Circulatory System

Test your knowledge of the human circulatory system, including heart function, blood vessels, blood pressure, pulmonary and systemic circulation, and the lymphatic system.

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Less oxygen supply to the heart causes

  1. heart attack
  2. angina pain
  3. asthma
  4. nasal congestion
  5. low blood pressure
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the main function of the circulatory system?

  1. It transports nutrients from their sites of absorption to different tissues and organs for storage.
  2. It carries waste products of metabolism from different tissues.
  3. It transports respiratory gases.
  4. It uniformly distributes water, H+ and chemical substances all over the body.
  5. All of the above
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the central power station in circulation system of the body?

  1. Blood vessels
  2. Lungs
  3. The heart
  4. The aorta
  5. All of the above
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following parts is not involved in pulmonary circulation?

  1. Left ventricle
  2. Right ventricle
  3. Left atrium
  4. Pulmonary artery
  5. Pulmonary vein
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following vessels does the left ventricle eject blood to give off to the tissues and organs?

  1. Pulmonary artery
  2. Pulmonary vein
  3. Superior vena cava
  4. Inferior vena cava
  5. Aorta
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The extracellular fluid, which flows throughout the body, transports which of the following substances from one part to another?

  1. digested food material
  2. oxygen
  3. metabolic waste
  4. hormones
  5. All of these.
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In insects and molluscs, the blood flows freely throughout the body cavity through

  1. arteries and veins
  2. lacunae and sinuses
  3. arteries and pulmonary arteries
  4. veins and pulmonary veins
  5. lymph vessels
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The mammalian heart is a myogenic heart. What does this statement mean?

  1. The heart beats originate from a muscle, but it is regulated by nerves.
  2. The heart beats originate from a nerve, but it is regulated by muscles.
  3. The heart beats originate from a muscle, and is regulated by muscles.
  4. The heart beats originate from a nerve, and is regulated by nerves.
  5. The heart beats originate from the heart, and regulated by heart.
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The first heart sound 'lubb' is produced by

  1. the closure of AV-valve at the beginning of auricular systole
  2. the closure of AV-valve at the beginning of ventricular systole
  3. the closure of AV-valve at the beginning of ventricular diastole
  4. the closure of AV-valve at the beginning of auricular diastole
  5. both the auricles and ventricles are in relaxed or diastolic phase
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The movement of lymph or tissue fluid is mainly due to the squeezing action of the surrounding muscles. Which of the following is the correct path of this interstitial fluid?

  1. Tissue fluid----> Lymph vessels----> Thoracic duct & Right Lymphatic duct----> Veins
  2. Lymph vessels----> Tissue fluid----> Thoracic duct & Right Lymphatic duct----> Veins
  3. Veins----> Tissue fluid----> Lymph vessels----> Thoracic duct & Right Lymphatic duct
  4. Tissue fluid----> Thoracic duct & Right Lymphatic duct----> Veins----> Lymph vessels
  5. None of these
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When the heart beats, it contracts and pushes blood through the arteries to the rest of the body. This force creates pressure on the arteries. This pressure is

  1. normal blood pressure
  2. arterial blood pressure
  3. systolic blood pressure
  4. diastolic blood pressure
  5. hypertension
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Why is the blood pressure low in veins?

Select the correct answer:
(a) Arteries are narrow and veins are wide.
(b) Impure blood is less.
(c) Veins have too many valves.
(d) Heart pumps blood with less pressure in veins.

  1. Only (a) and (b)
  2. Only (a) and (c)
  3. Only (b) and (d)
  4. Only (b) and (c)
  5. All of the above
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What are the chylomicron droplets present in the lymph made up of?

  1. proteins
  2. fats
  3. lipids
  4. Options (2) and (3)
  5. All of the above
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), also known as Atherosclerosis, is caused due to the deposition of

  1. calcium
  2. fibrous tissues
  3. fat
  4. cholesterol
  5. All of the above
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The rate of lymph formation is equal to the rate of its return to the blood stream. But, sometimes the formation rate of lymph exceeds the rate of its return to the blood. This causes

  1. excretion of fluid through anus
  2. gets stored in the intestine
  3. creates a swelling around the cell called dropsy or oedema
  4. dries up and blocks the lymphatic vessels
  5. None of these