1. What is the main function of the circulatory system?

a) To provide oxygen, nutrients and

hormones to muscles, tissues and organs throughout your body b) To remove waste
from cells and organs so your body can dispose of it c) Both a and b d) None of the
above

2. What does the circulatory system consist of? a) Heart b) Blood vessels c) Blood d) All of
the above

3. What are the three circuits of the circulatory system? a) Pulmonary circuit b) Systemic
circuit c) Coronary circuit d) All of the above

4. What is the function of arteries? a) Carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the
rest of the body b) Carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart c) Both a and b d) None
of the above

5. What is the function of veins? a) Carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the rest
of the body b) Carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart c) Both a and b d) None of
the above

6. What is the function of capillaries? a) Gas exchange - oxygenated blood becomes

deoxygenated b) Transport nutrients and hormones to cells c) Remove waste products
from cells d) All of the above

7. What is erythrocytes? a) Red blood cells that contain hemoglobin and carry oxygen
throughout the blood vessels b) White blood cells that are part of the immune system c)
Platelets that help with coagulation d) None of the above

8. What is leukocytes? a) Red blood cells that contain hemoglobin and carry oxygen
throughout the blood vessels b) White blood cells that are part of the immune system c)
Platelets that help with coagulation d) None of the above

9. What is thrombocytes? a) Red blood cells that contain hemoglobin and carry oxygen
throughout the blood vessels b) White blood cells that are part of the immune system c)
Platelets that help with coagulation d) None of the above
10. Which diseases are related to circulatory system? a) Arteriosclerosis b) Cerebrovascular
disease c) Peripheral artery disease d) All of above

11. What is the function of the pulmonary circuit? a) Carries blood without oxygen
from the heart to the lungs b) Carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the
heart c) Both a and b d) None of the above

12. What is the function of the systemic circuit? a) Distributes blood throughout all
other systems and tissues of the body b) Exchanges blood between the heart and
the lungs for oxygenation c) Both a and b d) None of the above

13. What is the function of the coronary circuit? a) Supplies blood to the heart
muscle b) Supplies blood to the brain c) Both a and b d) None of the above

14. What are arterioles? a) Small arteries that carry oxygenated blood away from the
heart to the rest of the body b) Small veins that carry deoxygenated blood back
to the heart c) Both a and b d) None of the above

15. What are venules? a) Small arteries that carry oxygenated blood away from the
heart to the rest of the body b) Small veins that carry deoxygenated blood back
to the heart c) Both a and b d) None of the above

16. What is plasma? a) The liquid part of blood that carries cells and proteins
throughout the body b) Red blood cells that contain hemoglobin and carry
oxygen throughout the blood vessels c) White blood cells that are part of the
immune system d) None of the above

17. What is myocardium? a) The muscular layer of the heart wall b) The innermost
layer of tissue that lines chambers of heart c) The outermost layer of tissue that
covers heart d) None of above

18. What is endocardium? a) The muscular layer of heart wall b) The innermost layer
of tissue that lines chambers of heart c) The outermost layer of tissue that covers
heart d) None of above
19. What is epicardium? a) The muscular layer of heart wall b) The innermost layer of
tissue that lines chambers of heart c) The outermost layer of tissue that covers
heart d) None of above

20. Which one is not a part of circulatory system? a) Heart b) Blood vessels c) Blood
d) Lungs

21. What is the function of the right ventricle? a) Sends blood that’s low in oxygen to
the lungs b) Sends oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart c) Both a and b
d) None of the above

22. What is the function of pulmonary veins? a) Carry oxygenated blood from the
lungs to the heart’s left atrium b) Carry deoxygenated blood from the heart to
the lungs c) Both a and b d) None of the above

23. What is the function of left atrium? a) Sends oxygenated blood into the left
ventricle b) Sends deoxygenated blood into the right ventricle c) Both a and b d)
None of the above

24. What is the function of left ventricle? a) Pumps blood out to the body through
the arteries b) Pumps blood to the lungs through pulmonary artery c) Both a and
b d) None of the above

