EDEXCEL CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

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1. The diagram shows a human heart.

a. Use a straight line and the letter X to label the left atrium on the diagram. (1)

b. Describe how blood is moved from the right ventricle to the lungs.

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c. Which blood vessel transports blood from the lungs to the heart?
Put a cross in the box next to your answer.

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The diagram shows some components in a sample of blood.

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d. This sample of blood shows a total of 38 components: red blood cells, white blood cells
and platelets.
Calculate the percentage of red blood cells in this blood sample.

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e. Describe the functions of red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets.

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Edexcel 2018 (Old Spec) Foundation Paper 2 Q6

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2. The figure below shows the stroke volume at different heart rates of a person who has
trained for a marathon and of a person who has not trained for a marathon.

a. Compare the effect of heart rate on stroke volume of the person who has trained for a
marathon with the person who has not trained for a marathon.

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b. Calculate the cardiac output for the person who has trained for a marathon when the
heart rate is 160 beats per minute.
Give the units in your answer.

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c. Blood from the body enters the heart through the vena cava.
Describe how this blood flows through the heart and lungs to leave the heart through
the aorta.
Include references to the chambers of the heart and the relevant valves in your answer.

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Edexcel 2019 Higher Paper 2 Q8

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3. The table below shows the estimated blood flow through some parts of the body when a
person is at rest and during exercise.

Estimated rate of blood flow in cm3 per minute

Part of the body
At rest During exercise
Brain 750 748
Heart muscle 350 1150
Digestive system 2500 1200
Other muscles 1200 14500
All other organs (except
1423 1420
lungs)

a. Compare the rate of blood flow through the body when this person is at rest and during
exercise.

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b. Explain why there is a change in the rate of blood flow through the digestive system
during exercise.

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c. The stroke volume is the amount of blood leaving one chamber of the heart per beat.
From which chamber of the heart does this volume of oxygenated blood flow?

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d. A person has a cardiac output of 4.9 litres per minute. The stroke volume of each heart
beat is 70 ml. Calculate the heart rate.

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Edexcel 2018 Higher Paper 2 Q5

3. The diagram shows a sample of human blood.

The table shows the minimum and maximum numbers of each type of cell in 1mm3 of
human blood.

a. State the most common type of cell in human blood.

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b. Explain why the number of blood cells will change if a person has a bacterial infection.
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c. Complete the sentence by putting a cross in the box next to your answer. People with
low numbers of platelets are more likely to have

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d. Describe the function of the liquid part of the blood.

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e. Adult stem cells make red blood cells.

State one similarity between adult stem cells and embryonic stem cells.

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f. State one difference between adult stem cells and embryonic stem cells.

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4. The diagram shows the human circulatory system.

a. Name blood vessel W.

Put a cross in the box next to your answer.

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b. Deoxygenated blood enters the heart in the chamber labelled Y.

Explain how blood is moved from chamber Y to the lungs.

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c. The blood vessel labelled X carries blood to capillaries.
Explain how substances are exchanged between capillaries and body cells.

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d. The diagram below shows the coronary arteries surrounding a human heart.
The coronary arteries deliver blood to the muscle cells in the heart.
The coronary arteries can become narrowed or blocked by fatty deposits.

Suggest how the narrowing of the coronary artery may affect how the heart
functions and how this may affect other body cells.
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Edexcel 2016 Higher Paper 2 Q5

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