Heart Test - Anatomy of the Circulatory System

Question 1

How many chambers does the heart have?

Answer 1

4

Question 1

What are the top 2 chambers called?

Answer 1

atria (plural for atrium)

Question 2

What do the atria do?

Answer 2

They receive blood from the parts of the body outside of the heart.

Question 3

What do the ventricles do?

Answer 3

They p[ump blood to parts of the body outside of the heart.

Question 4

What does the right ventricle do?

Answer 4

Pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs

Question 5

What does the left ventricle do?

Answer 5

pumps oxygenated blood to the rest of the body

Question 6

Arteries

Answer 6

blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood (except for the pulmonary artery) away from the heart

Question 7

Veins

Answer 7

blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood (except for the pulmonary vein) towards the heart

Question 8

Capillaries

Answer 8

microscopic blood vessels that connect arteries and veins and carries out the process of diffusion

Question 9

Arterioles

Answer 9

small arteries leading from larger arteries to capillaries

Question 10

Venules

Answer 10

small veins leading from capillaries to larger veins

Question 11

Aorta

Answer 11

the largest artery connected to the left ventricle

Question 12

What is the descending aorta?

Answer 12

It’s the part of the aorta that carries blood to the lower body

Question 13

Vena Cava

Answer 13

the largest vein connected to the right atrium

Question 14

What does the superior part of the vena cava do?

Answer 14

It brings blood back to the heart from the parts of the body above the heart (head and arms)

Question 15

what does the inferior part of the vena cava do?

Answer 15

brings blood back to the heart from parts of the body below the heart (organs and legs)

Question 16

Pulmonary

Answer 16

lung

Question 17

Pulmonary Artery

Answer 17

carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs

Question 18

Pulmonary Vein

Answer 18

carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium

Question 19

Carotoid Artery

Answer 19

major artery in the neck; it carries blood from the aorta to the head

Question 20

Jugular Vein

Answer 20

major vein in the neck; carries blood from the head to the superior vena cava

Question 21

Brachial Artery

Answer 21

major artery in the arm; carries blood from the aorta to the arm and hand

Question 22

Brachial Vein

Answer 22

major vein in the arm; carries blood from the hand and arm to the superior vena cava

Question 23

Femoral Artery

Answer 23

major artery in the leg; carries blood from the descending aorta to the leg and foot

Question 24

Femoral Vein

Answer 24

major vein in the leg; carries blood from the leg and foot to the inferior vena cava

Question 25

What is the functioning unit of the lungs?

Answer 25

the aveoli

Question 26

Aveoli

Answer 26

microscopic air sacs in the lungs that are surrounded by a network of capillaries. Diffusion occurs here