Question
The highest
pressure occurs in
which type of
blood vessel?
Answer
O Arteries
Question
Complete the statement:
The function of
arteries is to…
Answer
O Carry blood away
from the heart
Question
What is considered
normal blood
pressure for a
young male?
Answer
O 120 / 80
Question
Complete the statement:
Systolic pressure
occurs when the…
Answer
O Ventricles contract
Question
Name the only
artery that carries
deoxygenated
blood
Answer
O Pulmonary artery
Question
Complete the statement:
The large vein that
carries
deoxygenated
blood from the
upper body to the
heart is the…
Answer
O Superior Vena Cava
Question
What is the largest
artery in the
human body?
Answer
O Aorta
Question
What structure do
veins have that
help them to
delivery blood
back to the heart
against the force of
gravity?
Answer
O Valves
Question
This structure
separates the right
side of the heart
from the left side.
Answer
O Septum
Question
This valve prevents
back flow from the
right ventricle to
the right atrium
Answer
O Tricuspid valve
Question
Complete the statement:
The function of the
red blood cells is
to…
Answer
O Carry oxygen
Question
Complete the statement:
The coronary
artery deliveries
oxygenated blood
to the …
Answer
O Heart muscle
Question
Complete the statement:
A blocked
coronary artery
results in a …
Answer
O Heart Attack
Question
What is the
function of
platelets?
Answer
O Initiate blood clotting
Question
What is the
function of white
blood cells?
Answer
O Fight infection
(Part of Immune
System)
Question
What can cause a
heart murmur?
Answer
O Weak heart valves
Question
What causes the
lubb-dubb sounds
of the heart?
Answer
O Closing of the A-V
valves
O Closing of the
semilunar valves
Question
What are the
smallest blood
vessels in the body?
Answer
O Capillaries
Question
Which side of your
heart has
deoxygenated
blood (blue)?
Answer
O Right
Question
Which chamber of
your heart is the
most muscular?
Answer
O Left ventricle
Question
Fill in the Blank:
Gas exchange at
the lungs occurs at
the __________.
Answer
O Alveoli (or alveolus)
Question
Complete the statement:
The products of
cellular respiration
are…
Answer
O Carbon dioxide
O Water
O Energy
Question
Which structure is
used by both the
digestive and
respiratory
systems?
Answer
O Pharynx
Question
Fill in the Blank:
The smaller air
tubes are
called________
Answer
O Bronchioles
Question
Fill in the Blank:
When you inhale
the diaphragm
move ________
and the ribs move
______.
Answer
O Down
O Out
Question
Fill in the Blank:
The trachea
divides into two
__________ to
delivery air to
each lung.
Answer
O Bronchi
Question
Fill in the Blank:
In order to have
gas exchange you
must have a
_________ and
_________
membrane.
Answer
O Thin
O Moist
Question
Fill in the Blank:
The _________
prevents food from
entering the
trachea.
Answer
O Epiglottis
Question
Complete the statement:
The windpipe is
also called the …
Answer
O Trachea
Question
Complete the statement:
The voice box is
also called the…
Answer
O Larynx
Question
What stores and
secretes bile into
the small intestine?
Answer
O Gall bladder
Question
What is the wavelike contractions
that move food
down the
esophagus?
Answer
O Peristalsis
Question
Where does the
chemical
breakdown of
proteins begin?
Answer
O Stomach
Question
What structure
increases the
surface area for
the absorption of
nutrients in the
small intestine?
Answer
O Villi
Question
Amino acids and
glucose are
absorbed into
these vessels.
Answer
O Capillaries
Question
What organ
makes bile which
helps break down
fats?
Answer
O Liver
Question
Most digestion and
most absorption of
nutrients happens
here.
Answer
O Small Intestine
Question
Where does starch
digestion start?
Answer
O Mouth
Question
Absorption of
water and storage
of undigested food
happens here.
Answer
O Large intestines
Question
Name the enzyme
that breaks down
fat.
Hint: produced by the
pancreas
Answer
O Lipase
Question
Complete the statement:
The function of
bicarbonate ions
made by the
pancreas is to …
Answer
O Neutralize stomach
acid in small intestine
Question
Complete the statement:
Heart burn is…
Answer
O When stomach acids
enter the esophagus
Question
The digestive
function of the
appendix is?
Hint: This is a trick
question!
Answer
O Doesn’t have a
digestive function in
humans
Question
What enzyme
breaks down
starch in the
mouth?
Answer
O Amylase
Question
What is the
emulsifying agent
made by the liver
needed to digest
fat?
Answer
O Bile
Question
What is the flap
that stops food
from entering the
trachea?
Answer
O Epiglottis
Question
Complete the statement:
The structure that
carries food from
the mouth to the
stomach is …
Answer
O The esophagus
Question
What is the
enzyme in the
stomach that
breaks down
protein?
Answer
O Pepsin
Question
Where is the site of
food ingestion?
Answer
O The mouth