25. What is superior vena cava? a) A large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from
upper body to right atrium b) A large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from
lower body to right atrium c) Both a and b d) None of above

26. What is inferior vena cava? a) A large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from
upper body to right atrium b) A large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from
lower body to right atrium c) Both a and b d) None of above
27. What is pulmonary artery? a) Carries oxygenated blood from heart to lungs b)
Carries deoxygenated blood from heart to lungs c) Both a and b d) None of
above

28. What is aorta? a) Carries oxygenated blood from heart to rest of body b) Carries
deoxygenated blood from heart to lungs c) Both a and b d) None of above

29. What is myocardial infarction? a) Heart attack caused by blockage in coronary

artery b) Stroke caused by blockage in brain artery c) Both a and b d) None of
above

30. What is arrhythmia? a) Irregular heartbeat b) High blood pressure c) Both a and b
d) None of above

31. What is the function of superior vena cava? a) Carries deoxygenated blood from
upper body to right atrium b) Carries oxygenated blood from lungs to left atrium
c) Both a and b d) None of the above

32. What is the function of inferior vena cava? a) Carries deoxygenated blood from
lower body to right atrium b) Carries oxygenated blood from lungs to left atrium
c) Both a and b d) None of the above

33. What is the function of right atrium? a) Receives deoxygenated blood from
superior and inferior vena cava b) Sends oxygenated blood into left ventricle c)
Both a and b d) None of the above

34. What is the function of right ventricle? a) Sends deoxygenated blood to lungs
through pulmonary artery b) Sends oxygenated blood to body through aorta c)
Both a and b d) None of the above

35. What is the function of left atrium? a) Receives oxygenated blood from lungs
through pulmonary veins b) Sends deoxygenated blood to lungs through
pulmonary artery c) Both a and b d) None of the above
36. What is the function of left ventricle? a) Sends oxygenated blood to body
through aorta b) Sends deoxygenated blood to lungs through pulmonary artery
c) Both a and b d) None of the above

37. What is arteriosclerosis? a) Hardening and narrowing of arteries b) Blockage in

brain artery c) Both a and b d) None of above

38. What is cerebrovascular disease? a) Hardening and narrowing of arteries b)

Blockage in brain artery c) Both a and b d) None of above

39. What is peripheral artery disease? a) Hardening and narrowing of arteries in legs
b) Blockage in brain artery c) Both a and b d) None of above

40. What is aneurysm? a) Bulging or ballooning in wall of artery b) Blockage in brain

artery c) Both a and b d) None of above

41. What is varices? a) Enlarged and twisted veins b) Blockage in brain artery c) Both
a and b d) None of above

42. What is arrhythmia? a) Irregular heartbeat b) High blood pressure c) Both a and b
d) None of above

43. What is heart failure? a) Heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet body’s
needs b) Blockage in brain artery c) Both a and b d) None of above

44. What is the function of right coronary artery? a) Supplies blood to right side of
heart b) Supplies blood to left side of heart c) Both a and b d) None of above

45. What is the function of left coronary artery? a) Supplies blood to right side of
heart b) Supplies blood to left side of heart c) Both a and b d) None of above
46. What is the function of right marginal branch? a) Supplies blood to right ventricle
b) Supplies blood to left ventricle c) Both a and b d) None of the above

47. What is the function of posterior interventricular artery? a) Supplies blood to

posterior wall of ventricles b) Supplies blood to anterior wall of ventricles c) Both
a and b d) None of the above

48. What is the function of anterior interventricular branch? a) Supplies blood to

anterior wall of ventricles b) Supplies blood to posterior wall of ventricles c) Both
a and b d) None of the above

49. What is the function of circumflex artery? a) Supplies blood to left atrium and left
ventricle b) Supplies blood to right atrium and right ventricle c) Both a and b d)
None of the above

