Practice Paper- Class X

The Circulatory System

Q.1. Answer the following-

a. Pulse wave is mainly caused by the ___________.

b. The vein that carries oxygenated blood is _________.

c. The vein that drains the blood from intestine to the liver __________.

d. The fluid portion of blood- _________.

e. WBCs squeeze out through the walls of the capillaries into the tissues- ______.

f. The process of engulfing microbes by WBCs is called _________.

g. Term used for the capacity of our body to resist diseases is ______.

h. The blood vessel that begins and ends in the capillaries is the ________.

Q.2. Give scientific reasons for the following-

a. The left ventricle of the heart has a thicker wall than the right ventricle.

b. Mature erythrocytes in humans lack nucleus and mitochondria.

c. Blood flows in arteries in spurts and is under pressure.

Q.3. Arrange the given terms in logical sequence-

Fibrin, Platelets, Thromboplastin, Fibrinogen, Thrombin

Q.4. Mention the function of-

a. Semilunar Valve d. Chordae tendinae

b. Coronary artery e. Lymphocytes

c. Thrombocytes

Q.5. State the exact location of the following structures-

a. Chordae tendinae d. Pulmonary semilunar valve

b. Mitral valve e. SAN

c. Tricuspid valve

Q.6. Differentiate between –

a. LUBB and DUP (name the valves whose closure c. Plasma and Serum (composition)
produces the sound)
d. Arteries and vein (structural difference)
b. RBC and WBC (shape)
Q. 7. The diagram given represents a section of human heart. Answer the questions that follow:

a. Which parts of heart are in diastolic phase? Give a reason to support your
answer.

b. Label the parts numbered 1 and 2 in the diagram. What type of blood
flows through them?

c. What causes the heart sounds ‘LUBB’ and ‘DUP”?

d. Name the blood vessels that supply oxygenated blood to the heart
muscles.

e. Draw a neat labelled diagram of a cross section of an artery and vein.

Q.8. The diagram represents the human heart in one phase of its function-

a. Name the phase.

b. Which part of the heart is contracting in this phase? Give a reason to support
your answer.

c. Name the parts labelled 1 to 4.

d. What type of blood flows through ‘2’?

e. State the function of part labelled ‘5’.

f. Name the membrane that covers the heart.

Q.9. Study the diagram and answer the questions-

a. Name the cell labelled 1.

b. Identify the phenomenon occurring in A. Give the technical term for this
activity.

c. Mention the structural difference between 1 and 2.

d. Name the process occurring in B and C and state the importance of this process in the human body.

Q.10. The diagram represents circulation in the human body.

Answer the questions that follow-

a. Name the blood vessels labelled 1,3,6 and 7

b. Name the blood vessel that supplies the walls of the heart with
oxygen.