Blood Circulation

Question 1

venae cavae

Answer 1

largest vein in body; has two parts superior vena cavae and inferior vena cavae

Question 2

superior vena cavae

Answer 2

receives blood from head, neck, upper limbs, and chest

Question 3

inferior vena cavae

Answer 3

receives blood from trunk, and lower limbs

Question 4

right side of heart

Answer 4

responsible for deoxygenated blood “blue blood” going to the lungs

Question 5

left side of heart

Answer 5

responsible for oxygenated blood “red blood” that’s just left the lungs

Question 6

pulmonary artery

Answer 6

carries oxygen poor blood away from heart and towards lungs

Question 7

lung capillaries

Answer 7

where deoxygenated blood becomes oxygenated

Question 8

pulmonary veins

Answer 8

blood from the lungs re-enters the heart from this vein

Question 9

pulmonary circulation

Answer 9

circulation of blood from vessels from heart to the lungs then back to the heart

Question 10

aorta

Answer 10

largest artery in the body

Question 11

tissue capillaries

Answer 11

blood loses oxygen to cells and picks up waste and CO2 becoming deoxygenated

Question 12

systemic circulation

Answer 12

flow of blood from body tissue to heart then from heart back to body tissue

Question 13

pulse

Answer 13

beat of the heart as felt through the walls of arteries