Circulation - Blood circulation - Test yourself

6 important questions on Circulation - Blood circulation - Test yourself

Give 2 other differences between arteries and veins.

Arteries have thicker walls than veins. Veins have valves to prevent backflow of blood.

Circle the correct answer below. Blood flows by this route through the blood vessels of the body.
a) heart | veins | capillaries | arteries | heart b) heart | arteries | capillaries | veins | heart c) heart | veins | arteries | capillaries | heartd) heart | capillaries | arteries | veins | heart

b)  heart | arteries | capillaries | veins | heart

2. Arrange the following types of blood vessel in the correct order as blood would flow down them from the heart to the body and back to the heart again.
A. other veins; B. venules; C. capillaries; D. arterioles; E. other arteries. F. vena cava; G. aorta

Heart - Aorta - Other arteries - Arterioles - Capillaries - Venules - Other veins - Vena cava - Heart
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4. The photo below shows cross sections through an artery and a vein.

a. Label which vessel is the artery and which the vein.b. Give 2 reasons for your answer.

a. A is the artery and B is the vein.
b.
Reason 1. Assuming these are not the pulmonary artery and vein the vessel with red oxygenated blood is the artery and that with blue deoxygenated blood is the vein.
Reason 2. The vessel with the thicker wall is the artery.
Reason 3. The vessel that appears collapsed is the vein as its walls are much thinner than those of the artery.

7. As there is no pulse in veins, what moves the blood along them? (Give at least 2 methods)
1. .................................................
2...................................................

1. The contraction of the muscles surrounding the veins.
2. Gravity.
3. The contracting heart pulls blood along the veins towards it.

8. Name the vessel that:
  • Carries oxygenated blood to the heart muscle...............................
  • Supplies the brain with oxygenated blood...............................
  • Carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs...............................
  • Carries blood from the intestines to the liver..............................
  • Carries deoxygenated blood away from the kidneys...............................

  • Carries oxygenated blood to the heart muscle. The coronary arteries.
  • Supplies the brain with oxygenated blood.The carotid artery.
  • Carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs.The pulmonary artery.
  • Carries blood from the intestines to the liver. The hepatic portal vessel.
  • Carries deoxygenated blood away from the kidneys.The renal vein.

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