes the first heart sound or the "lub"?
- The sound of blood rushing out of the ventricles
- The closing of the mitral and tricuspid valves
- The closing of the pulmonary and aortic valves
- The sound of blood rushing into the auricles
- None of the above
When does the auricles contract?
- During atrial systole
- Before atrial systole
- During atrial diastole
- Before atrial diastole
- After atrial diastole
The life span of WBC is approximately
- between 20 to 30 days
- between 80 to 100 days
- less than 10 days
- between 2 to 3 days
- more than a month
Which of the following is formed by the joining of capillaries?
- Veins
- Arteries
- Venules
- Valves
- None of the above