Circulatory, Nervous, and Respiratory System Test

Question 1

Arteries carry _____ from the heart throughout the body.

Answer 1

Blood

Question 2

___________ are the smallest blood vessels.

Answer 2

Capillaries

Question 3

_______________________ measures the pressure in the arteries when the heart beats/contracts.

Answer 3

Systolic Blood Pressure

Question 4

What are the three parts of the circulatory system?

Answer 4

Heart, blood vessels, and blood

Question 5

Blood returns to the heart through the __________________ (if blood is coming from the head or arms), or the __________________ (if the blood is coming from the legs, abdomen, or chest).

Answer 5

Superior vena cava, inferior vena cava

Question 6

The _____ is the largest artery in the body.

Answer 6

Aorta

Question 7

Blood pressure is given in two numbers, what are they?

Answer 7

Sistolic and Diastolic

Question 8

The Circulatory System is also called the ____________________.

Answer 8

Cardiovascular system

Question 9

__________________ is a group of organs and tissues that act as transfer stations carrying needed materials to cells and removing their waste products.

Answer 9

Circulatory system

Question 10

_____ are the blood vessels that carry oxygen poor blood back to the heart.

Answer 10

Veins

Question 11

______________ is the force of the blood pushing against the walls of the arteries.

Answer 11

Blood Pressure

Question 12

________ are blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.

Answer 12

Arteries

Question 13

________________________ measures the pressure in the arteries between heartbeats.

Answer 13

Diastolic blood pressure

Question 14

The Motor Nerves controls the voluntary movements of the body such as what two things?

Answer 14

Walking and talking

Question 15

__________________ is made up of organs in your body that help you breathe.

Answer 15

Respiratory system

Question 16

_________ is where breathing starts and has a dome shaped muscle at the bottom of the lungs.

Answer 16

Diaphragm

Question 17

The Sensory system controls what three things in the body?

Answer 17

Taste, touch, and any other senses

Question 18

What are two parts of the Central Nervous system?

Answer 18

Brain and Spinal Cord

Question 19

_____ is the command center of your entire body.

Answer 19

Brain

Question 20

_______ are two air tubes that branch off from the trachea and carry atmospheric air directly to the lungs.

Answer 20

Bronchi

Question 21

_________________________ connects to all parts of the body and gathers information to be sent to the CNS and also transmits the signals sent from the CNS to control muscles and organs throughout the body.

Answer 21

Peripheral Nervous System

Question 22

_____ is where O2 is taken into and CO2 is expelled out.

Answer 22

Lungs

Question 23

What are the four parts of the respiratory system?

Answer 23

Trachea (wind pipe), bronchi, lungs, and diaphragm

Question 24

______________ gathers information about the environment around the body and transmits it to the brain.

Answer 24

Sensory System

Question 25

___________________ filters the air we inhale and branches into the bronchi.

Answer 25

Trachea (wind pipe)

Question 26

What are the two parts of the nervous system?

Answer 26

Central and Peripheral

Question 27

The Autonomic Nerves controls what three things in the body?

Answer 27

Heartbeat, digestion, and adrenaline release