Circulatory System Review Questions

Review Questions

1. Discuss the function(s) of the circualtory systems

2. What are the components of the circulatory system?

3. Discuss the similarities between an artery and a vein.

4. What are the two categories of valves found in the human heart? Discuss their functions. Give the specific names of the individual valves from these two categories and indicate where they are found.

5.Trace the path that the blood follows in systemic and pulmonary circulation.

6. Define pericardium?

7. Discuss the structure of the heart and how its structure follows the function of the heart.

8. What is blood pressure? Discuss systolic pressure and diastolic pressure.

9. Choose a term that best matches or completes the following statements

a. Protective membrane around the heart
b. Carries blood to the lungs
c. transports blood out of the heart to the body
d. keeps blood from flowing back into the right atrium
e. keeps blood from flowing back into the left ventricle
f. disease where fatty substance builds up on artery walls
g. contraction of ventricles
h. relaxation of ventricles
i. movement of blood from heart to lungs and back to the heart

j. movement of blood heart to body cells and back to the heart
k. chamber that receives oxygenated blood from the lungs
l. pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs
m. the blood vessels that supply the heart with nutrients and oxygen
n. transports oxygenated blood to the heart
o. high blood pressure
p. specialized tissue that regulates the heartbeat
q. chamber that receives deoxygenated blood from the body
l. chamber that receives deoxygenated blood from the body

10. Match the following statements with the appropriate blood vessel
a. smallest blood vessel
b. thickest
c. greatest pressure
d. valves present
e. usually deep within the body
f. carries on exchange of materials

g. cholesterol deposits here
h. classification of aorta
i. carries blood away from the heart
j. classification of vena cavae
k. carries blood to the heart
l. meeting point of venous and arterial system

11. Match the following statement with the appropriate blood component(s).
a. greatest in number
b. have a nucleus
c. transport oxygen
d. function in blood clotting
e. largest in size
f. liquid portion of blood
g. change prothrombin into thrombin

h. amoeba-like: surround and digest foreign material
i. contain hemoglobin
j. produce antibodies
k. attack bacteria
l. too few: anemia
m. too many: leukemia
n. 55% of blood

Blood and Lymph: Choos a term that best matches or completes the following statements
a. clumping of blood cells
b. universal donor
c. universal recipient
d. people with the Rh factor are __?__
e. chemicals that attack and neutralize foreign substances
f. any molecule that causes the synthesis of antibodies when that molecule enters another organism

g. a network of vessels that returns tissue fluid to the blood
h. disease characterized by runaway production of white blood cells
i. disease characterized by severe shortage of hemoglobin
j. enlarged structure containing white blood cells that attack disease
k. enzyme in blood necessary for clotting to occur
l. technical name for white blood cell