Circulatory System - 30 MCQs
1. What is the primary function of the circulatory system?
a) Digestion b) Transportation of nutrients and oxygen c) Excretion d) Reproduction
Answer: b) Transportation of nutrients and oxygen
2. Which organ is the central component of the circulatory system?
a) Liver b) Brain c) Heart d) Kidney
Answer: c) Heart
3. What type of blood vessel carries blood away from the heart?
a) Artery b) Vein c) Capillary d) Lymphatic vessel
Answer: a) Artery
4. Which blood vessels carry blood back to the heart?
a) Arteries b) Veins c) Capillaries d) Arterioles
Answer: b) Veins
5. What is the largest artery in the human body?
a) Pulmonary artery b) Aorta c) Coronary artery d) Carotid artery
Answer: b) Aorta
6. Which component of blood carries oxygen to the body's tissues?
a) White blood cells b) Platelets c) Red blood cells d) Plasma
Answer: c) Red blood cells
7. What is the liquid portion of blood called?
a) Serum b) Plasma c) Hemoglobin d) Lymph
Answer: b) Plasma
8. Which part of the heart receives oxygenated blood from the lungs?
a) Right atrium b) Left atrium c) Right ventricle d) Left ventricle
Answer: b) Left atrium
9. What is the function of the valves in the heart?
a) Pump blood b) Prevent backflow of blood c) Oxygenate blood d) Remove waste products
Answer: b) Prevent backflow of blood
10. What type of blood do veins generally carry?
a) Oxygenated b) Deoxygenated c) Both a and b d) None of the above
Answer: b) Deoxygenated
11. What is the main function of white blood cells?
a) Transport oxygen b) Clot blood c) Fight infections d) Remove carbon dioxide
Answer: c) Fight infections
12. Where is the sinoatrial (SA) node located?
a) Left atrium b) Right atrium c) Left ventricle d) Right ventricle
Answer: b) Right atrium
13. Which blood vessels are the smallest and connect arteries to veins?
a) Arterioles b) Venules c) Capillaries d) Lymphatic vessels
Answer: c) Capillaries
14. What is the normal pH range of human blood?
a) 6.5-7.0 b) 7.35-7.45 c) 7.5-8.0 d) 6.0-6.5
Answer: b) 7.35-7.45
15. Which organ produces most of the blood proteins?
a) Heart b) Kidney c) Liver d) Pancreas
Answer: c) Liver
16. What is the term for high blood pressure?
a) Hypotension b) Hypertension c) Arrhythmia d) Tachycardia
Answer: b) Hypertension
17. What is the name of the membrane that encloses the heart?
a) Myocardium b) Pericardium c) Endocardium d) Epicardium
Answer: b) Pericardium
18. Which of the following is a component of the lymphatic system?
a) Heart b) Spleen c) Pancreas d) Kidney
Answer: b) Spleen
19. What is the function of platelets?
a) Oxygen transport b) Immune response c) Blood clotting d) Nutrient absorption
Answer: c) Blood clotting
20. What type of blood is found in the pulmonary arteries?
a) Oxygenated b) Deoxygenated c) Mixed d) Plasma
Answer: b) Deoxygenated
21. Which chamber of the heart pumps oxygenated blood to the body?
a) Left atrium b) Right atrium c) Left ventricle d) Right ventricle
Answer: c) Left ventricle
22. What is the main purpose of capillaries?
a) Transport nutrients b) Exchange of gases and nutrients c) Prevent blood backflow d) Carry
oxygenated blood
Answer: b) Exchange of gases and nutrients
23. What is the role of hemoglobin in red blood cells?
a) Digest fats b) Transport oxygen c) Fight infection d) Clot blood
Answer: b) Transport oxygen
24. What does the term 'cardiac cycle' refer to?
a) A heartbeat b) The pumping of the heart c) The sequence of events in one heartbeat d)
Blood circulation
Answer: c) The sequence of events in one heartbeat
25. What is the primary function of the coronary arteries?
a) Supply blood to the brain b) Supply blood to the lungs c) Supply blood to the heart muscle d)
Supply blood to the kidneys
Answer: c) Supply blood to the heart muscle
26. Which blood type is known as the universal donor?
a) A b) B c) AB d) O
Answer: d) O
27. What does ECG stand for?
a) Electrocardiogram b) Electrocardiograph c) Echocardiogram d) Electrocardiography
Answer: a) Electrocardiogram
28. What is the average resting heart rate for an adult?
a) 40-60 bpm b) 60-100 bpm c) 100-120 bpm d) 120-140 bpm
Answer: b) 60-100 bpm
29. Which structure in the heart prevents the mixing of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood?
a) Valves b) Septum c) Arteries d) Veins
Answer: b) Septum
30. What is the name of the condition where the heart rate is abnormally fast?
a) Bradycardia b) Tachycardia c) Arrhythmia d) Hypertension
Answer: b) Tachycardia