50. What is lymphatic system? a) Circulates lymph throughout body b) Circulates

blood throughout body c) Both a and b d) None of the above
51. What is lymph? a) Clear fluid containing white blood cells b) Red fluid containing
red blood cells c) Both a and b d) None of the above
52. What is the function of lymph nodes? a) Filter lymph and remove harmful
substances b) Pump blood throughout body c) Both a and b d) None of the
above
53. What is the function of spleen? a) Filters blood and removes old or damaged red
blood cells b) Pump blood throughout body c) Both a and b d) None of the
above
54. What is the function of thymus? a) Produces white blood cells called T-
lymphocytes b) Pump blood throughout body c) Both a and b d) None of the
above
55. What is the function of tonsils? a) Help protect against infections b) Pump blood
throughout body c) Both a and b d) None of the above
56. What is hypertension? a) High blood pressure b) Low blood pressure c) Both a
and b d) None of above
57. What is hypotension? a) High blood pressure b) Low blood pressure c) Both a
and b d) None of above
58. What is tachycardia? a) Fast heart rate b) Slow heart rate c) Both a and b d) None
of above
59. What is bradycardia? a) Fast heart rate b) Slow heart rate c) Both a and b d) None
of above
60. What is angina pectoris? a) Chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to heart
muscle b) Chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to lungs c) Both a and b d)
None of above
61. What is stroke? a) Damage to brain caused by interruption of blood supply b)
Damage to heart caused by interruption of blood supply c) Both a and b d) None
of above
62. What is cardiac arrest? a) Sudden loss of heart function b) Sudden loss of brain
function c) Both a and b d) None of above
63. What is coronary artery disease? a) Narrowing or blockage of coronary arteries b)
Narrowing or blockage of brain arteries c) Both a and b d) None of above
64. What is congestive heart failure? a) Heart is unable to pump enough blood to
meet body’s needs b) Heart is pumping too much blood to meet body’s needs c)
Both a and b d) None of above
65. What is myocarditis? a) Inflammation of heart muscle b) Inflammation of brain
tissue c) Both a and b d) None of above
66. What is pericarditis? a) Inflammation of sac surrounding heart b) Inflammation of
sac surrounding lungs c) Both a and b d) None of above
67. What is endocarditis? a) Inflammation of inner lining of heart chambers and
valves b) Inflammation of outer lining of heart chambers and valves c) Both a and
b d) None of the above
68. What is mitral valve prolapse? a) Improper closure of valve between left atrium
and left ventricle b) Improper closure of valve between right atrium and right
ventricle c) Both a and b d) None of the above
69. What is aortic stenosis? a) Narrowing of aortic valve opening b) Narrowing of
pulmonary valve opening c) Both a and b d) None of the above
70. What is ventricular septal defect? a) Hole in wall separating two lower chambers
of heart b) Hole in wall separating two upper chambers of heart c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
71. What is atrial septal defect? a) Hole in wall separating two lower chambers of
heart b) Hole in wall separating two upper chambers of heart c) Both a and b d)
None of the above
72. What is patent ductus arteriosus? a) Blood vessel connecting pulmonary artery to
aorta fails to close after birth b) Blood vessel connecting pulmonary vein to vena
cava fails to close after birth c) Both a and b d) None of the above
73. What is coarctation of aorta? a) Narrowing of aorta b) Narrowing of pulmonary
artery c) Both a and b d) None of the above
74. What is tetralogy of Fallot? a) Combination of four heart defects present at birth
b) Combination of three heart defects present at birth c) Both a and b d) None of
the above
75. What is transposition of great arteries? a) Aorta and pulmonary artery are
switched from their normal positions b) Aorta and vena cava are switched from
their normal positions c) Both a and b d) None of the above
76. What is tricuspid atresia? a) Absence or underdevelopment of tricuspid valve
between right atrium and right ventricle b) Absence or underdevelopment of
mitral valve between left atrium and left ventricle c) Both a and b d) None of
above
77. What is hypoplastic left heart syndrome? a) Underdevelopment of left side of
heart b) Underdevelopment of right side of heart c) Both a and b d) None of
above
78. What is pulmonary atresia? a) Absence or underdevelopment of pulmonary valve
between right ventricle and pulmonary artery b) Absence or underdevelopment
