Cardiovascular Systems Quiz

What carries oxygen and nutrients to tissues, and carries carbon dioxide and waste products away from tissues?

• The heart

• Blood vessels

• Blood

• All of the above

What are the main categories of vessels?

• Arteries, Arterioles, Blood, Venules

• Veins and Venules

• Capillaries, Arteries, Veins

• Arteries, Arterioles, Capillaries, Venules & Veins

The Pulmonary Circulation = the right side of the heart

Systemic Circulation = the left side of the heart

• True

• False

What two components is blood made up of?

• Water and cells

• Blood cells and oxygen

• Oxygen and plasma

• Plasma and blood cells

Blood cells consist of:

• Red blood cells

• Platelets

• White blood cells

• All of the above

What happens when arterioles are relaxed?

• You are experiencing a heart attack

• Blood flow increases

• Blood flow decreases

• You feel relaxed

Your maximum heart rate increases or decreases with age?

Sam is 17 years old. Using the APM method, what is his MHR?

• 203

• 220

• 200

• 205

What is the role of white blood cells?

• Transport oxygen and carbon dioxide

• Transport nutrients and waste

• Destroy foreign elements

• All of the above

The cardiac cycle is the series of events that occurs throughout one heartbeat.

• True

• False