Starter quiz

  • The function of the ______ is to pump blood around the body.
    • 'heart' ✓
  • The average heart is the size of a clenched human ...
    • 'fist' ✓
  • The tubes carrying blood around the body are called blood ...
    The tubes carrying blood around the body are called blood ...
    • caps.
    • holes.
    • vessels.  ✓
    • valves.
  • Veins are blood vessels that return blood low in ______ back to the heart.
    • oxygen  ✓
    • carbon dioxide
    • muscle
    • plasma
  • Blood that is low in oxygen is called ______ blood.
    • 'deoxygenated' ✓
  • Match these parts of the human body to the statements.
    • heart
      is made of different chambers with a muscle wall ✓
    • arteries
      carry oxygenated blood from the heart around the body ✓
    • veins
      carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart ✓
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