Biology Weekly Worksheet

G7 S2 PB Transport in humans

Name: ________________________ Date:

_______________________

Choose the correct answers

1. The circulatory system is literally named for its characteristic of:

(a) Transporting nutrients to the body tissues

(b) Carrying waste products from the body tissues

(c) Traveling through the body in a straight line

(d) Tracing a circle in its journey to and from the heart

2. The smallest branches of the arteries:

(a) (b) Veins (c) Venules (d)

Capillaries Arterioles

3. The ______ are the entrance rooms at the top of the heart:

(a) Atria (b) Auricles (c) (d)

Ventricles Myocardia

4. The left-heart circulation is alternately called the ______ circulation:

(a) Pulmonary (c) Cardiorespiratory

(b) Systemic (d) Cerebrovascular

5. The powerful cardiac muscle portion of the heart wall:

 (a) Semilunar valves (c) Myocardium

(b) Endocardium (d) Pericardium

6. The primary pacemaker of the heart:

(a) Myocardium (c) Sinoatrial node

(b) Left atrium (d) Right A-V valve

7. Half-moon shaped flaps that control the entry of blood into the aortic arch and common
pulmonary artery:

(a) Atrioventricular valves (c) Semilunar valves

(b) Z-lines (d) Crescent muscles

8. The relaxation and filling phase of each heart chamber:

(a) Diastole (c) Systole

(b) Fibrillation (d) Bacterial endocarditis

9. Heart murmurs represent:

(a) Turbulent back-flow of blood through leaky valve flaps

(b) Smooth and efficient blood flow through healthy open valves

(c) Extensive arteriosclerosis

(d) A false appearance of atherosclerosis

10. The vessel most frequently used to take a persons blood pressure:

(a) Superior vena cava (c) Common pulmonary artery

(b) Brachial vein (d) Brachial artery

Answer the following questions correctly

1. Show the direction of flow of blood in the following diagram. State the function of
capillaries.

2. Label the parts of the heart.

3. Why are mammals said to have double circulation? Describe the two circulations.

4. Mention 6 differences between arteries and veins.

5. Why do the right ventricles have thinner walls than the left ventricles?

6. Explain why the heart produces a loud lub sound and a soft dub sound which make up
one heart beat.

7. Mention all the main arteries of the body.

8. Mention all the main veins of the body.

9. What are the advantages of red blood cells changing into bell-shape as they pass through
capillaries?
10.What are the causes of coronary heart disease?