Circulation of Body Fluids

Test your knowledge of heart anatomy, blood circulation, and the cardiovascular system including chambers, valves, veins, and arteries.

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following veins does not drain blood directly into the auricles?

  1. Pulmonary vein
  2. Vena cava
  3. Coronary
  4. Azygous
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the function of pericardial fluid?

  1. Protection against infections
  2. Protects heart from injury and against friction
  3. Keeps the heart moist and protects it from external shocks
  4. Provides nutrition to the heart cells
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which part is supposed to be a vestige of oval aperture?

  1. Foramen ovale
  2. Fossa ovalis
  3. SA Node
  4. Bundle of His
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which part of the heart receives blood from vena cava?

  1. Left auricle
  2. Right auricle
  3. Right ventricle
  4. Left ventricle
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the membrane covering the heart called?

  1. Peritoneum
  2. Pericardium
  3. Pleural membrane
  4. Renal faschia
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which structure prevents the mitral valve from being pushed into the auricles at the time of ventricular contraction?

  1. Sinuauricular node
  2. Bundle of His
  3. Papillary muscles
  4. Cuspid valve
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Starting from deoxygenated blood, what is the course of blood flow in the heart?

Note: RA (right auricle), RV (right ventricle), LA (left auricle) and LV (left ventricle)

  1. LV - LA - RV - RA
  2. RA - RV - LA - LV
  3. RA - LA - LV - RV
  4. LV - RV - RA - LA
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the heartbeat of a normal person?

  1. 55 times/min
  2. 72 times/min
  3. Above 100 times/min
  4. None of these
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is false about the heart?

  1. The heart is slightly tilted towards left.
  2. The heart is about the size of fist.
  3. The heart is located on the left side of your chest.
  4. Feelings do affect the heart.
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Pulmonary veins drain the oxygenated blood in which chamber of the heart?

  1. Right auricle
  2. Left auricle
  3. Right ventricle
  4. Left ventricle
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where is the pericardial cavity present?

  1. Between fibrous pericardium and serous pericardium
  2. Between parietal and visceral layers
  3. Between two lungs
  4. Between visceral pericardium and endocardium
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where is the mitral valve located?

  1. Between the right atrium and the left ventricle
  2. Between the left atrium and the left ventricle
  3. Between the right ventricle and the pulmonary aorta
  4. Between the right and the left ventricles
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following arteries supplies oxygenated blood to the whole body?

  1. Pulmonary aorta artery
  2. Aorta artery
  3. Coronary artery
  4. Innominate artery
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which layer of the cardiac wall is made up of cardiac muscle fibres?

  1. Visceral pericardium
  2. Myocardium
  3. Endocardium
  4. Parietal layer
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the function of semilunar valves?

  1. Pumping of blood
  2. Preventing the backflow of blood from the arteries to the ventricles
  3. Bringing deoxygenated blood to heart
  4. Distributing oxygenated blood to the body