Circulatory System

How many quarts of blood does the heart pump in a minute?

• 5 quarts

• 1 quart

• 8 quarts

• 10 quarts

The circulatory system is also known as the _______.

• cardiovascular system

• blood system

• most important system

• capillary system

if you were to take all of the veins and arteries of an adult human and stretched them out, it would stretch for approximately ________ miles

• 60,000

• 45,000

• 3000

• 245

The control center of the circulatory system is the _______.

• Arteries

• Lungs

• Veins

• Heart

The heart is a ______.

• Muscle

• Organ

The heart is approximately the size of a foot

• True

• False

Answer explanation

It’s approximately the size of a fist

The heart is located slightly to the right of the middle of the chest

• True

• False

Answer explanation

It’s to the left of the middle of the chest.

(Sides of the heart)

1: Left

2: Right

• 1: left receives blood from the lungs and then pumps that blood to the body.

• 1: left receives blood back from the body and pumps it to the lungs to get oxygen. 

• 2: right receives the blood back from the body and pumps it to the lungs to get oxygen. 

• 2: right receives blood from the lungs and then it pumps that blood to the body.

    

When looking at the heart you will notice that the left side is slightly bigger than the right side. 

• True

• False

the left side does more work in that it has to push blood throughout the entire body whereas the right side just pumps blood to the lungs.

• True

• False