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1
Which of the following statements about gastrovascular cavities is correct?
A)In animals with gastrovascular cavities, the surrounding water functions as the circulatory system.
B)Digested food cannot reach all the body's cells because water only circulates through the entire cavity.
C)Gastrovascular cavities are common in most forms of marine animals.
D)The gastrovascular cavity has a more than one opening to the outside.
E)All of the statements about gastrovascular cavities are correct.
2
Which of the following components is required in order to be referred to as a true circulatory system?
A)blood or hemolymph
B)blood vessels
C)one or more hearts
D)Blood or hemolymph and one or more hearts
E)Blood or hemolymph, blood vessels, and one or more hearts
3
Which of the following animals does not have a closed circulatory system?
A)Vertebrates
B)Cephalopods
C)Earthworms
D)Arthropods
E)All of these animals have closed circulatory systems.
4
Which of the following statements about blood pressure is correct?
A)Blood flow is directly proportional to pressure and resistance.
B)Blood pressure is the same in all areas of an animal's body.
C)The primary contribution to overall resistance to blood flow is arteriole radius.
D)A low hematocrit reduces overall blood flow.
E)All of the statements about blood pressure are correct.
5
Which of the following is not an adaptive function to exercise in a closed circulatory system?
A)Increase in stroke volume
B)Vasodilation
C)Increase in epinephrine to increase heart rate
D)Increase in blood pressure
E)Decrease in resistance in skeletal muscle blood vessels
6
True or False: Cardiovascular disease accounts for more deaths each year in the United States than any other cause.
A)True
B)False
7
The filling chamber of a heart is most accurately referred to as a(n)
A)ventricle.
B)artery.
C)vein.
D)atrium.
E)ostium.
8
True or False: In mammalian double circulation, oxygen-poor blood is pumped under low pressure to the lungs.
A)True
B)False
9
Which one of the following is not a typical component of mammalian blood?
A)Platelets
B)Thrombocytes
C)Leukocytes
D)Plasma
E)Erythrocytes
10
A condition of lower than normal levels of clotting factors is most accurately referred to as
A)bacteremia.
B)anemia.
C)hemophilia.
D)polycythemia.
E)leukemia.
11
From the lungs, list in order the circulation of blood through the heart.
I pulmonary vein
II: right ventricle
III left ventricle
IV right atrium
V left atrium
VI aorta
VII pulmonary artery
VIII systemic vein
A)I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII
B)I, III, IV, IV, II, VI, VII
C)I, V, III, VI, VIII, IV, II, VII
D)I, VII, IV, V, VIII, VI, II, III
E)I, V, III, VI, II, IV, VIII, VII
12
A semilunar valve in a mammalian heart would allow passage of blood into which of the following compartments?
A)Right or left atrium
B)Right or left ventricle
C)Systemic arteries
D)Right or left atrium and right or left ventricle
E)Right or left atrium, right or left ventricle, and systemic arteries
13
True or False: When the heart contraction is initiated from within the cardiac muscle itself, this is most accurately referred to as a neurogenic heart.
A)True
B)False
14
The pacemaker of a vertebrate heart is most accurately referred to as the
A)sinoatrial node.
B)atrioventricular node.
C)atrioventricular valve.
D)pulmonary valve.
E)semilunar valve.
15
Which of the following regarding the two phases of the cardiac cycle is incorrect?
A)Ventricle pressure is lower than in the atria during diastole
B)Atria pressure is lower than ventricle pressure during systole
C)AV valves are closed during diastole
D)Semilunar valves are open during systole
E)Arterial pressure increases during systole
16
Which of the following would have the thinnest overall vessel diameter?
A)Arteriole
B)Vein
C)Capillary
D)Venule
E)Artery
17
Which one of the following statements about blood vessels is correct?
A)Essentially every cell in an animal's body is near an arteriole.
B)Fluid lost from and returned to the circulatory system is collected in the endocrine system.
C)The internal diameter of a venule is approximately equal to the width of a red blood cell.
D)The single celled inner layer of a blood vessel is referred to as the endothelium.
E)All of the statements about blood vessels are correct.
18
True or False: All veins of a biped's body have small valves in them that prevent the lower-pressure blood flow moving in one direction only.
A)True
B)False
19
Leaving the heart, list the blood vessels in order through which blood would travel.
I: Arteries
II: Veins
III: Capillaries
IV: Venules
V: Arterioles
A)II: I: III: IV: V
B)I: V: III: IV: II
C)II: IV: III: V: I
D)I: V: IV: III: V
E)II: III: I: V: IV
20
When a thin tube is inserted into an artery to widen the lumen, this procedure is most accurately referred to as a(n)
A)coronary bypass.
B)angioplasty.
C)angiography.
D)infarction.
E)angina.







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