Practice Questions for Lecture 7


What is the largest component of blood?
A. Plasma
B. Platelets
C. Neutrophils
D. Erythrocytes

Which one of the following statements is incorrect.
A. In humans arteries carry blood from the heart.
B. In humans all blood vessels called "veins" carry deoxygenated blood to the heart.
C. Oxygen binds to heme.
D. Epinephrine secreted by the adrenal gland increases heart rate.

Identify the correct actions (only one answer is correct):
A. At diastole blood flows into the right atrium and then out of the left ventricle
B. At diastole blood flows into the right and left atria and simultaneously out of the right and left atria to the right and left ventricles.
C. At systole blood flows out of the heart from the two ventricles and incoming blood to the atria is stopped.
D. The sinoatrial node fires which then activates the Purkinje fibers.

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