of aortic valve between left ventricle and aorta c) Both a and b d) None of above
79. What is Ebstein anomaly? a) Malformation of tricuspid valve between right atrium
and right ventricle b) Malformation of mitral valve between left atrium and left
ventricle c) Both a and b d) None of above
80. What is Kawasaki disease? a) Inflammation in walls of medium-sized arteries
throughout body b) Inflammation in walls of small-sized arteries throughout
body c) Both a and b d) None of above
81. What is rheumatic fever? a) Inflammatory disease that can develop as
complication of untreated strep throat b) Inflammatory disease that can develop
as complication of untreated flu c) Both a and b d) None of above
82. What is rheumatic heart disease? a) Damage to heart valves caused by rheumatic
fever b) Damage to heart muscle caused by rheumatic fever c) Both a and b d)
None of above
83. What is infective endocarditis? a) Infection of inner lining of heart chambers and
valves b) Infection of outer lining of heart chambers and valves c) Both a and b d)
None of the above
84. What is pericardial effusion? a) Excess fluid between heart and sac surrounding
heart b) Excess fluid between lungs and sac surrounding lungs c) Both a and b d)
None of the above
85. What is cardiac tamponade? a) Compression of heart caused by excess fluid in
sac surrounding heart b) Compression of lungs caused by excess fluid in sac
surrounding lungs c) Both a and b d) None of the above
86. What is dilated cardiomyopathy? a) Enlargement and weakening of heart’s main
pumping chamber b) Enlargement and weakening of heart’s upper chambers c)
Both a and b d) None of the above
87. What is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy? a) Thickening of heart muscle b) Thinning
of heart muscle c) Both a and b d) None of above
88. What is restrictive cardiomyopathy? a) Stiffening of heart muscle b) Softening of
heart muscle c) Both a and b d) None of above
89. What is arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia? a) Replacement of right
ventricle muscle with scar tissue b) Replacement of left ventricle muscle with scar
tissue c) Both a and b d) None of above
90. What is long QT syndrome? a) Heart rhythm disorder that can cause fast, chaotic
heartbeats b) Heart rhythm disorder that can cause slow, regular heartbeats c)
Both a and b d) None of above
91. What is Brugada syndrome? a) Heart rhythm disorder that can cause fast, chaotic
heartbeats b) Heart rhythm disorder that can cause slow, regular heartbeats c)
Both a and b d) None of above
92. What is catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia? a) Heart rhythm
disorder that can cause fast, chaotic heartbeats b) Heart rhythm disorder that can
cause slow, regular heartbeats c) Both a and b d) None of above
93. What is short QT syndrome? a) Heart rhythm disorder that can cause fast, chaotic
heartbeats b) Heart rhythm disorder that can cause slow, regular heartbeats c)
Both a and b d) None of above
94. What is Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome? a) Heart rhythm disorder caused by
extra electrical pathway between atria and ventricles b) Heart rhythm disorder
caused by blocked electrical pathway between atria and ventricles c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
95. What is sick sinus syndrome? a) Group of heart rhythm disorders caused by
malfunctioning of sinus node b) Group of heart rhythm disorders caused by
malfunctioning of atrioventricular node c) Both a and b d) None of the above
96. What is atrial fibrillation? a) Irregular and often rapid heartbeat caused by chaotic
electrical signals in atria b) Irregular and often slow heartbeat caused by chaotic
electrical signals in ventricles c) Both a and b d) None of the above
97. What is atrial flutter? a) Rapid but regular heartbeat caused by organized
electrical signals in atria b) Rapid but regular heartbeat caused by organized
electrical signals in ventricles c) Both a and b d) None of the above
98. What is ventricular fibrillation? a) Irregular and often rapid heartbeat caused by
chaotic electrical signals in ventricles b) Irregular and often slow heartbeat caused
by chaotic electrical signals in atria c) Both a and b d) None of the above
99. What is ventricular tachycardia? a) Rapid but regular heartbeat caused by
organized electrical signals in ventricles b) Rapid but regular heartbeat caused by
organized electrical signals in atria c) Both a and b d) None of the above
100. What is supraventricular tachycardia? a) Rapid but regular heartbeat
originating above ventricles b) Rapid but regular heartbeat originating within
ventricles c) Both a and b d) None of the above