| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| The main organ of the circulatory system | Heart | 100%
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| Vessels that carry blood away from the heart | Arteries | 87%
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| Vessels that carry blood towards the heart | Veins | 87%
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| The largest artery in the body | Aorta | 81%
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| Extremely thin vessels which exchange oxygen and nutrients for carbon dioxide and tissue waste | Capillaries | 75%
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| Fights bacteria and viruses to destroy and absorb | White Blood Cells | 74%
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| The liquid part of the blood that breaks down the nutrients, minerals, and oxygen | Plasma | 73%
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| Contains hemoglobin that carries oxygen from your lungs to your cells; carries carbon dioxide from your cells to your lungs | Red Blood Cells | 73%
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| Pumps oxygen-rich blood throughout the body | Left Ventricle | 70%
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| Pumps oxygen-poor blood to the lungs | Right Ventricle | 70%
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| Receives oxygen-poor blood | Right Atrium | 69%
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| Receives oxygen-rich blood | Left Atrium | 68%
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| Irregularly shaped fragments that help clot blood | Platelets | 61%
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| A, B, AB, O; positive or negative | Blood Types | 47%
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| The force of the blood on the walls of the blood vessels | Blood Pressure | 37%
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| Carries deoxygenated blood away from the right ventricle of the heart, to the lungs, and returns oxygenated blood to the left atrium and ventricle of the heart | Pulmonary Circulation | 15%
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| The circulation of blood in the blood vessels that supply the heart | Coronary Circulation | 13%
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| Carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle, through the arteries, to the capillaries | Systemic Circulation | 13%
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