Introduction to Health Science
Unit Three - Transportation 1 Utah State Office of Education
Unit 3 - TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
Circulatory System
Test Bank
Objective 3.01 – Describe the basic functions of the circulatory system.
1. All of the following are functions of the circulatory system EXCEPT?
a. Thermoregulation
b. Transport of oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and waste products
c. Hematopoiesis
d. Transport of hormones and antibodies
Objective 3.02 – Identify the basic structures and functions of the heart, blood
vessels, and blood.
2. The chamber of the heart responsible for receiving blood as it returns from the
lungs after it has been reoxygenated.
a. Right Atrium
b. Right Ventricle
c. Left Atrium
d. Left Ventricle
3. This is the only artery that carries unoxygenated blood away from the heart.
a. Aorta
b. Pulmonary Trunk
c. Superior Vena Cava
d. Inferior Vena Cava
4. The bicuspid valve is also known as the:
a. Right atrioventricular valve
b. Aortic semilunar valve
c. Pulmonary semilunar valve
d. Mitral valve
5. The correct sequence of heart chambers a red blood cell would pass through as
it travels through the heart.
a. Right Atrium – Left Ventricle – Left Atrium – Right Ventricle
b. Right Atrium – Right Ventricle – Left Atrium – Left Ventricle
c. Left Atrium – Left Ventricle – Right Atrium – Right Ventricle
d. Left Atrium – Right Atrium – Left Ventricle – Right Ventricle
6. The vessels in the circulatory system where the exchange of gas takes place are
the?
a. Veins
b. Aorta
c. Arteries
d. Capillaries
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