2019-2020 ALS A&E
REVIEWER – SCIENCE
Cardiovascular or
Circulatory System
1. Cardiovascular comes
from two words – cardio (from Greek Kardio) which means heart, and vascular
which refers to the blood ______.
A. vessels
B. red & white cells
C. plasma
D. platelets
2. What is circulation?
A. It is a distribution
of a thing from the source to its destination.
B. It is a transfer of
matter from one medium to the next.
C. It is a flow of a
thing starting from and returning to the same place.
D. It is a conversion of
matter to another phase.
3. This is another name
for cardiovascular system.
A. excretory system
B. circulatory system
C. digestive system
D. marketing system
4. The main organ of the
circulatory system.
A. liver
B. lung
C. blood
D. heart
5. The four chambers of
the heart are the left atrium, right atrium, left ventricle, and right
venticle. The atriums are located in this part of the heart.
A. lower
B. upper
C. middle
D. center
6. (1) The
cardiovascular system distributes or circulates blood to different parts of the
body. (2) Aside from oxygen, the blood also contains carbon dioxide. Which
statement/s is/are correct?
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2
7. By volume, the blood
contains the most by ______.
A. plasma
B. red blood cells
C. white blood cells
D. platelets
8. Why do we sometimes
call blood as the “river of life”?
A. It removes toxic
wastes away from the body.
B. It contains mostly of
water which is necessary to sustain life.
C. It regulates body
temperature and makes our body move.
D. It nourishes the
cells in our body with oxygen & nutrients.
9. The three kinds of
blood vessels are the arteries, capillaries, and veins. The smallest among them
is the _______.
A. veins
B. capillaries
C. arteries
D. none of the above
10. This is where the
blood transfers nourishment and oxygen to the cells and removes carbon dioxide
and other wastes.
A. capillaries
B. veins
C. arteries
D. heart
11. They carry blood
away from the heart.
A. veins
B. capillaries
C. arteries
D. carbon dioxide
12. They carry blood
back to the heart.
A. veins
B. capillaries
C. arteries
D. iron
13. Arteriosclerosis is
the hardening of the arteries. This CANNOT be presented by ________.
A. exercising regularly
B. smoking cigarettes
C. losing excess weight
D. avoiding foods rich
in cholesterol & fats
14. They are swollen,
knotted, and distended veins visible from the skin surface caused by standing
or sitting motionless for a long period of time.
A. blood clots
B. arteriosclerosis
C. varicose
D. chronic venous
insufficiency
15. If a person has low
levels of hemoglobin or red blood cells in his/her body, he/she might be
suffering from _______.
A. high blood pressure
B. leukemia
C. hemophilia
D. anemia
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