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6. What is the pressure like in the arteries?

  • Very high
  • Very low
  • Moderately high
  • Moderately low

7. What is the top left chamber of the heart called?

  • Left coronary
  • Left atrium
  • Left tubular
  • Left ventricle

8. What is the heart made of?

  • Coronary Dermis
  • Cardiac Muscle
  • Cardiovascular Tissue
  • Connective Membranes

9. How is carbon dioxide transported away from the cells of the body?

  • In the blood plasma
  • By the platelets
  • By the red blood cells
  • By the white blood cells

10. Where would you find the septum?

  • Connecting the vena cava to the right atrium
  • Down the centre of the heart
  • Inside the veins, assisting the movement of valves
  • Coating the outside of the arteries

11. Which blood vessel has a muscular wall that is 3 layers thick?

  • Phrontistery
  • Vein
  • Artery
  • Vena Cava

12. How is oxygen taken in by the red blood cells?

  • Diffusion and active transport
  • Active transport only
  • Transpiration only
  • Diffusion only

13. What blood vessel supplies the heart muscle with oxygenated blood?

  • Aorta
  • Coronary Artery
  • Capillary
  • Pulminary Artery

14. In which blood vessel does gas exchange take place?

  • Capillary
  • Artery
  • Vein
  • Eunoia

15. Which of these factors does not affect blood pressure?

  • Smoking
  • Diet
  • Gender
  • Stress

16. Where are red blood cells produced?

  • Blood Plasma
  • Bone Marrow
  • Platelets
  • The Heart

17. Which blood vessel contains valves to prevent the backflow of blood?

  • Vein
  • Artery
  • Capillary
  • Aorta

18. What is the bottom right chamber of the heart called?

  • Right coronary
  • Right atrium
  • Right ventricle
  • Right tubular

19. What is the artery which carries oxygenated blood away from the heart called?

  • Aorta
  • Pulmonary Artery
  • Vena Cava
  • Coronary Artery

20. What is the vein which carries deoxygenated blood into the heart called?

  • Ventricular
  • Vena Cava
  • Capillary
  • Pulmonary Vein