Quiz on the Circulatory System

What are the two lower chambers of the heart called?

• Valves

• Ventricles

• Atria

• Chambers

Which blood vessels are responsible for carrying blood away from the heart?

• Veins

• Arteries

• Capillaries

• Nerves

Where does the right ventricle of the heart pump blood to?

• Lungs

• Brain

• Body

• Liver

What is the group of cells in the heart that controls how fast your heart beats called?

• Septum

• Aorta

• Pacemaker

• Valve

What substance passes from body cells into capillaries?

• Oxygen

• Wastes

• Nutrients

• Lymph

What is the term for the force of blood against the walls of arteries?

• Blood pressure

• Hypertension

• Diffusion

• Circulation

What is the liquid part of blood called?

• Lymph

• Hemoglobin

• Plasma

• Serum

What do blood types depend on?

• Marker molecules

• Hemoglobin molecules

• Platelets

• White blood cells

What do lymph nodes do?

• carry lymph to the heart

• filter germs out of lymph

• store lymph until the body needs it

• produce red blood cells

A disease in which fatty materials build up inside arteries is called?

• hypertension

• heart attack

• atherosclerosis

• diabetes